Scott Paper was already a relic when Kimberly-Clark acquired it. It has served its purpose and soon will join Everett’s rich mill-town history, along with the other thriving clutter that once littered the waterfront.
The 21st century’s changing culture and global economy are forcing us all into new adaptations. Displaced workers take an exceptionally hard punch, but bounce back up, moving on to another honorable and rewarding pursuit to be proud of.
Accusations, inherently political and ideological, that Kimberly-Clark was a greedy, capitalistic exploiter and wanton industrial polluter will be debated. We quarrel, because everyone has a differing conception of the way the world is and the way it should be.
After the building’s remains, once filled with Kimberly-Clark’s vitality, are buried in a recycle bin, the liberated land can be used to promote social justice by providing a Utopian park with dainty Dutch windmills to power Everett’s muscles. The park will include a free tent town, well-stored with batteries and toilet tissue made in China, for Occupy Wall Street grumblers. There should be abundant bicycle parking racks and lush green meadows for environmentalists to contentedly graze in — or we can build a new mall! Farewell Kimberly-Clark, welcome progress.
Bruce Q. Hill
Monroe
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