This has nothing to do with Communism.

But the store, in a city-owned strip mall, is on the verge of closure. Customers say they are increasingly afraid to shop there — even with visible police patrols — because of drug dealing, theft and vagrancy both inside and outside the store and the public library across the street.

Advocates like Taylor have accused the city of neglecting the property. Discussions about fixing a fence behind the store dragged on for months until it was repaired in early July, and the city just remedied the sewer stench that Taylor and others say has pervaded the store for weeks.

In May, after the city was slow to turn over the $750,000 in promised assistance to the store, residents from the racially mixed neighborhood stormed a council meeting waving signs that read, “I need access to fresh food!” and “Cut the check!” Gwendolyn Grant, president and chief executive of the Urban League of Greater Kansas City, called on Mayor Quinton Lucas to “stop lying,” and “get the job done.”

So what is making the store fail is being located in a bad neighborhood and the Kansas City government neglecting it. Basically black ghetto people + being sabotaged by the government is why it's failing. That would cause ANYTHING to fail.

This has nothing to do with Communism.

But the store, in a city-owned strip mall, is on the verge of closure. Customers say they are increasingly afraid to shop there — even with visible police patrols — because of drug dealing, theft and vagrancy both inside and outside the store and the public library across the street.

Advocates like Taylor have accused the city of neglecting the property. Discussions about fixing a fence behind the store dragged on for months until it was repaired in early July, and the city just remedied the sewer stench that Taylor and others say has pervaded the store for weeks.

In May, after the city was slow to turn over the $750,000 in promised assistance to the store, residents from the racially mixed neighborhood stormed a council meeting waving signs that read, “I need access to fresh food!” and “Cut the check!” Gwendolyn Grant, president and chief executive of the Urban League of Greater Kansas City, called on Mayor Quinton Lucas to “stop lying,” and “get the job done.”

So what is making the store fail is being located in a bad neighborhood and the Kansas City government neglecting it. Basically black ghetto people + being sabotaged by the government is why it's failing.

This has nothing to do with Communism.

But the store, in a city-owned strip mall, is on the verge of closure. Customers say they are increasingly afraid to shop there — even with visible police patrols — because of drug dealing, theft and vagrancy both inside and outside the store and the public library across the street.

Advocates like Taylor have accused the city of neglecting the property. Discussions about fixing a fence behind the store dragged on for months until it was repaired in early July, and the city just remedied the sewer stench that Taylor and others say has pervaded the store for weeks.

In May, after the city was slow to turn over the $750,000 in promised assistance to the store, residents from the racially mixed neighborhood stormed a council meeting waving signs that read, “I need access to fresh food!” and “Cut the check!” Gwendolyn Grant, president and chief executive of the Urban League of Greater Kansas City, called on Mayor Quinton Lucas to “stop lying,” and “get the job done.”

So what is making the store fail is being located in a bad neighborhood and the Kansas City government neglecting it. Basically black ghetto people + being sabotaged by the government is why it's failing.

This has nothing to do with Communism.

But the store, in a city-owned strip mall, is on the verge of closure. Customers say they are increasingly afraid to shop there — even with visible police patrols — because of drug dealing, theft and vagrancy both inside and outside the store and the public library across the street.

Advocates like Taylor have accused the city of neglecting the property. Discussions about fixing a fence behind the store dragged on for months until it was repaired in early July, and the city just remedied the sewer stench that Taylor and others say has pervaded the store for weeks.

In May, after the city was slow to turn over the $750,000 in promised assistance to the store, residents from the racially mixed neighborhood stormed a council meeting waving signs that read, “I need access to fresh food!” and “Cut the check!” Gwendolyn Grant, president and chief executive of the Urban League of Greater Kansas City, called on Mayor Quinton Lucas to “stop lying,” and “get the job done.”

So what is making the store fail is being located in a bad neighborhood and the Kansas City government neglecting it. Basically black ghetto people + it's being sabotaged by the government is why it's failing.

This has nothing to do with Communism.

But the store, in a city-owned strip mall, is on the verge of closure. Customers say they are increasingly afraid to shop there — even with visible police patrols — because of drug dealing, theft and vagrancy both inside and outside the store and the public library across the street.

