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On Mon, 08 Sep 2003 15:11:29 -0500, Matt Russell <pirate@airmail.net>
wrote:

>In article <MPG.19c69569ca87b3a7989759@news.rice.edu>,
> Chris Dieckmann <spamcorral@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>> In article <Xns93F05B15ABB34albertnurickcom@24.28.95.190>, 
>> albert@nurick.com says...
>> > A longtime Austin restaurant is being forced to move by it landlord (who 
>> > lives in Houston, unfortunately) because they sell animal products.  
>> 
>> I'm already regretting adding this reply, but what is the point of 
>> ridicule here?  The businesses aren't being "forced" to move (implying an 
>> eviction); their leases are not just being renewed after their 
>> completion.  As the owner of the shopping center, Ms. Daniels is simply 
>> running a business guided by her morals/beliefs/conscience and whether it 
>> makes business sense is really the only debatable point.  I wonder if the 
>> reaction would be the same if the Southern Baptist owner of a strip 
>> center "forced" a liquor store or dance studio to move...or how about a 
>> Mormon landlord unable to come to terms with a Starbucks?  What about 
>> taking a stance on a tobacconist?  An adult bookstore?  How about the 
>> infamous midnight razing in Market Square by our beloved Pappas clan?  
>> Apparently their morals/beliefs/conscience don't encompass civic pride or 
>> a sense of neighborhood history either.
>
>What she's doing is perfectly legal, moral in her own twisted view of 
>things, and being in Austin, our own Central Texas bowl of nuts & 
>flakes, will no doubt be applauded by a large sector of the tofu & 
>Birkenstock crowd.

An argument can be made that the owner of the shopping center is
moving into "common carrier" territory, since there are no other
options for commercial development within 1/2 mile of the location
(excluding the center across the street which she also owns), and a
lot of the patrons of this center arrive by means other than the
automobile.

An enterprising individual simply can't compete with this center
because zoning would prohibit them from buying a house next door and
turning it into a business.

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Mike Dahmus
m dah mus @ at @ io.com