Comments on: Deal paves wave for new Santa Rosa grocery store

By: John Seamans

John Seamans — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 06:47:06 +0000

Smart and Final, don’t need a membership to shop there! Plain and simple. Is going to bring jobs. JOBS…something this area needs. If we get more structure in this area again, maybe…JUST MAYBE…more bigger, better paying jobs will come back to Sonoma County.

Missed Smart and Final since moving up here from Southern California.

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By: neighbor

neighbor — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 18:57:28 +0000

I’m very happy about it and I will go there a lot so stop complaining.

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By: James Bennett

James Bennett — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 18:11:18 +0000

This isn’t free market capitalism.

This is socially engineering fascism.

Other than preventing monopolies, our government should set the free market free.

But freedom isn’t the Agenda that our Council has signed up with.

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By: MOCKINGBIRD

MOCKINGBIRD — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 18:01:19 +0000

What exactly is LOLA’s on Healdsburg Ave? There’s also an Asian market. Both have reasonable prices. Then there’s COSTCO and TARGET. I shop at them all. Love the greens available at the Asian market and the Mexican food available at Lolas.

Not exactly a desert.

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By: homegirl

homegirl — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 16:48:30 +0000

Good news for that neighborhood. Why the Hammer would object to working people earning a living wage is a mystery. One can only surmise that he doesn’t do the family grocery shopping.

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By: John Pendergast

John Pendergast — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 04:19:06 +0000

Stop the Presses! Stop the Presses! We’re getting a Smart and Final, something every other city in California has had since 1962!

It just goes to show how provincial this area is.

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By: Snarky

Snarky — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 02:01:59 +0000

Hey Hammer:

Notice that the Press Democrat neither identifies who the members are of the “coalition” nor identifies where their funding comes from ? :)

Thanks, Press Demo. Always glad to see intentionally filtered news. Not.

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By: The Hammer

The Hammer — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 00:16:09 +0000

Another group of wackos, Living Wage Coalition.

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