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November 2006 Election/Measure K

JabberWokky — 2006-12-15 10:33:11

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November 2006 Election/Measure K

AndrewChen — 2006-12-15 10:29:24

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- The preliminary election returns show that the measure passed with 51.5% of the vote. (9,923 votes for, and 9,336 votes against) While these votes have not yet been certified, the final certification is not expected to change the outcome. Final certification is expected mid-November.	+ The certified election returns show that the measure passed with 51.5% of the vote (11,761 votes for, and 11,087 votes against).

November 2006 Election/Measure K

DavidGrundler — 2006-11-11 21:16:55

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- '''Measure K''' of the ["November 2006 Election"] will decide the fate of ["Second Street Crossing"], a proposed shopping center that would include a ["Target"]. The measure passed with 51.5% of the vote.	+ '''Measure K''' of the ["November 2006 Election"] decided the fate of ["Second Street Crossing"], a proposed shopping center that will include a ["Target"]. + + The preliminary election returns show that the measure passed with 51.5% of the vote. (9,923 votes for, and 9,336 votes against) While these votes have not yet been certified, the final certification is not expected to change the outcome. Final certification is expected mid-November.

November 2006 Election/Measure K

RoyWright — 2006-11-08 19:02:21

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	+ ------ + ''2006-11-08 20:02:21'' [[nbsp]] Yay, I guess. --["RoyWright"]

November 2006 Election/Measure K

AndrewChen — 2006-11-08 08:30:56

Results

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- '''Measure K''' of the ["November 2006 Election"] will decide the fate of ["Second Street Crossing"], a proposed shopping center that would include a ["Target"].	+ '''Measure K''' of the ["November 2006 Election"] will decide the fate of ["Second Street Crossing"], a proposed shopping center that would include a ["Target"]. The measure passed with 51.5% of the vote.

November 2006 Election/Measure K

AndrewChen — 2006-10-31 19:52:47

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	+ According to campaign spending filings through October 26, 2006, Target Corp. had spent $269,795 in support of Measure K. Don't Big-Box Davis had spent $20,453 opposing Measure K.[[Footnote(St. John, Claire. ''[http://www.davisenterprise.com/articles/2006/10/31/news/061new1.txt Target spends $269K on campaign].'' ["The Davis Enterprise"]. 2006-10-31.)]] +

November 2006 Election/Measure K

JasonAller — 2006-10-11 21:55:58

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November 2006 Election/Measure K

SteveOstrowski — 2006-10-11 08:11:55

Revert to version 9 (Info has been moved to debate page ).

