[Grovenet] wall mart and 911

[Cornelius First]

Hi Steven,

You will find that Lane county is probably similar as well.  Since 2002 once 
store alone (on Lancaster) had nearly 1000 calls to police and fire - 
including an attempted  kidnapping! This is a combination of the 24 hour 
operation and the fact that Wal-Mart chooses not to police their own parking 
lots.  They instead push the responsibility of enforcement onto local fire 
and police and they prosecute EVERYTHING and EVERYONE.  No exceptions.  If 
you are caught shoplifting at Wal-Mart, the police will be called.

I think that the City of Cornelius has no idea how little of the proposed 
tax revenue they will see when it is spent on hiring officers who will 
essentially be running back and forth to Wal-Mart each day.  Add to that the 
cost of upkeep on the roads and I think it's safe to say that we won't gain 
much.

Pennywise and pound foolish.  We'll see how wonderful of a neighbor Wal-Mart 
is, if allowed to build.


>From: "Steven" <NoSpam03 at comcast.net>
>Reply-To: Forest Grove local interests list <grovenet at rdrop.com>
>To: "Forest Grove local interests list" <grovenet at rdrop.com>
>Subject: [Grovenet] wall mart and 911
>Date: Tue, 23 May 2006 06:58:34 -0700
>
>I heard on the radio that the largest single response for emergencies was 
>to
>Wal-Mart in Clackamas County. Something over 500 calls a year. Multnomah
>county had similar data.
>
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