The town of Cave Creek was recently involved in a minor kerfuffle regarding the re-zoning of a parcel of land on which Walmart were proposing to build a new store.
The town folk were overwhelmingly in favor of such a development, indeed the last council elections were a virtual referendum on the issue, with those for it being voted in, and those against being shown the door. In fact, four incumbents were defeated by four newcomers. Pretty decisive.
Naturally, this did not discourage the usual crew from central casting, including many non-residents, in mounting their knee-jerk reaction campaign to defeat the great Satan--- Walmart.
They succeeded in having the issue placed on the ballot in a special election and were resoundingly defeated, as expected. They did succeed in delaying the start of the project, therefore denying the town much needed revenue for another eleven months. Thankfully, cooler heads have prevailed and the tax revenue will prevent the need for a property tax, something for which we should all be grateful. Not only will the revenue derive from an estimated catchment area of 30,000 people from surrounding communities, thereby spreading the "load" but Walmart will also bring around 300 much needed new jobs to the area.
All in all, a good thing for our little town.
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