Disclaimer: everything contained in this blog is MY OPINION. Every attempt is made to present the truth through actual facts or to identify statements which are in doubt; otherwise there will be no deliberate presentation of gossip, rumor, or innuendo which can't be proven as factual.
Please take note of the fact that I have said, quite clearly, that this is a 'story.' That means it's a rumor and so far as I know, not exactly factual. If anyone actually knows the truth, please let me know.
I'm told that there's a proposal for the town to buy the grocery store for $300,000. The story goes that $100,000 is to be put up by 4B (although the board hasn't met), $100,000 from an anonymous donor (oh, really-anonymous, huh?), and the plan is for 20 other people to 'invest' $5,000 apiece to make up the difference (there's 20 people in Electra with $5,000 to throw away?)
Who thinks up this stuff?
Who would the owner of record be with all these different 'investors?'
Presumably the $300,000 doesn't include replacing defective coolers, cleaning and sanitizing the vegetable, fruit, and meat areas to health department specifications, restocking the shelves, or asphalting the parking lot.
That's additional BIG BUCKS.
At one time an out-of-town store proposed that Electrans give them their grocery lists to fill and they'd send a truck over here once a week with supplies; that sank like a rock, mainly because their attempts at marketing the idea were torpedoed. But it was a good idea.
I hope there's some way for Electra to maintain a grocery store. It was hard on people who couldn't afford to go out of town for their grocery shopping in the years when the store was closed after Paul's Market ended and the present store opened. Doesn't quite look like the latest story is the way.
However, here's an idea: the people who were so gung-ho and think the town will sustain its population long enough to make the $11,000,000+ school worthwhile (do they really?) must surely have $5,000 to play with. Hit them up.
Anita Huguelet McMurtrie
