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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Quote from the article:

PAALF had called for the city to construct affordable housing on the vacant lot (in conjunction with the Trader Joe’s project), among other demands for City Hall. They also asked the PDC to provide a modest small business assistance to existing shops and restaurants in a nearby shopping center called Vanport Plaza. In January -- in what was something of an unprecedented move -- PDC officials admitted that in the past they had undertaken projects that uprooted black communities, but nonetheless rejected the PAALF’s demand for affordable housing to form part of the comprehensive Trader Joe’s deal.[/quote]

So in other words, the PDC rejected reasonable development goals and this ended up causing the deal to fall through.

OK, how is this different from any of the dozens of groups in DC protesting the constructions of affordable housing, churches, daycare centers, stores, condos, etc?  Is it so unfathomable that a community would say no to a Trader Joe's?  The world does not revolve around jars of ethnic simmer sauces and peppermint Jo Jo's.[/quote]

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