A new twist!!!

It's become pretty common to hear of things that people want like prisons or mental rehab/AA or other "halfway homes." We want them but just NIMBY......not in my backyard! Always made me wonder why you wouldn't want to live around a prison.....I mean what kind of asshole is going to escape and hide next door? But then again......it might be a good idea. In any case, these "desirable/undesirable" places are generally along those lines.

I just heard on the news a new twist on the NIMBY premise. A local grocery chain (and my favorite btw) closed down about two years ago and though some of their stores have been opened as other businesses or groceries, quite a few are still vacant. One Columbus suburb is objecting to the proposed purchase of one of the closed stores as a church! It seems they are trying to get a zoning restriction passed as they want a "tax income providing" business and NOT a non-taxable church. The guy they interviewed actually said something like, "We need more churches of course but we would prefer them to locate elsewhere."....That's pretty close to a quote. Anyway, it cracked me up!!!

It does beg the question though.....What would Jesus do? (:<)) Don't I recall a story about money changers or somethin'?...LOL

Spaw