Advocates like Taylor have accused the city of neglecting the property. Discussions about fixing a fence behind the store dragged on for months until it was repaired in early July, and the city just remedied the sewer stench that Taylor and others say has pervaded the store for weeks.

In May, after the city was slow to turn over the $750,000 in promised assistance to the store, residents from the racially mixed neighborhood stormed a council meeting waving signs that read, “I need access to fresh food!” and “Cut the check!” Gwendolyn Grant, president and chief executive of the Urban League of Greater Kansas City, called on Mayor Quinton Lucas to “stop lying,” and “get the job done.”

So what is making the store fail is being located in a bad neighborhood and the Kansas City government neglecting it.

This has nothing to do with Communism.

But the store, in a city-owned strip mall, is on the verge of closure. Customers say they are increasingly afraid to shop there — even with visible police patrols — because of drug dealing, theft and vagrancy both inside and outside the store and the public library across the street.

Advocates like Taylor have accused the city of neglecting the property. Discussions about fixing a fence behind the store dragged on for months until it was repaired in early July, and the city just remedied the sewer stench that Taylor and others say has pervaded the store for weeks.

In May, after the city was slow to turn over the $750,000 in promised assistance to the store, residents from the racially mixed neighborhood stormed a council meeting waving signs that read, “I need access to fresh food!” and “Cut the check!” Gwendolyn Grant, president and chief executive of the Urban League of Greater Kansas City, called on Mayor Quinton Lucas to “stop lying,” and “get the job done.”

So what is making the store fail is being located in a bad neighborhood and the city government neglecting it.

This has nothing to do with Communism.

But the store, in a city-owned strip mall, is on the verge of closure. Customers say they are increasingly afraid to shop there — even with visible police patrols — because of drug dealing, theft and vagrancy both inside and outside the store and the public library across the street.

Advocates like Taylor have accused the city of neglecting the property. Discussions about fixing a fence behind the store dragged on for months until it was repaired in early July, and the city just remedied the sewer stench that Taylor and others say has pervaded the store for weeks.

In May, after the city was slow to turn over the $750,000 in promised assistance to the store, residents from the racially mixed neighborhood stormed a council meeting waving signs that read, “I need access to fresh food!” and “Cut the check!” Gwendolyn Grant, president and chief executive of the Urban League of Greater Kansas City, called on Mayor Quinton Lucas to “stop lying,” and “get the job done.”

So what is making the store fail is being located in a bad neighborhood and the city government neglecting it.

This has nothing to do with Communism.

But the store, in a city-owned strip mall, is on the verge of closure. Customers say they are increasingly afraid to shop there — even with visible police patrols — because of drug dealing, theft and vagrancy both inside and outside the store and the public library across the street.

Advocates like Taylor have accused the city of neglecting the property. Discussions about fixing a fence behind the store dragged on for months until it was repaired in early July, and the city just remedied the sewer stench that Taylor and others say has pervaded the store for weeks.

In May, after the city was slow to turn over the $750,000 in promised assistance to the store, residents from the racially mixed neighborhood stormed a council meeting waving signs that read, “I need access to fresh food!” and “Cut the check!” Gwendolyn Grant, president and chief executive of the Urban League of Greater Kansas City, called on Mayor Quinton Lucas to “stop lying,” and “get the job done.”

This has nothing to do with Communism.

But the store, in a city-owned strip mall, is on the verge of closure. Customers say they are increasingly afraid to shop there — even with visible police patrols — because of drug dealing, theft and vagrancy both inside and outside the store and the public library across the street.

Advocates like Taylor have accused the city of neglecting the property. Discussions about fixing a fence behind the store dragged on for months until it was repaired in early July, and the city just remedied the sewer stench that Taylor and others say has pervaded the store for weeks.

This has nothing to do with Communism.

But the store, in a city-owned strip mall, is on the verge of closure. Customers say they are increasingly afraid to shop there — even with visible police patrols — because of drug dealing, theft and vagrancy both inside and outside the store and the public library across the street.

And everything to do with a certain group of people ruining the neighborhood it is located in.