by Timothy Rutt

Keeping the conversation going:

LA Weekly picks up on the story and introduces an interesting concept: that the Neighborhood Markets are "hermit crab shells."  For example, as a hermit crab does not make a shell of its own but appropriates some other creature's, so the Neighborhood Markets are plugged into vacant buildings with the proper zoning so there don't have to be public hearings – it’s a whole 'nother beast than if you put up a building from scratch.  

They also re-quote former town councilman Steve Lamb from the Patch:  "We've worked for twenty years to get a small local market on Lincoln we have one and you were not interested before they proved there was a market here. GO AWAY."  

Gosh, a small local enterprise starts in a place where nobody else cared to go, and then a national conglomerate sees there's a market there and tries to snatch the mom-and-pop's business?  We have no idea what that's like.  

BTW, there's a "No Walmart in Burbank" Facebook group — we're surprised that hasn't happened for Altadena yet, but we have a suspicion it'll be up soon …  like right. about. now.

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