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Monday, July 27, 2009
News Protest of Concord Mills
Posted By Cheris Hodges on Mon, Jul 27, 2009 at 10:15 AM
Sunday afternoon was hot as hell, but that didn't stop a handful of people from standing in the blazing sun expressing their anger.
The target: Concord Mills Mall.
Why? Because the mall didn't extend the lease of the Free Market Warrior, who has said in the media that he's being kicked out for political reasons.
But have people forgotten that he was leasing a space in the mall and if the owners decided they didn't want his items there, they have every right to kick him out? I was going to say good for Concord Mills, and then I read in the Charlotte Observer that mall management plans to meet with the vendor. Could they be offering another lease because this has gotten so much attention?
If so, then the people who were offended by the Free Market Warrior should protest Concord Mills.
This isn't about free speech, as the protesters would like people to believe. It's not as if this vendor was set up in a building that was paid for by the tax payers, last I heard, Concord Mills is a privately owned mall. It seems really funny that President Barack Obama was called a socialist, but when a business makes a free market move, people protest.
Strange days in North Carolina, that's for sure.
The winner in this situation, believe it or not, is the Free Market Warrior. By his own admission to the Charlotte Observer, his business has been up since this story broke. Maybe Concord Mills ought to kick some more businesses out of the mall; it's proven to be a real stimulus.
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