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Big Box Reports
The Center on Policy Initiatives recently released a studyexamining the impact of large subsidized development on the local community. They examined the College Grove Redevelopment Project, which received $13.4 million in the form of public assistance, including $9.5 million for Wal-Mart. The study looks beyond fiscal impacts and incorporates an analysis of employment, housing, neighborhood services and the environment.
According to a study by the non-partisan Center for Responsive Politics, Wal-Mart is now the second highest contributor to the 2004 elections, having already contributed more than $1 millionto federal candidates. Last year, Wal-Mart didn't even rank in the top 100.
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Resources
Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economyis taking on Wal-Mart after it announced plans to open 40 supercenters in
See the Wal-Mart Lawsuit
The Truth About Wal-Mart's Inglewood Ballot Initiative
View Wal-Mart's Impact on Small Business
Sign a Stop Wal-Mart Development Petition
How to Stop Wal-Mart from Expanding into and Destroying Your Community
How To Win Land Development Issues: A Handbook
Big Box Sprawl And How To Control It
Links
Who Benefits When Wal-Mart Comes To Town?
Union: Wal-Mart “Buy American” Program Is A Sham
Hightower: How Wal-Mart is Remaking Our World
Hightower: If Wal-Mart Comes To Your Town, Kill It
Littering The West With Vacant Superstores
Ready Or Not, Here Comes Wal-Mart
On the Shelves
IN SAM WE TRUST - THE UNTOLD STORY OF SAM WALTON AND WAL-MART, THE WORLD'S MOST POWERFUL RETAILER, by Bob Ortega, paperback, Times Business/Random House, NY NY, 2000, US$16.00
HOW WAL-MART IS DESTROYING
NICKEL AND DIMED - ON (NOT) GETTING BY IN AMERICA, by Barbara Ehrenreich, hardcover, Metropolitan Books/Henry Holt, NY NY, 2001, US$23.00
Special thanks to the Center for American Progress, who compiled much of this information for their Progress Report. To sign up for your copy, click here. And Special Thanks to Save Austin for putting this information together!
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A dozen communities across California were ripped apart when 70,000 grocery workers went on strike after local grocery stores tried to slash wages and benefits to stay competitive with Wal-Mart. Now citizens in Michigan, Indiana, New York, Washington and Kansasare fighting back.
Johnson County, Indiana nixed a Supercenterwhen the
Citizens of Franklin, Wisconsin opposed a Supercenter, pushing for a city ordinance limiting the size of all so-called "big box" retailers. The proposed ordinance, modeled after
A proposed Wal-Mart is making waves in Papillion, Nebraskawhere residents don't want the shopping center. It's gigantic," said John Smith, a neighbor who opposes the development. "The fabric of the neighborhoods in Papillion is such that neighborhoods are king," Smith said. Residents worry the center could be open 24 hours a day. "Which causes all kinds of lighting problems, noise problems, noise pollution," said Jim Deseck, a concerned neighbor.
In White River, Indianaresidents are gearing up to convince a seven-member council — a board most residents have never gone to the polls to elect — that Wal-Mart should be turned away. “Our actions over the last six months have been geared toward the upcoming city council vote,” said John Dorsett, a member of White River Citizens United.
In Thornton, Coloradohundreds of residents brought protest signs and signed petitions against Wal-mart. They say roads in their neighborhood will never be able to handle all the extra traffic a store this size would bring. They will next try to get a referendum to stop the proposed project.
In Windsor Township, Pennsylvaniamany
In Lawrence, Kansas, Wal-Mart has a big target on its back. Alan Cowles, president of the West Lawrence Neighborhood Association, said "The three big issues for us are traffic, traffic and traffic," Cowles said. The giant retail box also would hurt the downtown retail shopping district, which
The city of Gilroy, Californiais standing up against the building of a new Supercenter, citing concerns over wages and land use. A "coalition of small businesses, environmentalists, grocery store workers and residents" is urging the City Council to slow the project down.
Contra Costa Came Close to Beating Wal-Martlast week. Despite being outspent by more than 2 to 1, the grassroots campaign to keep big-box stores like Wal-Mart out of
In Hanford, Californiacritics are concerned the downtown area of the city will suffer if the super store is built. The Chamber of Commerce will host a town hall meeting between representatives of the store chain and the
Featured National News Quote
“Wal-Mart's only competition seems to be the proliferation of groups warring with it.
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Archived National News Stories |
Denver Post: Will Break To Wal-Mart Really Pay?
Newton Citizen: Wal-Mart Plan Raises Economic, Traffic Concerns
St. Petersburg Times: Residents: Wal-Mart Plan 'A Major Disaster'
Rocky Mountain News: Residents Weigh In On Wal-Mart
Kansas City Star: Wal-Mart Says Sex Discrimination Suit Should Be Dismantled
KOCO-TV Channel 5: Neighbors Take Wal-Mart Fight To Court
St. Petersburg Times: Residents Object To Coming Of Wal-Mart
Denver Post: Wal-Mart, Local Merchants Square Off
For More, go to Save Austin's Press Page
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