Did you say Wal-Mart

The Front Royal area has had a long running dispute with the idea of building a Wal mart in town. Without going into to much detail let me just say it has divided our community very sharply, so much so that county council members have sunk to civil disobiedience on the con side and outright lawbreaking on the pro side. The site has been rezoned once to let them in, then back to its old status as a result of a particularly nasty lawsuit brought by opponets. By the time it all gets ironed out maybe costco will be king and walmart will be looking to downsize rather than swallow up the entire retail market in the valley. I will go on record as saying I hate walmart but where else can I go to buy underwear and auto parts under the same roof. For me when it comes to shopping the most important thing is when can I get the hell out of the store and get back to doing anything else. To that end wal mart is not to bad. As Jeff Foxworthy says it is probably one of the last places in America where it is acceptable to beat your kids, you havn't lived till you have been to the Luray Walmart the saturday before school starts, you will see more children whipped in an hour than you will see the in your lifetime provided you don't return. I'm all for costco and the brave CEO who dares to pay a decent wage. Maybe the upscale atmosphere will cut down on the whippings.