City thinking about money, not people

Isn’t it nice that a company known for paying their employees below average wages and providing substandard medical insurance is “giving” money to the City of Mill Creek. In the old days we would call that a bribe. I’m sure that is not politically correct in this day and age, but a company like Wal-Mart does not give something for nothing. And now the City of Mill Creek annexes an area that does not impact their city so that Wal-Mart can give them more money. Isn’t that interesting.

Would the mayor and council of Mill Creek be backing Wal-Mart if they had wanted to put a store in the new Town Center? I think not. Wal-Mart would not have the right look for the new upscale businesses going in there and of course we would not want the people who live and work in Mill Creek to have to deal with all that traffic. But because the site on 132nd SE is on the fringe of Mill Creek, does not impact them at all, they are welcome just because it will bring revenue to people who probably won’t even shop there. Nor will people in Mill Creek be employed by Wal-Mart as one could not live in the city of Mill Creek on a Wal-Mart salary.

So annexing the area around Thomas Lake is good for Mill Creek because they will have new revenue and to heck with the people who live or have to travel through that area to get to their homes or places of work. It’s just business as usual for bureaucrats who think only of money and not about people.

Jon Dobyns

Silver Lake