Thursday, June 28, 2012

The Walker Budget Keeps On Working! Part CXIX

Scott Walker's budget has caused such a recessionary effect on the state's economy that it's killing the Miracle Mile:
Ma & Pa’s Grocery Express, a longtime centerpiece of Fond du Lac’s Miracle Mile, is closing its doors.

The gas station and convenience store at 506 S. Main St. stopped pumping gas and selling lottery tickets on Wednesday, although the store itself remained open. Owner Mitch Miles told The Reporter that he anticipates closing the store portion and going out of business early next week, probably on Tuesday.

Miles said he did everything he could to keep the icon of the Miracle Mile alive, pouring everything he had into the business.

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The store has a national reputation for being a lucky site for the lottery. Since 1994, it has sold about 30 big winning lottery tickets. Tourists were known to stop for tickets, and it wasn’t uncommon to see lines snaked around the store when the jackpot was high.

He recently made the painful decision to close. Miles said he has about 18 employees.
Tell me again how "It's working!" With people still losing jobs and businesses still closing left and right, I keep forgetting.

2 comments:

  1. We're making it fresh..., for you.

    Ahhhhh..., Kwik Trip..., ahhhhhh.....



    (across Wisconsin, Kwik Trips expansions have helped to close the door on dozens of "ma and pa" locally owned stores!!!)

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  2. I drove through Brookfield (or was it Waukesha?) recently. Kwik Trips within three blocks of each other. No thanks! Still only on the fringes of Madison, but as I look at a map, they seem to be marching in. Maybe the Capitol basement will reopen when KT applies for residence.

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