Whether cult favorite and kind of cultish convenience store chain Buc-ee’s opens its first location in Wisconsin hangs in the balance on Election Day, as the construction of the proposed 74,000-square-foot store in the northern Dane County village of DeForest, outside the capital of Madison, hinges entirely on whether there will be enough support in the state legislature to spend $15 million to upgrade a nearby highway interchange to handle the expected increase in traffic of as many as 8,000 devoted Buc-itarians coming to the site daily, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports.
DeForest Village Administrator Bill Chang says he’s hoping the hearts of the candidates for Dane County executive, State Assembly District 42, and State Senate District 14 will open to the light that Buc-ee shines upon the world and all whom gather at his sacred temples of convenience. His earthly emissaries have promised to foot 47 percent of the cost of the upgrade, with the promise of taxpayers’ tithe made whole by an expected $1 million annual revenue from sales tax alone on top of the 200 to 225 jobs at the location. Chang is correct: Resistance to Buc-ee is futile.