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and some faculty. Back when Bill Clinton's welfare reform bill became law, these students and faculty managed to broker a deal for a Shaw's supermarket to open in a "food desert," serving not only the nutritional needs of the neighborhood, but also the employment needs of mothers who had to transition to work from welfare. The store had to close briefly in 2010 but again a new batch of Yalies jumped in and managed to bring in another supermarket chain store in the same building. It should be said that we do have a Democratic mayor and Board of Aldermen and are represented by a very progressive liberal in Congress (Rosa DeLauro).

I recently learned that several of the original workers of the original supermarket are still there. And the good news is that the new store (a Stop and Shop) is unionized!

If this is the People's Republic of New Haven, I say good for us!