Locals like shopping downtown

Here Is One wrote:

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Yes I do….
People pray to me on a daily basis………………LOL

And now you want to prove te futility of religion, do you?

Marvin C Gentz wrote:

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And now you want to prove te futility of religion, do you?

Sure………………..LOL

Here Is One wrote:

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Sure………………..LOL

The futility of One is apparent every time he creates a new thread.

He will defend his right to look foolish and there is nothing we can do about it. He will end every post with a feeble LOL.

Not Like One wrote:

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The futility of One is apparent every time he creates a new thread.
He will defend his right to look foolish and there is nothing we can do about it. He will end every post with a feeble LOL.

Sure makes you mad………………..LOL

Job done……………

Here Is One wrote:

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Yes I do….
People pray to me on a daily basis………………LOL

You know, this jerk is right for the first time. If people would just ignore him and treat him like the pile on the side of the road which he is, he would have to just go away. Please ignore this "one."

AlFusco wrote:

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You know, this jerk is right for the first time. If people would just ignore him and treat him like the pile on the side of the road which he is, he would have to just go away. Please ignore this "one."

You must be a carpenter as you sure now how to hit a nail on the head………..

I spent most all of my christmas money on Sonoma. Unless the slumlords of Ukiah fix their crappy old buildings, why shop here? How many business owners downtown actually own their own building? None! When and if Costco opens up with City tax dollars, downtown will close, period!

I did 100% of my shopping online this year. No sales tax, free shipping, and everything I purchased was marked down at least 30%.

It was a delight - and many of my purchases through Amazon.com benefitted small businesses all over the country. What could be better?

Marvin C Gentz wrote:

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I hope you know a good prayer!

Funny, I pegged you as a non-believer.

Willie Wilkens wrote:

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Funny, I pegged you as a non-believer.

Oh, make no mistake, he is a believer. He believes in the nObama brand of socialism.
You know the type. He is a sierra club member who hates large corporations and he claims to favor small local businesses, however, he will buy anything he needs,(from a large corporation), whenever he has a need(medicine, gas, cutting edge products that only a large corp. will produce)
He probably also collects a public employee pension from a fund that invests in those large corporations, and he has no problem with that situation as long as HE gets HIS check every month.
In other words......he is a hypocrite.

Local resident wrote:

I spent most all of my christmas money on Sonoma. Unless the slumlords of Ukiah fix their crappy old buildings, why shop here? How many business owners downtown actually own their own building? None! When and if Costco opens up with City tax dollars, downtown will close, period!

I must admit, Sonoma has just the right mix of businesses. Large corporations, and little home town businesses. Sonoma has always benefited greatly(taxable sales/jobs) from the stupidity of Mendocino/Lake County anti growth decisions.
Sometimes I wonder if Sonoma County pays these sierra club/anti corp./anti growth/anti job folks to do what they do in Lake/Mendo Counties.

lmao wrote:

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I must admit, Sonoma has just the right mix of businesses. Large corporations, and little home town businesses. Sonoma has always benefited greatly(taxable sales/jobs) from the stupidity of Mendocino/Lake County anti growth decisions.
Sometimes I wonder if Sonoma County pays these sierra club/anti corp./anti growth/anti job folks to do what they do in Lake/Mendo Counties.

Boy I would venture to agree with ya, as that is all they seem to want to do is drive people to spend their money out of town. I know I have to, due to the lack of things here.

30yrs wrote:

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Boy I would venture to agree with ya, as that is all they seem to want to do is drive people to spend their money out of town. I know I have to, due to the lack of things here.

Most of the opposition to large corp.(costco, home depot) originates from local downtown businesses. The claims that these large corp. do not pay a good salary are bogus when salaries are really compared to small local businesses. The tree huggers seem to hate large corp. as well, but yet, the enviro-nuts support a high regulatory environment that kills small business, and in the end, helps large corps. to gain market share.
IMHO, large corps. will be the only survivors in California's quest to stifle ALL businesses in this once great state. The large corps. will simply pass the regulatory burden along to all of us, while the little guys(mom n pop businesses) will be the next endangered species......hmmmm.....maybe mom n pops can get listed on the endangered list?

Just look at what happened to the old mom n pop gas stations. They are almost a thing of the past as they cannot afford to pay the regulatory costs and fee requirements. It takes deep pockets.
Only large corporations can absorb these costs in stride.