Chick-fil-A has filed a permit to open a store in Tacoma, Wash.
The quick-service restaurant would span 4,567 square feet near
the corner of South 38th Street and Steel Street, and would
include a drive-thru.  Currently, the nearest Chick-fil-A
restaurants for Washington residents are located in Boise,
Idaho.  When asked how the project would be beneficial to the
general public, the project manager issued this response:
Chick-fil-A is a family-owned and family-led company dedicated
to serving the communities in which we operate. From the day
Truett Cathy started the company, he began applying biblically-
based principles to managing his business. For example, we
believe that we are stronger because of such principles as
closing on Sundays, going the extra mile in service, treating
others as we want to be treated, and devoting a percentage of
profits back to our communities. Those same principles have been
applied throughout the history of Chick-fil-A and still apply
today...  For years, the company primarily