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- The proposed target store is 137,000 sq ft, larger than Wal-Mart in Woodland and the size of 2.4 football fields. The entire project covers 19 acres and includes 46,000 sq ft of other undisclosed retail, but the Target is the heart of the matter. If K passes, this giant Target will be Davis' first Big-Box store. Big-Box means one-stop shopping for low priced, low quality goods; it is always auto-dependent with massive parking lots and freeway access; it provides low wage jobs and promotes sweatshop labor overseas; it is predatory and drives smaller shops out of business; it is the exemplar of rampant sprawl, consumerism and cultural homogenization. Some people are OK with all this as long as Big-Box delivers convenience and price, but a growing number of Davisites find what we are being asked to give up too high a price for cheap socks. - As mentioned, the Target store alone is 137,000 sq ft; the current limit on retail in Davis is 30,000 sq ft. Making such a huge leap in retail scale disregards our city's General Plan process and endangers current and future retail stores that were designed within the city's standards. With it's tremendous unfair size advantage the Big-Box will cause store closings downtown and in neighborhood centers. Any new retail in Davis will have to meet the new scale, for only Big-Box can compete with Big-Box. With Measure K as precedent, the 52 acres along 2nd street adjacent to this project will be developed without public vote and filled with Lowes, Home Depot, Costco or what have you--who else is going to build next to a Super-Target? At this point, downtown and the small malls will be afflicted with store closings and permanent vacancies. Instead of the consumer "choice" and "convenience" promised we will all have to drive to the freeway for goods we used to get at our neighborhood centers. - Even if there is "only" the one Big-Box, as the Yes on K folks falsely promise ( ask yourself, have you ever seen a Target store surrounded by quiet fields and idyllic grasslands?), that alone will cause massive store closings. Target's own projections for a Davis store's earnings are $60 Million EVERY YEAR. That money has to come from somewhere, namely from established local businesses. With every adjoining community already having Big-Box stores, a Davis Target will not draw regional sales--excepting a few freeway travelers it's sales must come entirely from Davisites. Target is touting the number of credit card sales Davis residents make at outlying Targets as justification of their placement here, but anyone can tell you that Target Corp is not locating in Davis to get sales they already have in Woodland--they have to divert sales from established local business to survive and profit. But how much will be diverted? The National Trust for Historic preservation says that a Big-Box store diverts 80% of its sales from existing local business. Target hired their own firm, CBRichard Ellis to do an Environmental Impact Report (EIR) during the proposal process; CBRE based all their calculations (including the unbelievable and inaccurate sales tax projections) on a 2% diversion rate. So Target is going to come and pluck 98% of $60 Million from thin air every year....besides doing EIRs, CBRE is, uncoincidentally, a major real estate broker for Target Corp. I'm inclined to believe the Historic Preservation folks, but even if a very conservative 50% of targets earnings are diverted, that is still $30 Million every year! Our malls, downtown shops, groceries and pharmacies cannot take that kind of loss. - As Target sells virtually everything including groceries, pharmacy, general merchandise and garden items, many stores will be directly affected. But the draw of customer traffic will threaten even non-competetive, non-retail businesses. Restaurants will struggle as adjacent shops close; malls will lose their anchors and the small shops will follow; every shopping area will suffer as customer traffic is diverted to the freeway. "One-stop shopping" doesn't leave much room, or money, for anyone else. And as the smaller shops close, everything we were promised by Measure K proponents fades away. Consumer choice is gone as Big-Box is our only option for many goods. Convenience is gone as we can no longer walk or bike to Longs or Rite-Aid or ACE, now closed. Sales tax revenue and jobs are gone as the deceased shops produced more in sum than the Big-Box does. Worst of all, Davis' unique character, quality of life and small-town charm is gone, irretrivably. - Proponents of K are dismissing such predictions as dire and unrealistic, yet this is exactly what has happened in every small town across the country that has allowed Big-Box on its periphery. Visit downtown Woodland, Vacaville or Fairfield if you want to see Big-Box blight in evidence. That Big-Box diverts sales and closes small businesses is such an accepted fact within our culture that The Simpsons and Family Guy make fun of it; does Target really think they can spend enough money to refute common knowledge? Apparently so, as Pro-Kers also like to claim that their Big-Box mall with its 19 acres of pavement and 10.000 additional car trips A DAY to sell landfill-clogging disposable goods produced without environmental restrictions half a world away and transported here by the cheapest, most polluting methods is somehow "Green". Please. An environmentally sound Big-Box mall is like a healthy meal at McDonalds. Like Target, PG&E is now posing as "Green" to influence the H&I vote. How gullible do they think we are? - The Yes on K campaign's signs say "I LOVE Target". Well, I don't hate or love Target and I know that Target Corporation doesn't love me. Like any corporation, they exist only for the bottom line of profit and see us as potential dollars, nothing more. I do however, Love Davis. I grew up here, went to school here, graduated UCD, started my own small business downtown, bought a home on Pole Line Rd and I am raising my son here. I Love Davis for it's small town feel, our sense of community, it's environmentalism and bike-friendliness, the sense of security and Davis' unique character. A massive Big-Box freeway mall is entirely inconsistent with this and puts it all at risk. MEASURE K will change the face of Davis, universally for the worse. Preserve our community. Vote NO on K. - - -

November 2006 Election/Measure K

AlphaDog — 2006-10-11 07:13:18

Revert to version 8 (there was some info... not all propaganda!).

