Hm. I await, now, the same sort of outrage over this as was generated by “The Crossings.”

Won’t happen of course. Specifically because Dale High’s not involved.

But, curious to see this. About 6-8 months ago, I’d heard a few whispers that another “lifestyle center” was in the works. More than that, it was suggested that someone or some group involved with the second proposal might be helping to generate opposition to the first. The idea being, who wants the competition; so if “concerned citizens” suddenly stepped up to fight the first, well. All the better for the second. Don’t know if that’s true and no one would admit it was. But these things do happen - even here in little Lancaster County.

In any event, even though this proposal is half the size of the Crossings, it’s going to contribute more traffic to Fruitville and Manheim pikes - which are already jammed in the vicinity of Granite Run. Not that this is a reason to reject it - although a lot of people seem to think traffic is a reason to reject the Crossings, right?

Indeed, many of the arguments we’ve heard against the Crossings could come into play here. Do we really need more retail? What will it do to existing shops. Should we be building more retail at a time of rising gas prices. All decent arguments on their own; all of them merely supplemental arguments to the main complaints about the Crossings, which are that Dale High is involved, and we don’t want this pristine farmland across from Long’s Park developed because aren’t we supposed to be preserving farms? The answer to which - when we’re talking isolated farms along busy corridors - is “no.”

Too much to ask for a little consistency with these things? I suspect so. But feel free to surprise me.