Countdown to the Election

When we discuss issues that impact the areas around people’s homes, the common acronym used by business is NIMBY, which stands for “Not In My Back Yard”. When new businesses come to town, it’s logical that they bring jobs to the community, and strengthen the tax revenue base, which is good for the local economy. But before we get carried away trying to please organizations, such as WAL-MART Distribution Center, has anyone explored the idea of using EXISTING commercial property for the distribution center, rather than putting it in people’s back yards? In this case NIMBY makes sense! We have two tomato processing facilities sitting open with huge staging areas, we have the building on Highway 59 that HSA is using, and I find it hard to believe that all of the space at Castle Airport has been reallocated and used.

I’m not saying any of these alternatives are the solution to the problem, but have we thoroughly considered them?