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The result was: promoted by Bruxtontalk 22:13, 1 March 2024 (UTC)
... that when Mexia Supermarket was abandoned following its owners' bankruptcy in late 1999, due to miscommunication all of the food was left inside to rot? Source: Steven Strange, a Fort Worth attorney representing New Advance Investment Corp which owned Mexia's, said that his clients filed for bankruptcy Sept 29 and that the property reverted to a bank. He said that he called the bank's attorneys to inform them of the bankruptcy filing and that the store had been shut down and the keys turned over. Normally, Strange said, the bank or trustee would take steps to dispose of the property. But that didn't happen in this case, he said. "I can't really tell you what happened," Strange said. "Apparently the electric company turned the electricity off Oct. 18 and obviously no one had done anything about it then" Strange said he blames miscommunication rather than a particular person for the problem "It's unfortunate it's occurred," he said "I don't know why the electricity was shut off. My clients were horrified about it." - Link: https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/649476940/
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Comment: This is my first DYK nomination so go easy on me. Please.
Overall: Nice article and hook. Wearing my promoter's hat, I would phrase it as ALT1: ... that when Mexia Supermarket was abandoned because of its owners' bankruptcy, all of the food inside was left to rot for over three months?
This is because the "due to miscommunication" and year are not essential, the supermarket was abandoned before its owners' bankruptcy, and putting a length of time to the rotting helps the readers, who could be thinking it was for a couple of days. ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 22:13, 18 February 2024 (UTC)
I'd be pretty happy with that ALT, yeah. Thanks. CommissarDoggoTalk? 22:40, 18 February 2024 (UTC)
Nice article and hook. Wearing my promoter's hat, I would phrase it as ALT1: ... that when Mexia Supermarket was abandoned because of its owners' bankruptcy, all of the food inside was left to rot for over three months?
This is because the "due to miscommunication" and year are not essential, the supermarket was abandoned before its owners' bankruptcy, and putting a length of time to the rotting helps the readers, who could be thinking it was for a couple of days. ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 22:13, 18 February 2024 (UTC)