Remember the old days… when I didn’t make hardly enough take home to cover the house payment. Got paid twice a month and had to save all of one check and some of the next just for the house payment so eating out was a treat… even at that our treat had to be cheap… so a lot of times it was Taco Johns (when we lived in Lamar)… And now I read that it is no longer there and will be redone as a ???? Taco? Just won’t be the same… in fact it wasn’t the same with the new building there… we remembered the little bitty drive in that had no seats… takeout only… but time passes, and all things change… although I still look the same….
“She also noted that the former Taco Johns restaurant in Lamar has been sold and will re-open for business following the completion of some franchise required renovations. She did not specify any timeline for an opening, but remarked that the new owners have had extensive experience in the Taco Johns franchise. City Clerk, Linda Williams, stated there is a $7,000 lien against the property from the former owner, for back payment of utilities, mostly for electricity. “About $1,100 is for water, sewer and garbage pick-up and the balance is for power,” she explained. The council noted they were willing to accept about 50% off for a direct payment instead of using a collection agency, which Williams noted, would amount to partial payments over a longer time period. She added this will be a win-win scenario, “There will be a new restaurant opened in town, people will be employed, the city will collect revenue from sales taxes and Lamar Light and Power will have a new commercial customer.” The matter of the past due account will be discussed by the Lamar Utilities Board.”
By Russ Baldwin
Also in the article I see that the city is giving money to entrepreneurs to re-develop or improve business on main street???? Kind of like Political Robin Hood? Take from the people and give it to others, but not necessarily the needy?
Oh well, it is the same every where…
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