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	+ The proposed target store is 137,000 sq ft, larger than Wal-Mart in Woodland and the size of 2.4 football fields. The entire project covers 19 acres and includes 46,000 sq ft of other undisclosed retail, but the Target is the heart of the matter. If K passes, this giant Target will be Davis' first Big-Box store. Big-Box means one-stop shopping for low priced, low quality goods; it is always auto-dependent with massive parking lots and freeway access; it provides low wage jobs and promotes sweatshop labor overseas; it is predatory and drives smaller shops out of business; it is the exemplar of rampant sprawl, consumerism and cultural homogenization. Some people are OK with all this as long as Big-Box delivers convenience and price, but a growing number of Davisites find what we are being asked to give up too high a price for cheap socks. + As mentioned, the Target store alone is 137,000 sq ft; the current limit on retail in Davis is 30,000 sq ft. Making such a huge leap in retail scale disregards our city's General Plan process and endangers current and future retail stores that were designed within the city's standards. With it's tremendous unfair size advantage the Big-Box will cause store closings downtown and in neighborhood centers. Any new retail in Davis will have to meet the new scale, for only Big-Box can compete with Big-Box. With Measure K as precedent, the 52 acres along 2nd street adjacent to this project will be developed without public vote and filled with Lowes, Home Depot, Costco or what have you--who else is going to build next to a Super-Target? At this point, downtown and the small malls will be afflicted with store closings and permanent vacancies. Instead of the consumer "choice" and "convenience" promised we will all have to drive to the freeway for goods we used to get at our neighborhood centers. + Even if there is "only" the one Big-Box, as the Yes on K folks falsely promise ( ask yourself, have you ever seen a Target store surrounded by quiet fields and idyllic grasslands?), that alone will cause massive store closings. Target's own projections for a Davis store's earnings are $60 Million EVERY YEAR. That money has to come from somewhere, namely from established local businesses. With every adjoining community already having Big-Box stores, a Davis Target will not draw regional sales--excepting a few freeway travelers it's sales must come entirely from Davisites. Target is touting the number of credit card sales Davis residents make at outlying Targets as justification of their placement here, but anyone can tell you that Target Corp is not locating in Davis to get sales they already have in Woodland--they have to divert sales from established local business to survive and profit. But how much will be diverted? The National Trust for Historic preservation says that a Big-Box store diverts 80% of its sales from existing local business. Target hired their own firm, CBRichard Ellis to do an Environmental Impact Report (EIR) during the proposal process; CBRE based all their calculations (including the unbelievable and inaccurate sales tax projections) on a 2% diversion rate. So Target is going to come and pluck 98% of $60 Million from thin air every year....besides doing EIRs, CBRE is, uncoincidentally, a major real estate broker for Target Corp. I'm inclined to believe the Historic Preservation folks, but even if a very conservative 50% of targets earnings are diverted, that is still $30 Million every year! Our malls, downtown shops, groceries and pharmacies cannot take that kind of loss. + As Target sells virtually everything including groceries, pharmacy, general merchandise and garden items, many stores will be directly affected. But the draw of customer traffic will threaten even non-competetive, non-retail businesses. Restaurants will struggle as adjacent shops close; malls will lose their anchors and the small shops will follow; every shopping area will suffer as customer traffic is diverted to the freeway. "One-stop shopping" doesn't leave much room, or money, for anyone else. And as the smaller shops close, everything we were promised by Measure K proponents fades away. Consumer choice is gone as Big-Box is our only option for many goods. Convenience is gone as we can no longer walk or bike to Longs or Rite-Aid or ACE, now closed. Sales tax revenue and jobs are gone as the deceased shops produced more in sum than the Big-Box does. Worst of all, Davis' unique character, quality of life and small-town charm is gone, irretrivably. + Proponents of K are dismissing such predictions as dire and unrealistic, yet this is exactly what has happened in every small town across the country that has allowed Big-Box on its periphery. Visit downtown Woodland, Vacaville or Fairfield if you want to see Big-Box blight in evidence. That Big-Box diverts sales and closes small businesses is such an accepted fact within our culture that The Simpsons and Family Guy make fun of it; does Target really think they can spend enough money to refute common knowledge? Apparently so, as Pro-Kers also like to claim that their Big-Box mall with its 19 acres of pavement and 10.000 additional car trips A DAY to sell landfill-clogging disposable goods produced without environmental restrictions half a world away and transported here by the cheapest, most polluting methods is somehow "Green". Please. An environmentally sound Big-Box mall is like a healthy meal at McDonalds. Like Target, PG&E is now posing as "Green" to influence the H&I vote. How gullible do they think we are? + The Yes on K campaign's signs say "I LOVE Target". Well, I don't hate or love Target and I know that Target Corporation doesn't love me. Like any corporation, they exist only for the bottom line of profit and see us as potential dollars, nothing more. I do however, Love Davis. I grew up here, went to school here, graduated UCD, started my own small business downtown, bought a home on Pole Line Rd and I am raising my son here. I Love Davis for it's small town feel, our sense of community, it's environmentalism and bike-friendliness, the sense of security and Davis' unique character. A massive Big-Box freeway mall is entirely inconsistent with this and puts it all at risk. MEASURE K will change the face of Davis, universally for the worse. Preserve our community. Vote NO on K. + + +

November 2006 Election/Measure K

SteveOstrowski — 2006-10-11 00:09:00

Revert to version 7 (Don't Big Box Wiki ).

