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Originally Posted by jimtriscuit
Start with going to Scholtens on the Hanwell in their restaurant, a bunch of Newspaper articles on the situation. the court case is regarding the leaking of private personal information to third parties.
I can also guarantee that convenience store would not be in the middle of being built not knowing if they would get a liquor agency or not. They know its theirs.
I do have proof, that this has gone down as Ive said. But you will have to take a wait and see approach because I cannot state the various information on a public message board in respect to Chris Scholten and others involved in a potential lawsuit situation
Im not just a person making an outside observation I've been on the inside for different steps along the way.
bottom line is NB Liquor knew from the start they want an outlet on the highway there, and I certainly don't blame them at all. The application process giving businesses a false hope for other purposes is the issue going forward.
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The store was going to be built before there was even the possibility of there being a liquor outlet in Hanwell at all.
I think you are exaggerating the certainty of the outlet being placed on the highway from the beginning. Obviously, it seems like the ideal location simply because Route 640 is the only link between Fredericton and most of Hanwell. So regardless of where on that road it is placed, the vast majority of residents will pass by it. As you point out, having it right by the highway logically increases the customer base as well.
Having said that, NB Liquor still needs to follow the tender process that they established. If the application by this company had not been suitable, do you really think they would have been awarded the contract? Furthermore, was NB Liquor even aware that this new gas station/convenience store/restaurant was being planned?
I'm not disagreeing that NB Liquor may have preferred this location from the start but that doesn't mean it was a foregone conclusion. Everyone involved had a kick at the can and this is simply a case of people being sore losers IMO.
By the way, I was just commenting to a friend earlier today how this is yet another example of the anti-development practices that seems to run rampant in this province. Here we have a small business owner who intends to employ a good number of people but the matter is before the courts so he delays construction of his business because the outcome obviously impacts his building plans. Yet it doesn't seem like any progress is being made on the file and thus he is financially penalized. This is very irresponsible behaviour on the part of the province.