[Regarding “Costco Withdraws Application for Highly Anticipated Asheville Location,” Feb. 19, Asheville Watchdog via Xpress, and “Costco Dropped Asheville Application Without ‘Any Sort of Discussion’ on Traffic Analysis, NCDOT Says,” Feb. 19, Asheville Watchdog:]
For me, Costco’s withdrawal of its application for a store in our area is indeed a great disappointment. To have a store in the area that continues to support DEI (diversity, equity and inclusion) and offers a wonderful variety of products and services was so exciting. We are surrounded by Walmarts and their counterpart, Sam’s Club, which add to the problems of working people through their hiring policies and low wages.
If our state would pass a budget, maybe the N.C. Department of Transportation would have not asked for such requirements. Have other companies been subjected to the same treatment? The timing is unfortunate and seems suspiciously biased…