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July 2002

Wal-Mart’s Store in a Floodplain Still Up in the Air.

July 31, 2002

Wal-Mart’s marathon battle to float a 183,000 s.f. supercenter just over the city line of Decorah, Iowa is now more up in the air than

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Parlez vous Wal-Mart? Not in Paris.

July 30, 2002

Wal-Mart is not spoken here. That was the sentiment of what the Bourbon Times newspaper called a “capacity crowd” that turned out in Paris, Kentucky

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Town Passes “Study Fees” Bylaw to Make Developers Pay For Reports

July 29, 2002

Midddletown First, a citizen’s group opposing sprawling development in the community of Middletown,Rhode Island, has helped pass a new zoning ordinance that levels the playing

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Citizens Delayed Wal-Mart Construction For One Year

July 24, 2002

A Wal-Mart denied is better than a Wal-Mart delayed — but either is preferable to a Wal-Mart opening. There is no such thing as a

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Home Depot Site Hit by Vandals

July 24, 2002

According to a report in the July 23 Keene Sentinel, “vandals” attacked a Home Depot construction site this week, in just the latest incident in

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Banking & Wal-Mart Don’t Mix.

July 24, 2002

A major player representing 5,400 community banks, has told federal regulators that Wal-Mart should be denied its request to purchase a small bank in Broken

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Menards Prompts Citizens Protest

July 23, 2002

“Barbaboo has a very good chance of losing its identity.” That’s one of the concerns of John Smith, one of the leaders of a new

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“Beautiful” Wal-Mart Rejected. Company Files Suit.

July 23, 2002

According to the Orlando (FL) Sentinel, Wal-Mart has filed a lawsuit challenging a decision in June by the Volusia County Council to reject plans for

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Residents Start Boycott of Giant Eagle over Empty Store

July 21, 2002

Many big box retailers leave “dark stores” behind them when they prematurely close one unit, and move to a bigger one. Wal-Mart has 400 “dark

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Mayor Wants Big Box Moratorium

July 19, 2002

All it took was Wal-Mart turning over a little dirt just outside of town to put Mayor Eric Amundsen on edge. The Mayor of the

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The link between Big Box stores and the lack of bathrooms downtown.

July 14, 2002

What’s the connection between big box sprawl and the lack of public bathrooms in downtown business districts? It may not be the most compelling reason

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Lowe’s Sued Over ‘Chinese’ Overtime

July 14, 2002

A law firm based in Rochester, New York is handling a class action lawsuit against the second largest home improvement chain store in the world,

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Moms Vs. Wal-Mart Says: Stop Building Near Schools

July 13, 2002

A new group of citizen activists from around the country, based in Pittsfield, Michigan, wants to send Wal-Mart back to the classroom. The lesson plan

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Home Depot Pays Largest Fine in History Over Unit Pricing Law

July 13, 2002

The Attorney General’s Office in Michigan has been on Home Depot’s case for years regarding the corporation’s lack of compliance with Michigan law which requires

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Wal-Mart Wants Horse Farm for Distribution Center

July 7, 2002

Noel Hickey made a good living for himself breeding and training horses on the 320 acre farm in Marion County, Florida that he bought in

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Residents want to “Freeze Glacier Mall”.

July 5, 2002

It takes a lot of nerve to name a mall after a Glacier, but that’s just what one developer in Kalispell, Montana has done. And

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Wal-Mart The Time Bandit

July 4, 2002

Wal-Mart’s tendency to short its workers their overtime hours has now made it onto the grand stage. The New York Times on June 25th published

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Wal-Mart Goofs on Traffic Projections

July 4, 2002

According to a report in the Daily Progress newspaper in Louisa County, Virginia, Wal-Mart seriously underestimated the amount of truck traffic that its planned distribution

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Wal-Mart Wants to Tear Down Drive-In Theater

July 4, 2002

According to the Albany, Oregon Democrat-Herald newspaper, Wal-Mart wants to level one of the few remaining drive-in movie theaters in the state, and replace it

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Residents Organize to Block Wal-Mart Expansion

July 4, 2002

Last January, rumors started flying in LaGrande, Oregon that Wal-Mart wanted to morph its discount store into a supercenter. Brett Kelver of Oregon Rural Action

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Planners Want Demolition Bond for Big Boxes

July 4, 2002

The very visible and costly proliferation of “dead” big box stores that are littering American highways has caused some communities to try and deter the

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Local Officials Irate Over Wal-Mart Tax Cut

July 4, 2002

A change in Wal-Mart’s corporate tax status in Massachusetts has triggered a volley of angry reactions from local officials across the state. The town reaction

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