A conservative who operates a kiosk called “Free Market Warrior” will not be allowed to renew his lease with Concord Mills Mall in Concord, NC.
According to mall officials “Mr. Spivack has not agreed to remove the objectionable merchandise and will be moving out of Concord Mills at the end of his lease.”
The “objectionable” items are anti-Obama t-shirts and bumper stickers.
The property owners have the right to rent to whoever they want but what if the tables were turned?
Would Concord Mills kick out a shop owner who sold Anti-Bush bumper stickers?
It does not matter how the mall owner would react to anti-Bush items. The mall is private property. There would only be a story here if the gov’t or courts stepped in to tell the mall owners that they had to renew the lease.