New Roses retail store anchoring the struggling Cone Blvd. shopping center. Good news, right? Only problem is Roses is owned by the evil Art Pope. The N&R’s Allen Johnson writes:
Roses typically targets poor and minority communities as its consumers.
And critics of Pope, who happens to be Gov. Pat McCrory’s budget director, contend that this administration in general, and Pope in particular, has targeted poor and minority communities with a variety of policies: cutting jobless benefits, refusing Medicare expansion payments, pushing more restrictive voting policies that disproportionately affect minorities.
Statewide and even beyond, there have been calls for boycotts of Pope’s stores, which include Maxway and Roses.
Closer to home, the Carolina Peacemaker sounded the same call.
Hey Art –tip from your local stooge —as long as you’re investing in East Greensboro, another struggling shopping center just became available. Offer to bankroll the proposed co-op and see how the locals react.
