file photo by Boyd Loving
The business owner speaking here, Ed Sullivan, owner of 17-29 Chestnut St in the Village, spent 5 minutes citing a 1967 traffic study and then telling residents their taxes were too low.
Go to Ed’s remarks: https://youtu.be/neb4TSJ4QsY?t=2h28m56s
Impressive strategy… if you want to make sure no one ever frequents your properties again.
Referencing data from 1967 is interesting. But not relevant. Not a single reference to the Internet which of course wasn’t publicly available in ’67. The Internet, as we know now, changed everything for businesses that used to rely on people going into a store and purchasing something.
In person shopping is an anachronism.
The taxpayers (read: homeowners) should not have to bear any burden associated with failing businesses.
Ed’s wrong…things have drastically changed in 48+ years.
