Jim Graham for Mayor!

Tax relief for the rich, wooooooooo!

VOR – you are hysterical. How about jobs for the poor? This is economic development you silly liberal. No profit=no rich=no taxes=no jobs=no npo or gov’t. Do you see? How about now?

Dirty, this place will create less than 20 low wage jobs. I’m not a liberal. Thanks.

@voiceofreason,
I think it’s a good thing for all income levels in CH, from the very rich, who might be take advantage of their prepared foods and exotic ingredients, to the very poor, who will benefit from having healthy, organic produce available in a neighborhood that once only had the small, old 14th Street Giant with crappy produce as an option for feeding their families. Nutritionists and advocates for the urban poor continually point out the lack of healthy food options in many city neighborhoods, and the attitude that healthy, organic food is somehow “yuppie food” only is part of the problem. The more healthy options there are in the city, whether they be Whole Foods, Yes, or ET, the better for all.

I think your idea of “rich” needs some adjusting VOR- You think anyone living in DC making 40k a year buying organic juice is rich? lol. Go watch the new michael moore movie. Actual rich people are tickled pink when idiots like you put people making under 500k a year in the catagory of “Rich”. It insulates them from uprisings when rich are preceived to be anyone with a BMW. You have a salary of 200k in DC? you are MIDDLE CLASS. idiot.

It might create only 20 permanent, in store jobs, but wouldn’t it create another 20 or so construction jobs as they are building? How about the jobs it may create for vendors, local farmers, and distributors? Saying a grocery store only creates bagging jobs seems a little silly to me.

Plus, having anything, regardless of how many jobs it creates seems a hell of a lot better than another empty DCUSA store front.

Sorry VoR, but you are totally wrong.

I don’t get it. If these breaks are available to all qualifying grocery stores, why is any legislation needed?

I have nothing against people who work in grocery stores, you folks are projecting quite a bit onto my post.

However, to claim that ET is a big job creation machine is just wrong.

I’m not opposed to ET, I support it coming, I don’t oppose the tax relief, so everyone just relax.

If this wasn’t reintroduced, an EXISTING tax break for ET to put their high quality store into this location would not be extended.

It is not a new enticement or benefit for ET.

If he didn’t do this, we would rag on Jim Graham for letting this tax break expire.

“you folks are projecting quite a bit onto my post.”

Yeah, your well-documented history of posting ultra-fringe BS and speculative drivel on this blog.

“Tax relief for the rich, wooooooooo!” WRONG

“this place will create less than 20″ WRONG

“low wage jobs” WRONG

“to claim that ET is a big job creation machine is just wrong” WTF are you talking about? You think they’re bringing the labor up from Richmond? This store would create at least 60 NEW, LOCAL jobs, plus add work for overnight janitorial, linen service, window washer, and other local contractors, large and small.

WHY DO PEOPLE STILL RESPOND TO VOICEOFREASON?

What RD said.

Fair enough buddy- don’t ever change though!

Here’s to hoping that the next blog post about Ellwoods is announcing the build out has begun.

Don’t you love it when Graham pretends to be doing something but is actually doing nothing. “I introduced a bill granting women the right to vote. Of course, they can already vote, but due to a technical measure in the 19th amendment we needed to clarify this right in the District.” Thanks, Graham. Thanks. Anyone but Graham for Council!!

Hello All!
Give Jim Graham a break, he has some bad news with “Cabgate” ouch. HE has not been implicated…. I WILL continue to support JG until the US attorney presents additional evidence. JG is not perfect, but he always works onbehalf of the district and W1. Jim is from Scotland MD,

Thanks Jim!

Good to hear that this legislation isn’t going to expire, or it would have added a whole new level of obsticales to being able to open! And don’t everyone forget how you were all crying and weeping a couple of days ago about Ellwood not being able to open!

“I think it’s a good thing for all income levels in CH, from the very rich . . . to the very poor, who will benefit from having healthy, organic produce available . . .
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I support this business coming to CH but let’s not kid ourselves about who the primary customer base will be. Organic produce is generally the province of the wealthier because it’s more expensive than non-organic. Whether it’s worth the extra expense or not, it is nonetheless more expensive. Maybe the low income DC residents that work in the store will be able to buy the food (because of the employee discount mentioned above) but it’s not likely that you will see a lot of people from the nearby projects shopping at this store. If poor people were an important demographic, the store could find much cheaper retail space in SE or NE. Again, I am not down on this store or any other organic outfit. Organic costs more because it’s more expensive to produce. I’m just being realistic about the customer base.

WHAT?!?! The last thing Columbia Heights needs is ANOTHER grocery store! Economic development is fine, but it comes at a cost to city services because of the lost tax revenue. And one grocery store is not enough to relieve unemployment in DC – how about JOB TRAINING??? Oh right, there won’t be money for that because DC keeps on giving away our tax base. See the ‘Numbers’ column in the Hill Rag this week and maybe you’ll understand how destructive and what a bad idea this is. Awful.

I’m in Dallas on business. Reading these flame wars makes me not miss DC very much.

I did visit a Kroger while down here. My god prices are cheap. Of course minimum wage here is probably 30 cents/hour and land is cheap…