I think a more reasonable reading is to take what the reporter said at face
value. No mention was made of a survey and we have no reason to think one was
done. We know that politicians usually do keep track of feedback from
constituents on issues. So what this means is that of all the constituents who
called or wrote to her office, the vast majority don't like the existing store
and support relocating to Rite Aid.
So there really would seem no point in creating an issue about statistically
invalid survey techniques, not to mention the biased wording of the questions,
then debating who to survey, the merits of people who live here, vs those who
worship here, vs those who buy booze, those who are not anointed, those who
need a table of contents on their e-mails, etc.
Paul
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Sent: Sun, 1 Apr 2007 3:03 PM
Subject: Re: [UC] Re: Why does the state store want to move
In a message dated 4/1/2007 2:50:37 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL
PROTECTED] writes: Martin Cabry, director of zoning and community for
Blackwell, said the councilwoman has come out in support of
the move after receiving positive feedback from most of the
residents in the area.
This would seem to imply that a comprehensive survey was taken of "the
residents in the area" and that some kind of a majority favored the liquor
store. If so, we should know what were the boundaries of the area surveyed and
how the survey was worded. I seriously doubt whether such a survey was taken
-- and suspect that the above statement is not reliable. Did Mr Cabry actually
say this (we can easily ask him to find out). If he did, we can ask for
details. If he didn't (and I suspect he said something, but not this), we can
also find that out. Always at your service & ready for a dialog ® brand
35-year resident & housing provider
Al Krigman
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