Even the Dead Fight Wal-Mart.
May 31, 2003
The media in Hawaii are reporting that Wal-Mart construction crews are coming up with human skeletons in their so-called “superblock” project on Keeaujmoku Street. This
May 2003
Wal-Mart Apologizes for Rude Remark At Competitor’s Dying Store.
May 31, 2003
This is one of those little vignettes about the Big Company that speaks volumes about what’s really behind the Mr. Smiley image. In the Billings
Neighbors Don’t Want to Gamble with Wal-Mart market.
May 31, 2003
Sprawl-Busters has received an account of citizen opposition to a Wal-Mart from Las Vegas, Nevada, where Wal-Mart has been playing a hot hand, and the
Residents say “Uff-da” to Wal-Mart Supercenter.
May 31, 2003
Residents in Stoughton, Wisconsin are battling off an out-of-state developer who wants to ruin a 185 acre field of dreams to build yet another Wal-Mart
Residents Gather To Push Wal-Mart Out of Residential Area.
May 30, 2003
Angry citizens in San Marcos, California are organizing to stop a second Wal-Mart in the city from being built in the middle of a highly
Wal-Mart Gets No Gain in Gainsville.
May 30, 2003
Local residents in Gainsville, Florida sent the following report about a key Wal-Mart defeat in their community. A proposed 207,000 s.f. superstore in northwest Gainsville
Big Box Plan Defeated
May 17, 2003
A group called “Citizens for a Sane Sixth and Wakarusa” helped bury a 26 acre big box development this week in Lawrence, Kansas. Area residents
Planning Commission Unanimously Turns Away Wal-Mart.
May 17, 2003
On May 14th, the Planning Commission in Hillsboro, Oregon unanimously turned thumbs down to a proposed 142,865 s.f. Wal-Mart supercenter on commercially zoned land that
Developer Sues Citizens Group for $25 Million in Libel case.
May 17, 2003
When developers file frivolous lawsuits against local citizens, its called a SLAPP suit: Strategic Litigation Against Public Participation. In other words, it’s a way for
Wal-Mart gets the Blues in Blue Springs.
May 15, 2003
There was no party mood at Wal-Mart this week in Blue Springs, Missouri.According to The Examiner newspaper, the Planning Commission in Blue Springs, voted 5-3
Home Depot Loses Rezoning
May 10, 2003
A Sprawl-Buster in Mokena, Illinois, sent in the following update regarding a Home Depot defeat: “Last summer, Mokena residents were ‘manhandled’ regarding a proposal to
