Campaign Bucks
February 29, 2000
Who wants to vote for a millionaire? With ballot questions facing voters in Glendora and Huntington Beach, California just a week away, the uncontrollable campaign
February 2000
Home Depot’s Hazardous Waste Tub
February 27, 2000
Residents in the small town of Merrimack, New Hampshire have good reason to feel like they got taken for a bath. Last March, the town’s
The Portable Kmart
February 24, 2000
Kmart already has a store in Montgomery Township, Pennsylvania. But the company feels the need to move from its old store to a new location
No Place for Wal-Mart in 6-3 Loss
February 24, 2000
Wal-Mart is without a home in Surrey, British Columbia. As we mentioned in a February 18th entry (see newsflash below), residents in Surrey (pop. 325,000)
Wal-Mart Settles Gun Death Lawsuit
February 24, 2000
On March 26, 1998, James Michael White of Hartselle, Alabama went to his local Wal-Mart store and bought a Winchester shotgun. Thirteen days later, White
Home Depot Dials Wrong Number
February 23, 2000
Ed Mann has Home Depot’s number — literally. The Centereach, New York businessman found himself receiving hundreds of Home Depot faxes on an almost daily
Wal-Mart Workers Elect Union
February 22, 2000
“I have always believed,” wrote Sam Walton, “that we don’t need unions at Wal-Mart.” That is apparently not a view shared by some Wal-Mart workers
Wal-Mart’s Showdown in Surrey
February 18, 2000
On Monday, February 21, 2000, the citizens of Surrey, British Columbia have their chance to finally say how they feel about a 101,840 s.f. Wal-Mart
Home Depot Flies Away
February 17, 2000
The swallows may be returning to the historic charm of San Juan Capistrano, but Home Depot won’t. Local residents of the Capistrano Valley Mobile Estates
Everybody Used to Love Wal-Mart
February 14, 2000
Here’s a Valentine’s Day story of love gone sour. Wal-Mart came to DeLand, Florida in 1985, opening up a 65,000 s.f. store on Woodland Boulevard.
Jewel/Osco Rezoning Found Invalid
February 13, 2000
Citizens have won an untimely victory in Milwaukee against a Jewel/Osco grocery and drugstore that has already been built. A state appeals court has reversed
A three story Wal-Mart!
February 13, 2000
There are roughly 2,970 Wal-Marts and Sam’s Clubs in the United States. To our knowledge there is only one Wal-Mart that has more than one
Wal-Mart, Home Depot Voted Down
February 12, 2000
Voters in Olivette, Missouri got a chance to slam-dunk Wal-Mart, Sam’s Club and Home Depot all in one shot! Voters on February 8th. went to
Murder in Wal-Mart Parking Lot
February 12, 2000
On the afternoon of February 7, 2000, 42 year old Richard Loiacono was shot and killed in the parking lot of a new Wal-Mart supercenter
City Gets Second Wal-Mart
February 12, 2000
Seventeen years ago, the city of Alamosa, Colorado had a fight over the building of a discount Wal-Mart store. An 80,000 s.f. Wal-Mart store kicked
Don’t Use the Sacagawea
February 10, 2000
The lines between public and private enterprise keep getting fuzzier and fuzzier. Consider the announcement by the U.S. Mint that it would spend $40 million
More Corporate Welfare
February 8, 2000
Do taxpayers have to shell out of their own pocket to support the construction of more retail malls? Here’s another handout story with a high
Court “Surprises” Wal-Mart
February 5, 2000
Instead of minding the store in Tucson, Arizona, Wal-Mart has spent more time dabbling in electoral politics and courtrooms. As a result, the Merchants of
Home Depot Campaign Bucks
February 4, 2000
General organizing principle: Big Companies Spend Big to Win. The case of Lake Geneva, WI is just one in a string of high roller campaigns
Walmartian Uses Poison
February 1, 2000
Wal-Mart’s employee credo is based on “respect for the individual”. But sometimes Walmartians give each other a little more than just respect. At the Wal-Mart