Wal-Mart Goes Door-To-Door to Promote Store Expansion Plan
September 30, 2003
Residents in Cortland, New York report that Wal-Mart is pulling out all the stops to expand their discount store into a supercenter. Here’s their update:
September 2003
British Regulators Stiff Wal-Mart Bid to Buy Another Grocery Chain.
September 28, 2003
For the past eight months, the news media in Britain has been speculating about what company in the United Kingdom would gain control over Safeway
Neighbors Sue Town Over Wal-Mart Rezoning.
September 28, 2003
Residents from the town of Mebane, North Carolina have filed a lawsuit against Wal-Mart in Alamance County Superior Court. Accoridng to the Durham Herald-Sun newspaper,
New City Zoning Could Ban Wal-Mart Supercenters.
September 28, 2003
According to the Alameda Times-Star, officials in Oakland, California are proposing a permanent ban on stores larger than 100,000 s.f. with more than 10% of
Residents Take Up Battle Against Lowe’s.
September 28, 2003
Residents in Cotati, California have been fighting sprawl development on one parcel in town for the past six years. Local activists sent the following update
Wal-Mart Lawsuit Against Tucson Big Box Law Is Thrown Out.
September 28, 2003
Money can’t buy legal decisions — or at least, not all legal decisions. A judge in Pima County, Arizona Superior Court has tossed out this
City Sued for Using Eminent Domain to Help Wal-Mart Superstore.
September 28, 2003
City Officials in Alabaster, Alabama have slammed into a “Wal” of opposition to a Wal-Mart supercenter — especially over the potential use of eminent domain
Lawsuit Filed to Stop City From Giving $10 Million in Corporate Welfare to Wal-Mart.
September 27, 2003
Wal-Mart is the richest company on welfare. It uses tax dollars to gain unfair advantage over its competitors, and to build new stores that shut
City Council Votes to Place Limit on Store Size on November Ballot
September 26, 2003
Residents in Lakeway, Texas have declared a preliminary victory over Wal-Mart’s plans for their community. According to the group Lakeway First, the City Council on
Lawsuit Accuses Wal-Mart Of Desecrating Ancestral Gravesites.
September 11, 2003
Wal-Mart makes no bones about unearthing human remains in order to build yet another store. On May 31, 2003, we reported on Wal-Mart’s excavation of
Wal-Mart Juggling Two Lawsuits From Neighbors
September 7, 2003
A controversial Wal-Mart supercenter is locked in litigation in Lockport, New York after three years of bickering at hearings. Sprawl-Busters reported on October 1, 2007
Wal-Mart Crime Blows Lid off Local Police Budget
September 6, 2003
Township officials in West Sadsbury, Pennsylvania did not see this coming. When the Wal-Mart store was built in their community, they were told it would
A “National Day of Action” Makes 7 Demands of Wal-Mart
September 1, 2003
A National Day of Action has been called for Thursday, November 21, 2002 (one week before Thanksgiving Day), to kick off the People’s Campaign for
Citizen Wal-Mart Puts Itself on the Ballot–Again.
September 1, 2003
Citizen Wal-Mart is putting itself on the ballot in another California community in an effort to ignore the wishes of local communities. In October of