Why is it so difficult to honor our past?

Because it's expensive.

Honestly there's been years of debating this and fighting this. But Rutters bought it. They want to put a store in there. And they said if someone wants to pay to move it they're free to do so, but no one ponied up.

There's fundraising going on now but it's probably too little too late.

Although I will say. Rutters is missing a huge public relations opportunity here. They should offer the balance of the money to move it now since that's probably cheaper than demo at this point, and then donate to the park it ends up in.

A "Rutter's helped save the Hoke house" would be great PR

>Honestly there's been years of debating this and fighting this. But Rutters bought it. They want to put a store in there. And they said if someone wants to pay to move it they're free to do so, but no one ponied up

In Freeport, ME, the town made McDonald's build their restaurant so that the historical building at that location was incorporated into the designs. Rutters should be able to do the same. I hear there is a similar issue with a 100's year old building in Lebanon County. Restaurant chain wants to tear it down and put up a parking lot.

That's a great idea.

Now if only people voted for government officials who care instead of government officials who care about profits

Every municipality is a little kingdom.

Plenty of opportunity to vote for good people or for you to run as a good person

Why do people hate history