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- The proposed target store is 137,000 sq ft, larger than Wal-Mart in Woodland and the size of 2.4 football fields. The entire project covers 19 acres and includes 46,000 sq ft of other undisclosed retail, but the Target is the heart of the matter. If K passes, this giant Target will be Davis' first Big-Box store. Big-Box means one-stop shopping for low priced, low quality goods; it is always auto-dependent with massive parking lots and freeway access; it provides low wage jobs and promotes sweatshop labor overseas; it is predatory and drives smaller shops out of business; it is the exemplar of rampant sprawl, consumerism and cultural homogenization. Some people are OK with all this as long as Big-Box delivers convenience and price, but a growing number of Davisites find what we are being asked to give up too high a price for cheap socks. - As mentioned, the Target store alone is 137,000 sq ft; the current limit on retail in Davis is 30,000 sq ft. Making such a huge leap in retail scale disregards our city's General Plan process and endangers current and future retail stores that were designed within the city's standards. With it's tremendous unfair size advantage the Big-Box will cause store closings downtown and in neighborhood centers. Any new retail in Davis will have to meet the new scale, for only Big-Box can compete with Big-Box. With Measure K as precedent, the 52 acres along 2nd street adjacent to this project will be developed without public vote and filled with Lowes, Home Depot, Costco or what have you--who else is going to build next to a Super-Target? At this point, downtown and the small malls will be afflicted with store closings and permanent vacancies. Instead of the consumer "choice" and "convenience" promised we will all have to drive to the freeway for goods we used to get at our neighborhood centers. - Even if there is "only" the one Big-Box, as the Yes on K folks falsely promise ( ask yourself, have you ever seen a Target store surrounded by quiet fields and idyllic grasslands?), that alone will cause massive store closings. Target's own projections for a Davis store's earnings are $60 Million EVERY YEAR. That money has to come from somewhere, namely from established local businesses. With every adjoining community already having Big-Box stores, a Davis Target will not draw regional sales--excepting a few freeway travelers it's sales must come entirely from Davisites. Target is touting the number of credit card sales Davis residents make at outlying Targets as justification of their placement here, but anyone can tell you that Target Corp is not locating in Davis to get sales they already have in Woodland--they have to divert sales from established local business to survive and profit. But how much will be diverted? The National Trust for Historic preservation says that a Big-Box store diverts 80% of its sales from existing local business. Target hired their own firm, CBRichard Ellis to do an Environmental Impact Report (EIR) during the proposal process; CBRE based all their calculations (including the unbelievable and inaccurate sales tax projections) on a 2% diversion rate. So Target is going to come and pluck 98% of $60 Million from thin air every year....besides doing EIRs, CBRE is, uncoincidentally, a major real estate broker for Target Corp. I'm inclined to believe the Historic Preservation folks, but even if a very conservative 50% of targets earnings are diverted, that is still $30 Million every year! Our malls, downtown shops, groceries and pharmacies cannot take that kind of loss. - As Target sells virtually everything including groceries, pharmacy, general merchandise and garden items, many stores will be directly affected. But the draw of customer traffic will threaten even non-competetive, non-retail businesses. Restaurants will struggle as adjacent shops close; malls will lose their anchors and the small shops will follow; every shopping area will suffer as customer traffic is diverted to the freeway. "One-stop shopping" doesn't leave much room, or money, for anyone else. And as the smaller shops close, everything we were promised by Measure K proponents fades away. Consumer choice is gone as Big-Box is our only option for many goods. Convenience is gone as we can no longer walk or bike to Longs or Rite-Aid or ACE, now closed. Sales tax revenue and jobs are gone as the deceased shops produced more in sum than the Big-Box does. Worst of all, Davis' unique character, quality of life and small-town charm is gone, irretrivably. - Proponents of K are dismissing such predictions as dire and unrealistic, yet this is exactly what has happened in every small town across the country that has allowed Big-Box on its periphery. Visit downtown Woodland, Vacaville or Fairfield if you want to see Big-Box blight in evidence. That Big-Box diverts sales and closes small businesses is such an accepted fact within our culture that The Simpsons and Family Guy make fun of it; does Target really think they can spend enough money to refute common knowledge? Apparently so, as Pro-Kers also like to claim that their Big-Box mall with its 19 acres of pavement and 10.000 additional car trips A DAY to sell landfill-clogging disposable goods produced without environmental restrictions half a world away and transported here by the cheapest, most polluting methods is somehow "Green". Please. An environmentally sound Big-Box mall is like a healthy meal at McDonalds. Like Target, PG&E is now posing as "Green" to influence the H&I vote. How gullible do they think we are? - The Yes on K campaign's signs say "I LOVE Target". Well, I don't hate or love Target and I know that Target Corporation doesn't love me. Like any corporation, they exist only for the bottom line of profit and see us as potential dollars, nothing more. I do however, Love Davis. I grew up here, went to school here, graduated UCD, started my own small business downtown, bought a home on Pole Line Rd and I am raising my son here. I Love Davis for it's small town feel, our sense of community, it's environmentalism and bike-friendliness, the sense of security and Davis' unique character. A massive Big-Box freeway mall is entirely inconsistent with this and puts it all at risk. MEASURE K will change the face of Davis, universally for the worse. Preserve our community. Vote NO on K. - - -

