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California town wrestles with its own policy preventing Costco from opening as residents seek cheaper gas
New York Post ^ | May 16, 2026 | Ross O'Keefe

Posted on 05/16/2026 12:49:02 PM PDT by nickcarraway

This California town wants to reverse its woke policy on new and expanded gas stations so it can attract a Costco store, lawmakers signaled last week.

Windsor in Sonoma County passed the law in 2022 to fight climate change, but as a repercussion, it also stymies cheaper-gas retailers like Costco from setting up there.

The move comes as Costco furiously expands across the US and California. A new Costco in the Windsor area would be the third in Sonoma County. Lawmakers want to make it happen.

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1 posted on 05/16/2026 12:49:02 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

Hoist upon their own petard.


2 posted on 05/16/2026 12:53:37 PM PDT by Spktyr (Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
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To: nickcarraway

Good, liberals should suffer and pay for their crap they force on others.


3 posted on 05/16/2026 12:54:55 PM PDT by doorgunner69
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To: nickcarraway

ROFL. Are people complaining? If so they can STFU and lie in the bed they made. After all this is what they voted for!


4 posted on 05/16/2026 1:02:44 PM PDT by Skid289 (In theory, theory and practice are the same. In practice, they are not. )
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To: nickcarraway

They’re cherished environmental ethics are accurately priced at twenty cents per gallon


5 posted on 05/16/2026 1:04:06 PM PDT by muir_redwoods (There will be a celebration in January 2025, either with champagne or with “hardware)
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To: nickcarraway

Yeah. Good idea so you can pay $7.30 a gallon instead of $7.60 in CA.


6 posted on 05/16/2026 1:05:38 PM PDT by HYPOCRACY (There is no gravity. The earth just sucks. )
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To: nickcarraway

So Demscum in CA won’t let a Costco open while Demscum in NYC are upset a Walgreens is closing. See https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4379579/posts There simply is no pleasing Demscum.


7 posted on 05/16/2026 1:08:16 PM PDT by piytar (NEVER FORGET Ashli Babbitt, Rosanne Boyland, Corey Comperatore, Iryna Zarutska, and Charlie Kirk!)
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To: Spktyr

Idiots. As if blocking or building gas stations will make a particle of difference to the world’s climate. These people are too stupid to have electricity or operate automobiles.


8 posted on 05/16/2026 1:09:33 PM PDT by gibsonguy
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To: nickcarraway

LOL...what, exactly, did they think would happen when they passed their law in 2022 to fight climate change? That all vehicles would magically transform to EVs and get the equivalent of 200 mpg?

These idiots just don’t get cause-and-effect. Ever. Who could possibly have foreseen what would happen when they raised the felony level for shoplifting to $950 and when they “defunded” police?


9 posted on 05/16/2026 1:22:30 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom ( )
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To: gibsonguy

The shopping center in Windsor has a HD and a Walmart. It’s 10 miles north from the Costco in Santa Rosa. I wouldn’t fight city hall over that. Let them eat gas.


10 posted on 05/16/2026 1:22:52 PM PDT by DIRTYSECRET
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To: piytar

Most are narcissists, and that’s how most of those are - you cannot make them happy, you can never do anything right even if you do it the exact way they would, etc.


11 posted on 05/16/2026 1:42:07 PM PDT by Spktyr (Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
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To: nickcarraway

Tough nuts.


12 posted on 05/16/2026 2:11:19 PM PDT by WKUHilltopper
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To: doorgunner69

I hope Costco tells them to go to hell


13 posted on 05/16/2026 2:27:58 PM PDT by napscoordinator (DeSantis is a beast! Florida is the freest state in the country! )
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