all the talk about walmart....

[Arklady]

... I just had to post this...

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060523/...NqBHNlYwM3NDk-

man these links get longer all the time...

Arklady

[fordy]

Originally Posted by Arklady

... I just had to post this...

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060523/...NqBHNlYwM3NDk-

man these links get longer all the time...

Arklady

.........Size breeds Arrogance in corporate attitudes just as it does in goverance by bureaucrats . This attitude of we "Will" build a store in Your community would tend to negate WM's constant PR campaign of community goodwill that they continually publicize . fordy...

[RedTartan]

Is anyone else terrified of eminent domain? They take land from people now for no reason at all. My community was a small town. It is now an over-priced suburb. That's why we're moving in a couple of weeks. The city council has wanted a new high school with a campus for years. Manicured lawns, new sports fields, very snobbish.

They took several acres from a working farm (our community's only remaining working farm) by eminent domain AFTER voters repeatedly voted down a new high school. They kept putting it up and it finally passed. To have enough property taxes to pay for such a thing, they're building subdivisions full of McMansions sitting on postage-stamp sized lawns.

People are paying $200,000+ to live here now because for decades this was the place people strived to live in. A nice small town. Won't they be surprised when they get here...

RedTartan

I hereby declare my intention to join the boycott of Wal*Mart, not because of cheap, imported goods, but because they're willing to break into a community that doesn't want them via eminent domain.

[Danaus29]

You think you're terrified of eminent domain??? I live in a "blighted" area (only "blighted" because most of the residents are elderly or low-income) next to a state and national scenic river! We moved here because the area was surrounded by farm-land (not anymore) and the waterway is soooo beautiful but we could very easily lose the home we have lived in for 16 years because of the "blighted" status and the fact that while our property values remain relatively low, the surrounding homes are selling for 3 to 4 times what our values are.

I know of several cities that were sued by Wal-Mart so they could put their junk stores in. It's funny how people's outrage is so quickly turned to bliss once they see the cheap merchandise and start getting paychecks from the same company they swore to avoid. "If you build it, we will shop" Does Wal-Mart have subliminal messaging in their advertisements????