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Published:Thursday, July 24, 2008
YOUNGSTOWN —While Youngstown Mayor Jay Williams wants a joint economic development district with Liberty at the site of a Wal-Mart Supercenter, the city will do absolutely nothing to impede the project.
Liberty trustees made it clear at a Tuesday meeting with Youngstown that they had no interest in a JEDD, which would include an income tax on employees, at the Wal-Mart location at the former Liberty Plaza on Belmont Avenue.
“Our questions were answered and our issues were resolved,” Williams said today. “...There will not be a JEDD at Wal-Mart. We want to move the project forward. We could have chosen to make an issue of the Wal-Mart JEDD. We did not. It was always our goal for the project to succeed.”
The city approved a water site plan Wednesday for the Liberty Wal-Mart project that is needed for the project to proceed, said John Casciano, Youngstown’s water commissioner. The city also has to approve a water tap application for Wal-Mart once the company submits one, but giving the go-ahead to that application is merely a formality, Casciano said.
The city never had any intention of refusing to sell its water to Wal-Mart and merely wanted to explore the possibility of a JEDD with Liberty on that property, Williams said.
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“the city will do absolutely nothing to impede the project”
“We could have chosen to make an issue of the Wal-Mart JEDD”
“The city also has to approve a water tap application for Wal-Mart once the company submits one --- that application is merely a formality”
“The city never had any intention of refusing to sell its water to Wal-Mart”
I believe I see a pattern here. Taking a line from Shakespeare, methinks he dost protest too much.
Will all of those who believe this was not an extortion attempt by Jay and his minions please open their wallets?
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