馬庭正 ([info]r_ness) wrote,
@ 2009-01-05 00:27:00
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The Quincy Patriot-Ledger thinks this is strange, but I think it's just how the Massachusetts legisl
From http://www.patriotledger.com/business/x1514848730/MASS-MARKET-Land-of-the-weird-and-home-of-the-strange:
Best example of why companies are reluctant to start doing business in this state: I’m sure the executives at the Wegmans corporate office in Rochester, N.Y., had no idea their much-beloved supermarket would be greeted with so much resistance. The town of Westwood embraced Wegmans’ request for a beer and wine license for the first Wegmans in the state, but it also needed the Legislature’s approval. First, Rep. Angelo Scaccia (who was helping out a rival chain) held up the bill until Rep. Paul McMurtry (who represents Westwood) kept blocking nearly every other piece of legislation from moving forward until the Wegmans bill came up. Then Rep. William Galvin (who represents Canton, where residents are worried about traffic) blocked the request, holding up other bills, until finally relenting two months later. Then Sen. Brian Joyce (who also represents Canton) blocked the bill, until Sen. Marian Walsh (who also represents Westwood) finally pushed it through on a Friday afternoon this month. No wonder it took Wegmans eight decades to come here.
It all just strikes me as standard operating procedure for legislators. On the other hand, this was just odd:
Most enigmatic corporate name change: South Shore Co-operative Bank officials decided that the bank had a few too many words in its name. So as part of a corporate “rebranding,” the Weymouth bank unveiled its new name – “S Bank” – in October. Well, if bank executives wanted a name that people would talk about, they certainly succeeded.
"S Bank"? Really?
I guess someone made good money coming up with that name.


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[info]alphacygni
2009-01-05 11:24 am UTC (link)
Other than the legislature needing to be involved with that quirk, I think you're right. But oh please, BRING ON THE WEGMANS. Whenever I visit my family, they express sympathy for my Wegmans-less home state. It looks terribly nice, and when Consumer Reports ranked chain grocery stores recently, it was right near (at?) the top.

Then again, they don't have Trader Joe's in Western New York.

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[info]r_ness
2009-01-05 05:45 pm UTC (link)
But oh please, BRING ON THE WEGMANS.

Seriously. They're also down near my parents' place. When I heard they were running into trouble coming here I thought, "Oh, typical."

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[info]plumtreeblossom
2009-01-05 03:16 pm UTC (link)
I WANT WEGMANS!

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[info]marmota
2009-01-05 03:45 pm UTC (link)
Re: "S Bank"; well, germans will get a chuckle out of it. "You bank where?"

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[info]drwex
2009-01-05 04:01 pm UTC (link)
It's not just the MA lege. Every state I've lived in or read about has had similar shenanigans in the legislature, to some degree or another.

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[info]pullmeunder
2009-01-05 05:12 pm UTC (link)
I didn't know you read the Ledger! And I don't know why they (bank) need to change their name... again. I believe this is the bank formerly known as South Weymouth Savings bank. WTF?

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[info]r_ness
2009-01-05 05:48 pm UTC (link)
I found it at my dentist's office, and then found this story on line, so while I don't read it all the time I do check it occasionally.

Banks keep changing their names, but it's not like we're going to like them any more.

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[info]epi_lj
2009-01-05 05:40 pm UTC (link)
I still think that the dumbest bank renaming was when Bank of Montreal rebranded themselves as BMO (pronounced "beemo") and then later rebranded themselves again to BMO Bank of Montreal.

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[info]r_ness
2009-01-05 05:49 pm UTC (link)
Yes! Idiotic.

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doesn't really work but
[info]oh6
2009-01-05 05:56 pm UTC (link)
"It's bank! It's S-Bank!"

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[info]stolen_tea
2009-01-05 06:39 pm UTC (link)
"It's time for s-banking!"

"And after the s-banking?"

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