I’m in Upper St Clair township (next door to Mt Lebanon). Same demographics. The country club Republicans here squealed when the township approved construction of a Whole Foods in their backyards.
Affordable Housing around these parts? Ain’t gonna happen.
That Whole Foods flap was a really smelly deal. The complaints to USC zoning were being filed by a resident who, it turns out, is employed by the law firm that represents Giant Eagle.
Giant Eagle’s nearby Market District store stands to be the biggest loser when Whole Foods opens up.
If your township is run by Republicans it will be all the more in Obama’s crosshairs (see my gerrymandering post above)
What would be the opposition to a Whole Foods?