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Why stop them? Let free enterprise prevail!

Why stop them? Let free enterprise prevail!

Also, remember there was a gas station there previously. Who cares...would love a Mickey D's close for the kids!!

Why not build a mosque?

absolutely not! We do not want that in our neighborhood!!!

What that area could use is another liquor store.

How about a duplex, with a mosque on one side and a liquor store on the other? ;-)

Greg Gutfeld suggested letting them build the Victory Center mosque near Ground Zero in NYC but forcing them to rent out the first floor as a gay bar.

I can't wait. Double cheeseburger and fries so much closer to my house. I've lived within 2 miles of that spot for 38 years. That part of Lakeland has had so much crap on it. it was a crappy full service gas station in front of a still crappy liquor store next to a transformer station. I still don't get why a McDonald's is bad.

Hey, I really like that transformer station, man.

I was hard on the transformer station. It does always remind me how deep it got in '79.

Anyone want to speculate on where Kenny Stokes will come down on this hamburger issue?

That area could really use a fresh market.

What that area lacks is a gentleman's club. I'm sure Stuart Irby would invest.

It'll just be another poorly-run My Joy franchise operation. The one at the corner of North State and Fortification is awful - not the food, mind you, but the sullen, slow and sloppy counter help. All of them look and act like they want to be anywhere but behind that counter. After the last bit of eye-rolling and sighing in response to a civil question I had, I called My Joy and left a voice mail complaint - of course my message was never acknowledged. I just don't go in there anymore.

Maybe some of the nearby neighborhood kids and kids that go to school out Lakeland could get after-school jobs

I hope they approved this. Just to tick off everyone who is so up in arms about it.

After the last bit of eye-rolling and sighing in response to a civil question I had, I called My Joy and left a voice mail complaint - of course my message was never acknowledged.

If you want a response leave feedback with McDonald's Corporate. They take complaints seriously. They put lots of pressure on their franchisees.

Stokes will be on this like a pit bull on a poodle.

1:41, what you said pretty much sums up my sentiment exactly. It'll be crappy service, just like all of the other My-Joy-run McD's in town, but it'll look a WHOLE lot better than what was there before. The truth of the matter is, there's nothing wrong with a McD's there.

Thanks 4:48, I think I'll do just that. That location is ripe for some corporate mystery shopping.

4:11, I seem to get this attitude with most every establishment that pays minimum wage. Seriously, you never get a "thank you" even when we (as patrons) say "thank you" first. The response is like, "ahhh huh." I used to work for far less of a minimum wage as a grocery checker at Sunflower on Meadowbrook. I LOVED that job and getting to know the customers. It was all about being friendly, quick, efficient, and thanking THEM for shopping there. That mentality of appreciation and courtesy is WAY out the window these days. Sorry to get off on that, KF, just seems like something that needs to be said.

"The one at the corner of North State and Fortification is awful - not the food, mind you, but the sullen, slow and sloppy counter help."

That's a shame. Used to be well-run, with the mgmt requiring the staff to call out "Welcome to McDonald's!" every time someone came in, and generally keeping the staff on the ball.

I doubt wages are the # 1 problem; it's management.

... Btw, let me get this straight: new, unnecessary hospital in Madison County = GOOD; new, unnecessary McD's on Lakeland = BAD? Not really getting the economics here, folks.

Do we know what the Council did about the new burger joint?

Apples and oranges 9:59 AM. That is why you don't get it.

If approved, it will open up all "nice" and "fancy" - terms I learned from our neighbors - but come back in 10 years, and you will see a faded, deteriorating property where the owner only cares about the bottom dollar - NOT the property value.

would you like fries with that?

I know this is an old item...but the Northside Sun this week has an article on the Council approving the new burger joint across from River Hills. Supposed to be open in second quarter of 2011.