As we told McDonald's early, and often: thanks, but no thanks on coming to Newtown. Woo hoo!

All they are doing is redesigning their plan to make it easier to get in, probably worse for us. How about a CHIPOTLE, those places are great and a healthier choice for everyone while still offering good flavor.

We don't need a mc Donald's. I agree Chipolte or better yet Outbacks

Just find another location, McDonald's. Anyone who uses the shopping center on nights and weekends knows it will be a total nightmare in that spot, even with revised plans.

The Roads in the township need to be updated !

Is it any wonder why businesses hate coming to Newtown? People want their cake and to eat it too. The reason our taxes are the lowest in the county is because of businesses in Newtown. Yet with our ridiculous zoning practices we scare good business off. We are not the healthy eating patrol, we are supposed to be municipal government. Maybe people should show some freakin restraint at the table and stop blaming Mcdonalds for their weight problems? You don't like McDonalds? Great...don't go! No one is holding gun to your head. The whole nanny state mentality is getting so old. Grow up people...make choices for yourselves and stop relying on government to do it for you. If McDonalds meets all of the (ridiculous business stifling) requirements the Township has put in place, then why shouldn't they be allowed to open? Yet these same people will complain when the inevitable tax increase that our republican supervisors continue to kick doen the road, eventually catches up and they get walloped with a giant bill.. All because they didn't set up favorable conditions for businesses to thrive in Newtown and also because they didn't pass small incremental tax increases over several years. Instead they have put us into a fiscal nightmare.

We need a Trader Joe's or Whole Foods! Not another fast food chain type store.

Well said Illuminati. If Mc Donalds wants to open and meets all the rulles and regulations so be it. If Traider Joe's or Whole foods, bank or even another spa think that they could make a go of it and meet the requirements - fine. Current market conditions will dictate who moves in. That shoping center is falling off a cliff (count the vacancies), the bleeding must stop before it's too late.

I agree with Illuminati. If you don't like the food, don't go. Meanwhile, that building is empty, as is the building close to the PNC bank/Ace Hardware store. Main street has a few empty spots, and let's not even get started on the old Acme place. I thought the people of Newtown were fair, and willing to give businesses a chance. Thought wrong I guess.

@DC signs...C'mon really? Comparing McDs to a porn store? Thats just ridiculous. Also...a porn store has to be in a specific zone, not a mixed commercial zone such as the shopping center... If Newtown had a properly zoned area for a porn store and someone wanted to open one, who's business is it? Again...nanny state NIMBY thinking. Perhaps starbucks are just as offensive to some people as porn stores are? My point is government is supposed to facilitate commerce, not restrict it based on some mob mentality.

Harry, I guess that "current market conditions" is what closed the Newtown Book Store 2 months ago. You posted then that we need to support small business's. Is McDonalds what you had in mind? Can't have it both ways bud.....
Illuminati....time to switch to decaf. Relax on the political slant as you are missing the point (and it makes no sense....."lowest taxes in county b/c our businesses", yet our repulblican supervisors are "kicking the can"?????). Nobody is asking the gov't for a handout or to babysit them. The people who don't want a McDonalds here simply don't eat at McDonald's anywhere! Their Big Macs aren't going to lure those those people in. They simply want better alternatives, that's it. So breathe deeply, smile and enjoy your week!

OK lets all take up a vote for what we want to open up in the vacant stores in the shopping centers, contact the companies and then shop in a wonderland of our selected stores. That's not how it works. Do I want more big box and chains - heck no! All I'm saying is that if a legit company wants to come and open up and abide by the rules and regulations so be it. PS. I don't eat at McDonalds, when I want good burger I go to Isaac's

McDonalds wanted a drive thru 30% larger than zoning permits. They applied for a variance and withdrew it before it was likely denied. They can reapply or find another, more suitable location that will allow their wide drive thru. End of story to this point. And you know, I like my local government to uphold and enforce zoning regulations as is their elected responsibility. That's the only issue here. Everything else is rhetoric that's disconnected from the reality of the circumstance.

Johnny Mac, I've repeatedly deleted your comments because they are not based in fact and I would prefer not to propagate rumors on the site. McGrath has not submitted any application to construct a McDonald's at the former Acme site.