I kept looking for the ‘paid advertisement’ warning on Wes Ferguson’s lead article in your November 30 Business Section, “In race for retail, study says Kyle is ahead of Buda.”
This article parroted a ‘retail analysis and merchandising plan,’ as described at the bottom of the page, created by a Dallas consultant and paid for by the city of Kyle and private developers, no doubt hoping to attract retail businesses to Kyle. The primary message of the article seemed to be that potential retail businesses should not locate in Buda, but should come instead to Kyle. What an odd subject for a supposedly objective article in a newspaper that purports to serve Buda, Kyle and Northeast Hays County!
Obviously Kyle is still smarting from the fact that Buda had an HEB and a Walmart before Kyle did and that Buda has a Cabela’s store which ‘draws shoppers from throughout the region.’ Traffic congestion around Cabela’s? Hardly! Perhaps Kyle prefers those 2 way access roads that are head-on collisions waiting to happen.
Lou Bailey
Buda