November 2006 Election/Measure K

DanUrazandi — 2006-10-10 23:16:43

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	+ The proposed target store is 137,000 sq ft, larger than Wal-Mart in Woodland and the size of 2.4 football fields. The entire project covers 19 acres and includes 46,000 sq ft of other undisclosed retail, but the Target is the heart of the matter. If K passes, this giant Target will be Davis' first Big-Box store. Big-Box means one-stop shopping for low priced, low quality goods; it is always auto-dependent with massive parking lots and freeway access; it provides low wage jobs and promotes sweatshop labor overseas; it is predatory and drives smaller shops out of business; it is the exemplar of rampant sprawl, consumerism and cultural homogenization. Some people are OK with all this as long as Big-Box delivers convenience and price, but a growing number of Davisites find what we are being asked to give up too high a price for cheap socks. + As mentioned, the Target store alone is 137,000 sq ft; the current limit on retail in Davis is 30,000 sq ft. Making such a huge leap in retail scale disregards our city's General Plan process and endangers current and future retail stores that were designed within the city's standards. With it's tremendous unfair size advantage the Big-Box will cause store closings downtown and in neighborhood centers. Any new retail in Davis will have to meet the new scale, for only Big-Box can compete with Big-Box. With Measure K as precedent, the 52 acres along 2nd street adjacent to this project will be developed without public vote and filled with Lowes, Home Depot, Costco or what have you--who else is going to build next to a Super-Target? At this point, downtown and the small malls will be afflicted with store closings and permanent vacancies. Instead of the consumer "choice" and "convenience" promised we will all have to drive to the freeway for goods we used to get at our neighborhood centers. + Even if there is "only" the one Big-Box, as the Yes on K folks falsely promise ( ask yourself, have you ever seen a Target store surrounded by quiet fields and idyllic grasslands?), that alone will cause massive store closings. Target's own projections for a Davis store's earnings are $60 Million EVERY YEAR. That money has to come from somewhere, namely from established local businesses. With every adjoining community already having Big-Box stores, a Davis Target will not draw regional sales--excepting a few freeway travelers it's sales must come entirely from Davisites. Target is touting the number of credit card sales Davis residents make at outlying Targets as justification of their placement here, but anyone can tell you that Target Corp is not locating in Davis to get sales they already have in Woodland--they have to divert sales from established local business to survive and profit. But how much will be diverted? The National Trust for Historic preservation says that a Big-Box store diverts 80% of its sales from existing local business. Target hired their own firm, CBRichard Ellis to do an Environmental Impact Report (EIR) during the proposal process; CBRE based all their calculations (including the unbelievable and inaccurate sales tax projections) on a 2% diversion rate. So Target is going to come and pluck 98% of $60 Million from thin air every year....besides doing EIRs, CBRE is, uncoincidentally, a major real estate broker for Target Corp. I'm inclined to believe the Historic Preservation folks, but even if a very conservative 50% of targets earnings are diverted, that is still $30 Million every year! Our malls, downtown shops, groceries and pharmacies cannot take that kind of loss. + As Target sells virtually everything including groceries, pharmacy, general merchandise and garden items, many stores will be directly affected. But the draw of customer traffic will threaten even non-competetive, non-retail businesses. Restaurants will struggle as adjacent shops close; malls will lose their anchors and the small shops will follow; every shopping area will suffer as customer traffic is diverted to the freeway. "One-stop shopping" doesn't leave much room, or money, for anyone else. And as the smaller shops close, everything we were promised by Measure K proponents fades away. Consumer choice is gone as Big-Box is our only option for many goods. Convenience is gone as we can no longer walk or bike to Longs or Rite-Aid or ACE, now closed. Sales tax revenue and jobs are gone as the deceased shops produced more in sum than the Big-Box does. Worst of all, Davis' unique character, quality of life and small-town charm is gone, irretrivably. + Proponents of K are dismissing such predictions as dire and unrealistic, yet this is exactly what has happened in every small town across the country that has allowed Big-Box on its periphery. Visit downtown Woodland, Vacaville or Fairfield if you want to see Big-Box blight in evidence. That Big-Box diverts sales and closes small businesses is such an accepted fact within our culture that The Simpsons and Family Guy make fun of it; does Target really think they can spend enough money to refute common knowledge? Apparently so, as Pro-Kers also like to claim that their Big-Box mall with its 19 acres of pavement and 10.000 additional car trips A DAY to sell landfill-clogging disposable goods produced without environmental restrictions half a world away and transported here by the cheapest, most polluting methods is somehow "Green". Please. An environmentally sound Big-Box mall is like a healthy meal at McDonalds. Like Target, PG&E is now posing as "Green" to influence the H&I vote. How gullible do they think we are? + The Yes on K campaign's signs say "I LOVE Target". Well, I don't hate or love Target and I know that Target Corporation doesn't love me. Like any corporation, they exist only for the bottom line of profit and see us as potential dollars, nothing more. I do however, Love Davis. I grew up here, went to school here, graduated UCD, started my own small business downtown, bought a home on Pole Line Rd and I am raising my son here. I Love Davis for it's small town feel, our sense of community, it's environmentalism and bike-friendliness, the sense of security and Davis' unique character. A massive Big-Box freeway mall is entirely inconsistent with this and puts it all at risk. MEASURE K will change the face of Davis, universally for the worse. Preserve our community. Vote NO on K. + + +

