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Scamdani and the Truth About City-Owned
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Posted By: 4250Luis, 8/4/2026 5:32:34 AM

Some of my earliest memories are from a grocery store. My mother, and later her sister, worked at a locally owned Key Market running the deli department. Baked goods, hot meals, sliced meats and fresh salads, and the best donuts you ever tasted made from scratch every day — it was a kid’s paradise. She would sometimes take me to work on Saturdays, and I’d help, doing everything but slicing the meat (age-restricted because it’s dangerous). It was fun for me, and I learned things I would not have learned watching cartoons.

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Reply 1 - Posted by: gartenfrau 8/4/2026 7:38:34 AM (No. 2134870)
She is absolutely correct about the military commissaries, they are not that much cheaper on many items and then whatever you save is cut in half by the 5% surcharge. I've been shopping at commissaries my whole adult life and their advantages have been dropping for decades, really ever since the 90's. The only real advantage I see is in meat prices and we have a good meat dept. at the Selfridge commissary. I'm gradually buying less there as they are always cutting back on the number of items they carry. Soon it will be national brands of basic items only I fear.
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Reply 2 - Posted by: privateer 8/4/2026 7:45:03 AM (No. 2134872)
I see one tiny flaw in her conclusion: FTA: 'Scamdani’s city-owned stores are nothing but a subsidized loss-leader program. Taxpayers will actually be paying for the same groceries twice.' The moochers and scroungers to whom Scamdami pitches this mirage are NOT taxpayers. Voters probably yes. It's about power, not food.
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