3 days ago
- Business
- Wall Street Journal
The ‘Cable Cowboy' Battles a Giant Gas Station for the Soul of the West
PALMER LAKE, Colo.—Trina Shook took to the podium during a town hall meeting here in May to denounce a plan to locate a Buc-ee's, a colossal roadside rest stop, on the outskirts of the tiny town.
'I'm disgusted by you personally, and by the company,' Shook informed the mayor in the packed meeting room, while an overflow crowd listened outside, shivering in the rain.