November 2006 Election/Measure K

JosephBleckman — 2006-10-10 22:55:42

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	+ Pro-View: [http://targetindavis.com] + Con-View: [http://dontbigboxdavis.org] +

November 2006 Election/Measure K

SteveOstrowski — 2006-10-10 22:40:02

Revert to version 4 (Bias).

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- The proposed target store is 137,000 sq ft, larger than Wal-Mart in Woodland and the size of 2.4 football fields. The entire project covers 19 acres and includes 46,000 sq ft of other undisclosed retail, but the Target is the heart of the matter. If K passes, this giant Target will be Davis' first Big-Box store. Big-Box means one-stop shopping for low priced, low quality goods; it is always auto-dependent with massive parking lots and freeway access; it provides low wage jobs and promotes sweatshop labor overseas; it is predatory and drives smaller shops out of business; it is the exemplar of rampant sprawl, consumerism and cultural homogenization. Some people are OK with all this as long as Big-Box delivers convenience and price, but a growing number of Davisites find what we are being asked to give up too high a price for cheap socks. - As mentioned, the Target store alone is 137,000 sq ft; the current limit on retail in Davis is 30,000 sq ft. Making such a huge leap in retail scale disregards our city's General Plan process and endangers current and future retail stores that were desigend within the city's standards. With it's tremendous unfair size advantage the Big-Box will cause store closings downtown and in neighborhood centers. Any new retail in Davis will have to meet the new scale, for only Big-Box can compete with Big-Box. With Measure K as precedent, the 52 acres along 2nd street adjacent to this project will be developed without public vote and filled with Lowes, Home Depot, Costco or what have you--who else is going to build next to a Super-Target? At this point, downtown and the small malls will be afflicted with store closings and permanent vacancies. Instead of the consumer "choice" and "convenience" promised we will all have to drive to the freeway for goods we used to get at our neighborhood centers. - Even if there is "only" the one Big-Box, as the Yes on K folks falsely promise ( ask yourself, have you ever seen a Target store surrounded by quiet fields and idyllic grasslands?), that alone will cause massive store closings. Target's own projections for a Davis store's earnings are $60 Million EVERY YEAR. That money has to come from somewhere, namely from established local businesses. With every adjoining community already having Big-Box stores, a Davis Target will not draw regional sales--excepting a few freeway travellers it's sales must come entirely from Davisites. Target is touting the number of credit card sales Davis residents make at outlying Targets as justification of their placement here, but anyone can tell you that Target Corp is not locating in Davis to get sales they already have in Woodland--they have to divert sales from established local business to survive and profit. But how much will be diverted? The National Trust for Historic preservation says that a Big-Box store diverts 80% of its sales from existing local business. Target hired their own firm, CBRichard Ellis to do an Environmental Imapct Report (EIR) during the proposal process; CBRE based all their calculations (including the unbelievable and inaccurate sales tax projections) on a 2% diversion rate. So Target is going to come and pluck 98% of $60 Million from thin air every year....besides doing EIRs, CBRE is, uncoincidentally, a major real estate broker for Target Corp. I'm inclined to believe the Historic Preservation folks, but even if a very conservative 50% of targets earnings are diverted, that is still $30 Million every year! Our malls, downtown shops, groceries and pharmacies cannot take that kind of loss. - As Target sells virtually everything including groceries, pharmacy, general merchandise and garden items, many stores will be directly affected. But the draw of customer traffic will threaten even non-competetive, non-retail businesses. Restaurants will struggle as adjacent shops close; malls will lose their anchors and the small shops will follow; every shopping srea will suffer as customer traffic is diverted to the freeway. "One-stop shopping" doesn't leave much room, or money, for anyone else. And as the smaller shops close, everything we were promised by Measure K proponents fades away. Consumer choice is gone as Big-Box is our only option for many goods. Convenience is gone as we can no longer walk or bike to Longs or Rite-Aid or ACE, now closed. Sales tax revenue and jobs are gone as the deceased shops produced more in sum than the Big-Box does. Worst of all, Davis' unique character, quality of life and small-town charm is gone, irretrivably. - Proponents of K are dismissing such predictions as dire and unrealistic, yet this is exactly what has happened in every small town across the country that has allowed Big-Box on its periphery. Visit downtown Woodland, Vacaville or Fairfield if you want to see Big-Box blight in evidence. That Big-Box diverts sales and closes small businesses is such an accepted fact within our culture that The Simpsons and Family Guy make fun of it; does Target really think they can spend enough money to refute common knoledge? Apparently so, as Pro-Kers also like to claim that their Big-Box mall with its 19 acres of pavement and 10.000 additional car trips A DAY to sell landfill-clogging disposable goods produced without environmental restrictions half a world away and transported here by the cheapest, most polluting methods is somehow "Green". Please. An environmentally sound Big-Box mall is like a healthy meal at McDonalds. Like Target, PG&E is now posing as "Green" to influence the H&I vote. How gullible do they think we are? - The Yes on K campaign's signs say "I LOVE Target". Well, I don't hate or love Target and I know that Target Corporation doesn't love me. Like any corporation, they exist only for the bottom line of profit and see us as potential dollars, nothing more. I do however, Love Davis. I grew up here, went to school here, graduated UCD, started my own small business downtown, bought a home on Pole Line Rd and I am raising my son here. I Love Davis for it's small town feel, our sense of community, it's environmentalism and bike-friendliness, the sense of security and Davis' unique character. A massive Big-Box freeway mall is entirely inconsistent with this and puts it all at risk. MEASURE K will change the face of Davis, universally for the worse. Preserve our community. Vote NO on K. - - For more information ["www.dontbigboxdavis.org"] -

