Citizen Buys Wal-Mart Land.
March 29, 1999
Now you see it, now you don’t. A prime piece of land Wal-Mart planned to purchase to construct a store in Saranac Lake was purchased
March 1999
Wal-Mart Pays Environmental Fine
March 26, 1999
The Pennsylvania Dept. of Environmental Protection (DEP) has signed a consent order and agreement with Wal-Mart to upgrade the environmental construction practices for stores in
Wal-Mart On the Ballot
March 26, 1999
Sprawl-busters in Fort Collins, CO report that both the Planning & Zoning Board, and the Fort Collins City Council have voted to deny a request
Wal-Mart’s Telechubby Law Suit.
March 25, 1999
Tinky Winky is miffed, and Laa-Laa is livid! Even Dipsy has gone dippity! The Teletubbies are making war on Wal-Mart’s Bubbly Chubbies. What’s the difference,
They bought the farm.
March 24, 1999
Want to keep sprawl out of your community? Do like the folks in Yellow Springs did: buy the farm. When the town wanted to protect
Home Depot Sued For Overcharging Its Suppliers
March 24, 1999
A Pittsburgh-based lawsuit filed a class action lawsuit yesterday charging that Home Depot, and its top executives, made false and misleading statements about its operations
Wal-Mart Truth in Labeling
March 21, 1999
Bloomberg News reports that Wal-Mart has agreed to settle charges leveled by the Federal Trade Commission that Wal-Mart did not properly disclose in what country
Personal Injuries At Wal-Mart
March 21, 1999
The signs in the Wal-Mart stores used to read: “Watch for Falling Prices”. They more properly should have read: “Watch for falling merchandise”. It turns
Wal-Mart Empties the Downtown.
March 20, 1999
Sprawl-busters in Ticonderoga, NY fought against Wal-Mart and lost. A Wal-Mart supercenter opened there in August of 1998, outside of the downtown, along a major
Wal-Mart’s “Wet Look”
March 20, 1999
Sprawl-busters in Southport, NC report that the city fathers have voted to approve a satellite annexation of a piece of property that will open the
Wal-Mart’s Dirty Pool.
March 20, 1999
Manhattan, KS has absolutely no need for a second Wal-Mart, except to meet the corporate needs of the company, but the Manhattan Urban Area Planning
Wal-Mart’s employee defections.
March 17, 1999
In the summer and fall of 1997, a couple of former Wal-Mart employees were hired by Amazon.com the on-line book seller. One of the former
Wal-Mart’s Chills.
March 16, 1999
It was more than just a frigid weather pattern that caused the “chilly reception” that Wal-Mart received on March 8th.before the Milwaukee Plan Commission. According
Shutting Down Home Depot.
March 12, 1999
The city of Brighton probably feels like Home Depot hit it with a two-by-four. According to an account in the Ann Arbor News, the city
Home Depot’s “Breakfast Club”
March 12, 1999
Don’t expect bagels and coffee at the Home Depot “Breakfast Club”. According to former Home Depot employee Debra Bliss, who worked at the Depot store
Wal-Mart’s Disability Problem.
March 8, 1999
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunities Commission has been on Wal-Mart’s case. We reported in a newsflash from October 12, 1998 that a disabled Wal-Mart worker
Target Squeaks By.
March 6, 1999
If only 48 voters had changed their minds, the Dayton-Hudson Corporation would have lost a key zoning fight in their own home state. On March
Wal-Mart’s Corporate Democracy.
March 6, 1999
Is Wal-Mart a corporation, or a citizen? It’s hard to tell in Eureka, CA, where Wal-Mart is leading an effort to put a “citizen’s” initiative