No matter where you stand on the proposed Friendly Avenue-Hobbs Road shopping center —which (rumor has it) would be anchored by a Trader Joe’s and a CVS, we can at least be thankful that protests here in G’boro have been civilized, unlike our neighbors down I-40/85:

A day after a group of anti-capitalist activists briefly took over a building in downtown Carrboro, 35 people huddled on the lawn to discuss next steps.

Demonstrators occupied the former WCOM community radio station building Saturday night to protest a CVS drug store proposed for the site at 201 N. Greensboro St. They left after about four hours when police told them to get out or they’d be arrested.

….On Saturday, demonstrators refused to identify themselves, explain how they got inside the building or discuss their plans. They issued a news release saying they planned to stay there for an extended time. A giant sign in the lobby said “Under capitalism we’re all under gunpoint.”

As it stands now, April is the earliest the development could go before the city’s Zoning Commission.