November 2006 Election/Measure K

DanUrazandi — 2006-10-10 22:36:53

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	+ The proposed target store is 137,000 sq ft, larger than Wal-Mart in Woodland and the size of 2.4 football fields. The entire project covers 19 acres and includes 46,000 sq ft of other undisclosed retail, but the Target is the heart of the matter. If K passes, this giant Target will be Davis' first Big-Box store. Big-Box means one-stop shopping for low priced, low quality goods; it is always auto-dependent with massive parking lots and freeway access; it provides low wage jobs and promotes sweatshop labor overseas; it is predatory and drives smaller shops out of business; it is the exemplar of rampant sprawl, consumerism and cultural homogenization. Some people are OK with all this as long as Big-Box delivers convenience and price, but a growing number of Davisites find what we are being asked to give up too high a price for cheap socks. + As mentioned, the Target store alone is 137,000 sq ft; the current limit on retail in Davis is 30,000 sq ft. Making such a huge leap in retail scale disregards our city's General Plan process and endangers current and future retail stores that were desigend within the city's standards. With it's tremendous unfair size advantage the Big-Box will cause store closings downtown and in neighborhood centers. Any new retail in Davis will have to meet the new scale, for only Big-Box can compete with Big-Box. With Measure K as precedent, the 52 acres along 2nd street adjacent to this project will be developed without public vote and filled with Lowes, Home Depot, Costco or what have you--who else is going to build next to a Super-Target? At this point, downtown and the small malls will be afflicted with store closings and permanent vacancies. Instead of the consumer "choice" and "convenience" promised we will all have to drive to the freeway for goods we used to get at our neighborhood centers. + Even if there is "only" the one Big-Box, as the Yes on K folks falsely promise ( ask yourself, have you ever seen a Target store surrounded by quiet fields and idyllic grasslands?), that alone will cause massive store closings. Target's own projections for a Davis store's earnings are $60 Million EVERY YEAR. That money has to come from somewhere, namely from established local businesses. With every adjoining community already having Big-Box stores, a Davis Target will not draw regional sales--excepting a few freeway travellers it's sales must come entirely from Davisites. Target is touting the number of credit card sales Davis residents make at outlying Targets as justification of their placement here, but anyone can tell you that Target Corp is not locating in Davis to get sales they already have in Woodland--they have to divert sales from established local business to survive and profit. But how much will be diverted? The National Trust for Historic preservation says that a Big-Box store diverts 80% of its sales from existing local business. Target hired their own firm, CBRichard Ellis to do an Environmental Imapct Report (EIR) during the proposal process; CBRE based all their calculations (including the unbelievable and inaccurate sales tax projections) on a 2% diversion rate. So Target is going to come and pluck 98% of $60 Million from thin air every year....besides doing EIRs, CBRE is, uncoincidentally, a major real estate broker for Target Corp. I'm