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Show n I i Web site: letters www.clippertoday.com lettersclippertoday.com tpr Pavis County IEITEBS 3 1 Centerville is apparently asleep Editor: We confess; so ashamed! We we are the kind of t. people who shop at We developed this humiliating habit years ago. when we lived in Missouri. But when we moved to Bountiful seventeen years ago. we thought we had no choice but to give up the Wal-Mar- habit. Then, unexpectedly, followed us to Utah, and like a pig returns to its wallow, we returned to our beloved shopping habitat. It was like coming home! We weren't even smart enough to know how disgusting w'e were until we learned from our passionately proud, protective, and pedigreed pedantic, Centerville neighbors that our kind are to be loathed and How suiprised we feared. were to learn that our shopping habit inculcated in us a criminality and depravity that rendered us unfit even to enter Centerville. Another surprise for us was Centerville's extremely low affinity for the American principles of liberty, free enterprise, and capitalism. Right in the of center conservative, Republican Davis County is a small enclave of who believe in rather than protectionism better a Build competition. mousetrap or sell it for less; but not in Centerville, Utah! Instead, prop up the inefficienWal-Ma- Wal-Ma- the zoning of the site that in has targeted Centerville, there is a real likewill win lihood either its appeal or a subselegal challenge. quent However, a religious building is appropriate in any zoning designation. Instead of wasting your seemingly endless financial e resources on propaganda and emotional mob incitements, w'hy not use them to obtain the subject parcel for the construction of a huge, spectacular Rameumptom for the exclusive use of CENTERVILLE RESIDENTS FIRST. You fooled us, Centerville. When 1 lome Depot, Target, ct al came to Centerville. ve thought you were progressive and cosmopolitan. We knew your small population couldn't possibly sustain these BIG BOX stores, so we thought you wanted to harvest the sales taxes on our spending. Little did we know that you wanted to be a sleepy, little, rural, bedroom community. It had looked to us like you wanted to be the shopping HUB of South Davis County. Now that we know w'hat you think of us, and the kind of community you really want to be, we will do our very best not to bother you. We won't prefergive up our ence, and we will have to substitute Lowe's for Home Depot, but when we have money to spend, we will quietNorth and quily slip onto to avoid etly ROLL-ON-Bwaking you. Lynn and Karen Iligginson Bountiful Wal-Ma- are rt rt Wal-Ma- rt ts busicies of ness and support higher prices, all at the expense of the poor! We would remind those protecting Centervilles purity and superiority that the best defense against such evil intrusion is a good offense. Given Wal-Ma- rt rt full-pag- g, Wal-Ma- Ballot proposals won't lead to bankruptcy The iews expressed in this column are the opinion of the writer and not necessarily those of the ownership or management of this newspaper. rt Y rlhigginsonjuno.com Franklin was as being frugal, he was far from If he were being alive today, he'd probably say, 'Acs, a penny saved is a penny earned but if by combining pennies we can create a more livable community, then go for Ben short-sighte- it! mention this because you'll soon be deluged with press releases from tax watchdogs urging you to vote against several proposals on the November ballot. One proposal would pool pennies together to purchase parcels of land to be kept pristine for open space. Utahns claim they don't want the state to turn into another Los Angeles or Pittsburgh, and this will be their chance to prove it at the polls. Another ballot proposal would raise money for arts programs, parks and trails in Davis County. With our large families I should redesign its store Wal-Ma- rt Editor: article entitled t: Centerville did us wrong" it appears that the have attorneys for based their appeal on the denial of the Conditional Use Permit and the Conceptual Site Plan on what they call bias and erroneous assumptions on the part of the Centerville Planning CommisIn your Wal-Mar- Wal-Ma- rt sion. The Planning Commission spent hundreds of hours reviewing the proposal. After doing so, the vote resulted in a denial of the application. At least twenty "findings" were the by given Planning Commissioners for that denial. Findings are legally based reasons that are required to either approve or deny an application. It seems to me, attorneys are ignoring the legal reasons for the denial. Bullying the Board of Adjustments and the City Council into thinking was somehow done the by Planning wrong Commission minimizes the legally based reasoning upon Wal-Mart- 's Wal-Ma- rt which the denial was based. has a right to build in the Commercial Fleavy Zone. The plan that was denied was a great improvement over the tile up slab box that was originally submitted. has made Though with efforts to comply Centerville's ordinances, the fact is they still do not comply completely. A conditional use permit is