The city and the county think that we all do our shopping in county and they do not like big box stores.

Well they all need to look at who owns the stores that we have in the city and county and look at how many times we go out of county to shop. We are hearing only one side of this story.

We need the work force and the income here. People come here and they do not have the shopping so they leave and we all are looking for the best deal.

Jim Burton lives in Clearlake Oaks.