Aptos CA Safeway expansion too big, too expansive.
Aptos, CA & neighboring rural  areas  [Seacliff, Soquel, La Selva Beach] aghast at Safeway’s enormous expansion plans for  the Rancho del Mar shopping Center located near Highway #1 and the Seacliff exit.
The “one size fits all” Safeway  plans  will  destroy the rural  community 5+ miles north and south of the Highway #1 and Seacliff exit area.
As there is  no legal town” of Aptos, Soquel, Seacliff and La Selva Beach this area is governed by the County of Santa Cruz.
The most extreme positions I’ve  heard:  There’s the legal  attitude of .  “It  belongs to  Safeway Corporation and property owners  can  do what they want”  attitude.  And on the other end  there’s the  people  opposed to profit who  want private property to go away. “Ah, we just need Big Government regulations & laws  to to take the profit out of Big Business Safeway…”
Most of us are in the in the muddle of the middle:  We choose to live where we do as we like the rural, small  community.
What  can the muddle of the middle types do?   Let’s tell Safeway to pull in their Footprints to our liking — or we will take our Footprints elsewhere to shop.
And that’s a real possibility for many of us: Â Deluxe Market just south of Safeway at the Rio del Mar exit is an excellent, small, family run full market. Â Yes most of us shop also at Safeway as prices are lower for many items (paper rolls!).
Try the wonderful olive bar at Deluxe!
 https://www.google.com/webhp?source=search_app#q=delux+market+aptos&safe=active
Steve Shender put up a Facebook page and asks you to sign on. Â So for those who use Facebook that’s an option:
https://www.facebook.com/steve.shender?fref=ts
There are a lot of Yahoo groups people can contact and let them know about the Safeway plans and how to connect with those who want to contain Safeway’s plans.
The “one size fits all” plans of Safeway and Big Government  must be opposed by all of us in the muddle of the middle. Let’s not allow to happen here what happened in Sabasterpol, CA and elsewhere.
Rein in Safeway akin to what is in the Carmel, CA area.
Either Safeway pulls in their Footprints to our liking  or we take our Footprints to shop elsewhere!
See the following: Â http://www.register-pajaronian.com/v2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=72&story_id=15367
written by DrCameronJackson@gmail.com
