We bumped into several people at the exhibition who said they didn't know anything about it until a friend or neighbour had told them. As far as we're aware, there were no advertisements in the paper, just a line at the end of an article about the Competition Commission report saying that Tesco was holding an exhibition.
We may, of course, just have missed some advertising but we did look and local residents certainly weren't leafleted.
Not many people passing through the town centre at the start of today's exhibition, which was open from 10am - 2pm, will have stumbled across it either - in part because for at least the first half hour or so, the sign advertising the exhibition was still inside the town hall, sitting next to the rubbish.
Inside, local residents were treated to a slick presentation of Tesco's plans for our community but, when pressed for details, the well trained public relations staff on hand meaninglessly tossed about phrases like "green development", "in keeping with the existing buildings" and "regeneration".
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I have read the comments made on this site and it is pleasing to see that other people feel passionately about St Albans.Some of the suggestions made here have been quite excellent.
It seems a shame to me, having lived here for 15 years,I have witnessed the soul of the city ripped out by numerous Corporate developments with underhand methods.The Old art deco Odeon cinema ,for example,has been deliberately left to rot so it can be pulled down.
Unfortunately the local council has in recent years seemed incapable of considering the future of St Albans but instead has allowed the unending building of modern uninspiring and overpriced flats.
This latest offering of Tesco's is by far the worst proposal of recent years.
The 'insulting' language that was used in the glossy pamphlet suggesting that by increasing traffic congestion, ripping down aesthetically pleasing victorian properties and allowing a grotesque abhorrence of an oversized supermarket and carpark onto the site would be beneficial to local people and the city centre trade.
People I have spoken to are resigned to the strong possibiltity that the council,for whatever reason,will cave.However, I hope this opposition may prove solid save the city from irreparable harm.
SM
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