granted with conditions. application is not in compliance with those conditions. Rather than stomp around throwing their weight and money to show they were somehow treated unfairly, should redesign the project addressing the reasons for the denial. The Planning Commission did the right thing in denying the application. They gave specific reasons for the denial, reasons that have legal basis, not "bias or erroneous assumpWal-Ma- rt Wal-Ma- rt Wal-Mart- 's tions. Bruce Pow ell Former Chairman, Centenille Planning Commission Editor: First of all I would like to thank and commend the Centerville City Planning Commission for all of their hard work regarding the develParrish Lane sure that I'm opment. many hours and sleepless nights were encountered in making their decisions for the Conditional Use Permit, the Conceptual Site Plan and the Subdivision Plan. Having attended the Wal-Ma- Bountiful, Utah 1370 South 500 West P.O. Box 267 Circulation Department: 295-225- rt 1 ext. 119 84011-026- 7 or 120 50 1 per copy. Home delivery: $25year. Mailed: $35year, in county; $45year, out of county. on Publication No. (USPS published Tuesdays and Thursdays at Bountiful, Utah. Periodical postage paid at Bountiful, Utah. Address all correspondence to P. O. Box 267, Bountiful, Utah 8401 1061-122- arm-plaini- 48-ye- ar lame-braine- Wal-Ma- rt Clipper Publishing Co., Inc. ISSN: es pay an extra $40. (C'mon, if you plunk down $80,000 for a Mercedes, I dont think you worry about $40.) If the RAP tax passes, a Davis County husband and wife will be forced to pay an additional one cent if both of them grab a combo meal at a Burger King. (One cent for two people that doesnt sound like being taxed into oblivion!) If the RAP tax passes, a Davis County couple buying a 2005 Toyota Carnry will pay an additional $24. (Your monthly payment on a loan would rise 50 cents per month. Boy, that should stop you from buying a new car!) This is not to say we should roll over for any d idea. If someone proposed we should pay five cents per year to paint the freeways an apri should not try to intimidate Planning Commission Wal-Ma- rt Davis County Clipper Subscriptions: and much talked about love of the outdoors, the proposal should get a favorable car. But you'll undoubtedly hear the shrill cry of the and the increasingly unreasonable Utah Taxpayers Association that families will be taxed into oblivion if they approve the open space and RAP tax proposals. So prepare for the debate.. .and let's get real. If the Open Space proposal passes, a dinner for two at a nice restaurant will skyrocket an entire two cents! (Frankly, if you have to worry about where your next two pennies are coming from, you shouldnt be ordering prime rib at a restaurant.) If the Open Space proposal passes, the owner of a spanking new Mercedes will cot color, Id vote against it. We shouldn't subsidize stupidity. But at the same time, we shouldn't cringe with fear over a few pennies which will enhance our quality of life. In a related vein, a handful of business analysts are concerned that customers will be offended by an announcement that Starbucks is raising the price of its coffee drinks by one dime. In a survey, they claim, 66 percent of regular coffeehouse customers agreed that gourmet coffee is too expensive. As stated before, let's get real. We currently have 30 million people per day entering a Starbucks and paying from $2 to $4 for a frothy blend of caffeine. Does anyone really think the latte crowd will leave the premises over a single dime? Let's bring back Ben Franklin once again. If he were alive today, he'd probably say "It is foolish to pay too much for your whistle. But there's a difference being solvent and being downright silly! Keep this in mind when the Utah Taxpayers Association begins howling. 149-18- semi-week- majority of the Planning Commission meetings and the two public hearings since this project was unveiled, it is very apparent to me that all of the studies and public aimment were taken into careful consideration. It is my opinion that the commission dealt with this issue in a very' fair and honest manner. This was a very difficult issue. I lence the 3 tie on both the motion to deny and the motion to approve the 3-- MAIN TELEPHONE ADMINISTRATION R. Gail Stahle EDITORIAL Rolf Koecher Tom Busselberg Russ Riggs Conditional Use Permit. Now it appears that Wal-mafeels that they need to intimidate our Board of Adjustments and City Council to get their way. Sure they have a right to appeal. But they feel the need to attack the three commissioners that voted against their proposal. Are Commissioners Lee Duncan, Jim Palmer and Ken Averett biased or are they just looking out for the City of Centervilles rt FAX LINE 295-225- 1 Publisherext 1 14 Executive Editorext. 126 News Editorext. 118 Sports Editorext. 129 OFFICE Annette Tidwell Office Managerext. 113 need to develop in a more practical way? It seems to me that city hall and the majority of Centervilles residents have spoken. Centerville does not need a Super Center and the traffic that it immediately brings with it. 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