The COBORNS CONNECTION ***natural consequences ...DID YOU KNOW????

The voters have chosen.

 It takes only 4 votes to block anything, because there are 8 votes on council. It is a fact that when any councilors 4 vote no, its dead in its tracks.  Since 4 people on the council(after newly elected Alderman Brad Hircock is sworn in on Jan. 1, 2015) derive all or part of their bread and butter from Coborns Corporation, this could really stifle potential new grocery businesses from locating here.

 Present Councilor Loren Boyum, is a CURRENT employee of the Ace Hardware store, owned by Coborn's Corp.   Newly elected Mayor Greg Zylka and newly elected Alderman Brad Hircock, are both full time employees.  Present Councilor Jeremy Hanflers wife is a full time employee of Coborns.

Then there is the question as to who will replace Greg, and what are his/her connections to the opportunity hoarders group, the local non-profits, or civic groups.  As I understand it, the council chooses a replacement for any vacated seat, (even the mayors position).  Anyone who lives in Ward 2 could be considered to fill Gregs old position as councilor.  The list could include newly voted out Don Klinker, Urban Otremba, newly voted out mayor Cathy VanRisseghem, or Theresa Skorseth.

I have my suspicions as to who Gregs replacement will be, but will state that later.  I also have my suspicions who will be the next council president.  Time will tell.   Stay tuned for more on this soon.

I sincerely hope that any potential new grocery store wanting to conduct business here, is NOT going to experience opposition, just as the Walmart Corporation faced years ago. 

I really like the fact that they start their employees with a really good wage, allow their cashiers to be seated(helps save on injuries), and their prices beat out all other competitors by 15-25 % overall.