Add “Zohran Mamdani critic” to Orange County hotel developer Tim Busch’s long list of official and unofficial credentials.  The founder of Irvine-based Pacific Hospitality Group leaned on expertise in his retail operation, Busch’s Fresh Food Market, to craft a call-out of the New York City mayor’s plan for public grocery stores as “an attack on basic economics and the people he purports to help” in a Wall Street Journal op-ed published Tuesday. Known more for running PHG — which counts hotels like the Meritage Resort and Spa in Napa in its portfolio — Busch spoke candidly about stocking grocery shelves […]

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