inclined to believe the Historic Preservation folks, but even if a very conservative 50% of targets earnings are diverted, that is still $30 Million every year! Our malls, downtown shops, groceries and pharmacies cannot take that kind of loss. + As Target sells virtually everything including groceries, pharmacy, general merchandise and garden items, many stores will be directly affected. But the draw of customer traffic will threaten even non-competetive, non-retail businesses. Restaurants will struggle as adjacent shops close; malls will lose their anchors and the small shops will follow; every shopping srea will suffer as customer traffic is diverted to the freeway. "One-stop shopping" doesn't leave much room, or money, for anyone else. And as the smaller shops close, everything we were promised by Measure K proponents fades away. Consumer choice is gone as Big-Box is our only option for many goods. Convenience is gone as we can no longer walk or bike to Longs or Rite-Aid or ACE, now closed. Sales tax revenue and jobs are gone as the deceased shops produced more in sum than the Big-Box does. Worst of all, Davis' unique character, quality of life and small-town charm is gone, irretrivably. + Proponents of K are dismissing such predictions as dire and unrealistic, yet this is exactly what has happened in every small town across the country that has allowed Big-Box on its periphery. Visit downtown Woodland, Vacaville or Fairfield if you want to see Big-Box blight in evidence. That Big-Box diverts sales and closes small businesses is such an accepted fact within our culture that The Simpsons and Family Guy make fun of it; does Target really think they can spend enough money to refute common knoledge? Apparently so, as Pro-Kers also like to claim that their Big-Box mall with its 19 acres of pavement and 10.000 additional car trips A DAY to sell landfill-clogging disposable goods produced without environmental restrictions half a world away and transported here by the cheapest, most polluting methods is somehow "Green". Please. An environmentally sound Big-Box mall is like a healthy meal at McDonalds. Like Target, PG&E is now posing as "Green" to influence the H&I vote. How gullible do they think we are? + The Yes on K campaign's signs say "I LOVE Target". Well, I don't hate or love Target and I know that Target Corporation doesn't love me. Like any corporation, they exist only for the bottom line of profit and see us as potential dollars, nothing more. I do however, Love Davis. I grew up here, went to school here, graduated UCD, started my own small business downtown, bought a home on Pole Line Rd and I am raising my son here. I Love Davis for it's small town feel, our sense of community, it's environmentalism and bike-friendliness, the sense of security and Davis' unique character. A massive Big-Box freeway mall is entirely inconsistent with this and puts it all at risk. MEASURE K will change the face of Davis, universally for the worse. Preserve our community. Vote NO on K. + + For more information ["www.dontbigboxdavis.org"] +

November 2006 Election/Measure K

JasonAller — 2006-10-04 10:46:54

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JasonAller — 2006-10-04 10:46:37

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	+ '''Measure K''' of the ["November 2006 Election"] will decide the fate of ["Second Street Crossing"], a proposed shopping center that would include a ["Target"].