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JUDGE HEARS ARGUMENTS ON JOSHUA TREE DOLLAR GENERAL LAWSUIT

The plaintiffs in the lawsuit against the Dollar General store in Joshua Tree had their day in court Friday. Reporter Dan Stork has the status of the legal wrangling…
The Joshua Tree Downtown Business Alliance had its day in a San Bernardino court on Friday morning. David Fick, one of 11 local residents who attended a hearing on the Alliance’s challenge to a planned Dollar General store on the highway at Sunburst, told us that the presiding judge, Donald Alvarez, asked few questions of the opposing lawyers—John Nolan, for Dynamic Development, and Babik Naficy, representing the Joshua Tree Downtown Business Alliance. The Alliance has challenged the store on grounds that its presence could contribute to urban decay, and that traffic impact has not been adequately considered. Dollar General is a Tennessee-based corporation that calls itself “the nation’s largest small-box discount retailer.” There are about 10,000 Dollar General stores nationwide. Dollar General stores are currently operating in Yucca Valley and Twentynine Palms. Another planned unit in Landers was recently granted a minor use permit in an administrative action, after San Bernardino County land use planners received no comments from neighbors on the application for the store. In the Joshua Tree Case, the judge said he will issue a written report. Court observers expect that to happen within 90 days.

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