"No, no" on Wawa

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UPDATE: The zoning meeting is 9/1 and the Board of County Commissioners meeting is 9/22.

Photo by the Palm Beach Post

The Saga of Highridge

Sometime soon, the zoning change for a WAWA will come before the Board of County Commissioners, a board that has never turned down any development in Palm Beach County over the last 8 years.

WAWA, a convenience store, half with gas stations, is ranked as the 40th largest private company by Forbes with an estimated $9.02 billion in revenue from just 625 stores in six states: Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, and Florida. The owners of this property want to build a Wawa (stupid name) on Hypoluxo and Highridge Roads west of I-95 and are asking the zoning to be changed to High Commercial.

They want to build in a neighborhood that has been in existence well before I-95 was even a consideration. It is right near Lake Osborne.  This entire area should be protected, not exploited and ruined by a huge corporate conglomerate. Even the Palm Beach Post editorial board came out AGAINST WAWA being built in that area.

But we know how this neighborhood feels as the Board of County Commissioners want to bulldoze 1/3rd of the available land at John Prince Park and give it to a billionaire corporation.

Shouldn't this all be about people and their quality of life? But politicians  only seem to act on behalf of citizens if no wealthy or powerful group objects.  Corporate money talks. This is what we have found in Palm Beach County--they don't ever listen to the people they serve, another reason to vote all the bums out.