If Home Depot Happens, We’ll Close
June 30, 2000
Linda Lee wasted no time in letting members of the Metropolitan Planning Commission know how she felt about Home Depot coming to town. “If this
June 2000
Wal-Mart’s Maine Event
June 30, 2000
Wal-Mart wants to be the main retailer in Maine, and has launched a multi-town assault on vacationland. Sprawl-busters in Rockland, Topsham and Belfast are already
‘No Way I Would Want Wal-Mart Next To My Home.’
June 29, 2000
A developer wants to build a 225,000 s.f. Wal-Mart Super Center on 22 acres on U.S. Route 13 in between Dover and Cheswold, Delaware, plus
The “Nice” Home Depot
June 29, 2000
According to the Glastonbury Citizen newspaper, developers in Glastonbury, Connecticut are promising local residents that their 131,795 s.f. Home Depot will be “nice” and “well
Dangers of Shopping At Wal-Mart
June 27, 2000
Over the years I have written about some of the dangers of shopping at stores like Wal-Mart and Home Depot. Here’s another one, this time
Crime in Wal-Mart Parking Lots
June 27, 2000
In January of 1998, if you had entered the Wal-Mart in Oxnard, California, you would have been under the watchful eye of no less than
Town Passes Abuting Projects Law
June 27, 2000
On June 3, 2000 (see below) we profiled the battle going on in New Rochelle, New York regarding a huge proposed IKEA furniture store and
Mayor Gets His Home Depot
June 27, 2000
Mayor Bill Souder got the Home Depot he wanted. It looked like tough going at first, because the Planning & Zoning Commission in North Richland
Ban on Superstores.
June 27, 2000
The devastating impact of superstores on small town America has not been lost on other countries. Ireland, Norway, and now Argentina have placed limits on
Wal-Mart Looking for $500,000 Subsidy
June 26, 2000
A Wal-Mart developer in Charlotte, North Carolina is looking for a handout. In fact, he’s looking for a half million dollar tax bailout in order
Fighting the Sea Serpent Sprawl
June 25, 2000
Wal-Mart pulled out of Rockland, Maine recently (see newsflash below) and is now trolling for more land in nearby communities. Local activists in Belfast, Maine
Pharmacist Sues Wal-Mart
June 25, 2000
It’s a dog’s life. Just ask Mark Braun, who worked for Wal-Mart in California as a pharmacist, until he was fired for refusing to fill
Handicapped Woman Wins Wal Mart Suit
June 24, 2000
Elizabeth Swenson was shopping at a Wal-Mart in 1994 when she went to use the handicapped stall. Swenson, who is wheelchair bound, was using the
Judge Rules Citizens Can Join Lawsuit Against Wal-Mart
June 24, 2000
A group of citizens in Liberty, Ohio are fighting for their libery from Wal-Mart, and a federal judge ruled this past week that they can
Home Depot’s Zoning Crap Shoot
June 24, 2000
Homeowners in Las Vegas are gambling with the future of their largest investment, as Rodney Helm found out. He never had to enter a gambling
Underwear Lawsuit on Hold
June 24, 2000
Robert Washington is no Emperor, but he had to leave Wal-Mart looking very much like the fairy tale Emperor’s New Clothes. Six years ago, Washington
The Book-End Malls
June 17, 2000
“We’ll use a little bit of compromise, and a whole lot of cooperation.” So says a developer in Kent, New York, who wants to construct
Konover, All Over
June 17, 2000
They’re everywhere! The Konover Development Corporation, based in Farmington, Connecticut, is pushing sprawl throughout New England. But citizen’s groups are all over Konover. The latest
Wal-Mart Gives Farmers the Boot
June 17, 2000
“I am certainly displeased that (Wal-Mart) did not contact me directly, since they have my phone number, and, instead, they had the police come down.
Residents Organize to Block Mall
June 17, 2000
Sprawl-busters in Long Grove, Illinois have decided there’s more to life than a cheap pair of underwear. A citizen’s group called Long Grove Citizens for
Wal-Mart Abandons Two Malls
June 15, 2000
Love ’em and leave ’em. That seems to be Wal-Mart Canada’s attitude towards the Woolco stores they purchased within the past six years to gain
Wal-Mart Says No Economic Study
June 13, 2000
Many communities across the country have enacted zoning changes that require large scale projects to produce an economic impact study to asesses the cost/benefit of
More Wal-Mart Court Problems
June 11, 2000
The National Law Journal (6/5/00) reports that May 25th. was a “bad day in court for Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.” First, the company admitted to “misguided
Allstate’s Deal with Home Depot
June 11, 2000
You’re in good hands with Allstate — orange hands, that is. According to a report in the Home Center News, if you are an Allstate
Home Depot’s Greenbacks.
June 11, 2000
How appropriate! Home Depot wants to build a 132,000 s.f. store on a road called Greenback Lane. But many of the residents of Orangevale, California
Wal-Mart’s Misguided Conduct
June 7, 2000
In my book,Slam Dunking Wal-Mart, I describe the case of Donna Meissner, who said in 1996 she was abducted from a Wal-Mart parking lot and
IKEA idea condemned
June 3, 2000
More than 400 supporters of the Westchester Residents Against IKEA Now (WRAIN) jammed their cars into the City Park neigbhorhood of New Rochelle today to