2nd Wal-Mart Won’t Chip in for Roadwork
January 31, 2002
Wal-Mart already has a 120,000 s.f. store in Enid, Oklahoma. So it seemed somewhat redundant and greedy to some residents of this community when Wal-Mart
January 2002
Wal-Mart Can’t Afford to Build
January 31, 2002
I first reported on the brewing battle against Wal-Mart in Ellsworth, ME in a June 30,2000 newsflash. Here’s an update from CORD, the Citizens Organized
Wal-Mart “Disappointed” by Rejection
January 28, 2002
About eight months ago, I first heard from residents of Spring Valley, Texas, a small community in the Houston market area. The community was organizing
County Adopts Cap on Building Size
January 26, 2002
Citizens in Hood River County, Oregon are celebrating this week a zoning victory. Here is a report from the Citizens for Responsible Growth on the
Corporate Welfare for Kmart
January 24, 2002
Kmart’s plunge into bankruptcy has not enhanced its image in the central city of Milwaukee, where some residents say Kmart is definitely not OK for
Supervisors Ignore Own Planning Vote
January 24, 2002
Township Supervisors in Lower Makefield, Pennsylvania, with police in attendance for “crowd control”, ignored the advice of their own Planning Commission this week, and voted
Wal-Mart On A Slippery Slope.
January 21, 2002
Some residents of Greeley, Colorado apparently believe that one Wal-Mart supercenter is one more than enough. But according to the Greeley Tribune newspaper, this city
Double Trouble from Wal-Mart.
January 17, 2002
The community of Lacey, Washington is staring down a double-barrel shotgun. Here’s a report from Tristan Baurick about Lacey’s double trouble: “Wal-Mart is coming; and
From Farmland to Wal-Mart?
January 17, 2002
Residents in the small town of Florissant, Missouri report that they have begun organizing to prevent a Wal-Mart from setting up shop on a large
Konover’s Target Shot Down 6-1.
January 17, 2002
The small Connecticut town of Canton (pop 9,000) will not be getting a Target store. One of New England’s most prolific developers, the Konover company,
Wal-Mart and the Pirates
January 9, 2002
On August 19, 2001, newsflash first mentioned the “Battle of New Orleans” to stop a 200,000 s.f. Wal-Mart supercenter from locating on 17 acres in
Wal-Mart “Surprised” by Defeat
January 9, 2002
Wal-Mart never seems to be prepared for defeat. Yet another community in a long string of communities has wasted Wal-Mart’s plans to build a 24
Kmart On the Ropes, Service Merchandise Dies
January 7, 2002
Kmart was in the headlines this week as a Prudential Securities analyst downgraded the retailer’s shares to a ‘sell’ rating, prompting toldyouso analysts to suggest
Wal-Mart Will Mean End To Country Living
January 7, 2002
Wal-mart has invaded Middletown, Delaware — and some local opponents understand the changes this superstore will bring, but they are not sure enough of their
Wal-Mart Project Rises From the Dead
January 5, 2002
A Wal-Mart proposal in Virginia has risen like a vampire from the dead to terrorize an entire neighborhood. On February 3, 2007, Sprawl-Busters reported that
Disabled Man Removed from Wal-Mart Store
January 5, 2002
Here’s another “the customer is boss” story from a Wal-Mart shopper who says he was certainly not treated like the boss. Rodney Jackson, a disabled
Home Depot Pushes Its Way Onto Ballot
January 5, 2002
For almost three years, Home Depot has tried to get the people of Mountain View, California to allow them to build a store at the
Wal-Mart Pulls Out of City
January 2, 2002
The Citizens for Preserving Reedley (CPR) got some good news this week, when Wal-Mart announced its proposed store near the Kings River at the gateway