We, the people of Adairville, awarded you your current positions. We may not always agree you. We typically stand behind your decisions. If the agreement between the city of Adairville and Houchens Industries is not settled, Houchens will leave from Adairville and many citizens without a means to buy food locally. If the city of Adairville is truly debt-free as Wilkerson has stated (tooted his own horn) many times, why isn't it feasible to sell the land to Houchens at $45,000?
Both buildings that sit on Main Street where the projected site is are eyesores to say the least. Is it too much to ask that our council do everything in its power to keep a grocery store in town?
Many of Adairville's citizens are elderly or of a smaller income household. Letting Houchens build outside of the downtown area would hinder many people from getting what they need when they need it.
The grocery store has fed the people of Adairville for many years. Many citizens have put food on their own tables from paychecks they received while working for Clinard's/Hoover's (council-members, too).
Just because you don't readily rely on the grocery store to put food on your family's table every night (some members have been overheard saying that they don't), does not mean that the citizens who elected you have that luxury.
Something must be done. Mayor Wilkerson, it is a conflict of
interest to even offer your land to Houchens. City council members, your peers need the grocery store in town, not in another community, which is exactly where Houchens will go if you can't come to an agreement. Don't take food from people's mouths just to stuff your own pockets.
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