Hypocrites ‘R’
Us: West Van

WHAT?’S the differ.
ence between a Big -
Box retailer and Doug
Collins? Not much.

Both are topics of over-
heated conversation in West

Van barber and beauty ‘shops, -

and both owe their existence

to the shared prefix ‘free? —"

as in free speech and free
market.

Defenders of * Big . Bad:

Doug - —.of which this paper

“counts itself — drag out the .

‘time-honored: m that if -
-you.don’t like what ol’: Doug
: st say, don’t read him (it’s

sory a LE

: Opponents of’
the planned : Big
- Box: in’

: tye :
<A petition has been started ;
by. West-Van locals to demand’

portswear on. front cover, &-

n page 4” “may. be in limited. x

uantities “- ‘rainchecks. will
be available at the store.”
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. Big Box retailers creating
outrage -in communities is
nothing new. in North
- America, and as is the case
with: - contentious societal

-issues in this day and age,

academia has found its. way

into the fray.-

- One’ of | the

‘he very same most. well. §

“State “

‘University’s

professor
iKennaeth
-; Stone.-

“Stone. tells”

‘small; mer-

“change” how’
“they. do’ busi- :

Weinstcin reports in an‘article
ntitled | Hi to cope: with — ,

nu ney © to eee
Walmart and the

ins by: carrying a:
: Wider; range of products. and
for. example, stock- ~

ing 15° models ‘of VCRs,
instead of six, and offering to
eliver,<connect the‘ unit to

your. cable-TV_ receiver and -
‘show you how it works.”

In’-orher~ words,. foster.

something ‘woefully lacking in”
'., too many small shops around

. these parts: customer service.

If, ‘anything ig, the locals should
. be ecstatic- with the pending

of these mega-stores.
: ‘And if you’re one of those

not "elated, but - deflated,
-don’t shop there.

“It’s a free country.

or E-mail: trenshaw @ direct.ca’

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