sign-wars

A gigantic contretemps has developed over mighty Wal*Mart’s proposal to build a superstore in nearby Lima (LIE-ma).
It’s all because Lima is a rural town, and the fear is if Wal*Mart comes in the rural nature of the area will be destroyed.
Well, we don’t care that much. There is a large vacant field up the street, and Linda hopes eventually Weggers will buy it, and put up one of its giant extravaganzas. It would be much more convenient than driving to Honeoye Falls or Canandaigua.
I’m not so sure, but only because if they did, our road would be bottlenecked. Route 65 would need traffic-lights galore (I haven’t seen a Weggers yet without one at its entrance). And the pressure would be on to turn our road into a commercial strip. The pressure would also be on to turn our house into a beauty-salon or a car-dealership, and erect gasaterias and/or car-washes on our vacant land.
There also is a large vacant field across from Honeoye-Falls MarketPlace (a supermarket Linda shops). I have a hunch Weggers may buy it someday, or another large field just east of Honeoye Falls at an intersection.
MarketPlace might last a few years, but would eventually tank. Our area is currently a large hole in the Weggers market. You have to drive 15 miles to shop Weggers (Canandaigua); it’s 18 miles to Geneseo.
And so an epic sign-war has developed; just like the political sign-wars where righteous REPUBLICANS remove and destroy the lawn-signs put up by homeowners that support Democrats.
We’ve seen many of the Wal*Mart smile-face frowning (pictured), with dollar-signs for eyes, screaming “never in Lima.”
The pro Wal*Mart supporters are not as organized, and are angry the antis remove their signs.
It’s just like the anti-windfarm sign-wars to the south.