[Peace-discuss] Lowes Parking for public discussion on War

[Dlind49 at aol.com]

I just spoke with a  Lowes corporate hot line representative 
(1-800-44-lowes). May I suggest that everyone calls this free telephone hot 
line and complain about  Mr. Watkins decison to inhibit public discussion. 
Lowes Corporate policy is that each store manager has the ability to decide 
on use of his own facilty and therefore can decide to prevent parking in his 
parking lot and thus tow any vehicle that he decides to remove. Mr. Watkins 
decision to hinder rather than facilitate public debate thus rests with him 
as Lowe's employee and as the Champaign Illnois store manager.  I believe as 
a combat veteran that this decision, with corporate support,  to inhibit 
public debate by preventing both PRO-WAR AND ANTI-WAR demonstrators from 
parking in the Champaign Illinois Lowes store parking lot even though they do 
not intefer with store operations and customer access is a very poor 
decision. At this critical time during our nation's and the world's history I 
believe that all individuals and corporations shoud be facilitating rather 
than hindering public debate and discussion.  This does not require that 
Lowe's formallly state a PRO-WAR or ANTI-WAR policy but only a policy that 
Lowes facilitates public debate.   The corporate headquarters switchboard 
telephone number is 336-658-4000 and they will be open on Monday morning.