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July 2005

Cleaning Products Company Won’t Sell To Wal-Mart

July 28, 2005

Seventh Generation is an organic cleaning products company based in Burlington, Vermont. The company says it is the nation’s leading brand of non-toxic and environmentally

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Church Groups Organize Against Wal-Mart

July 28, 2005

The United Church of Christ (UCC), a community of faith founded in 1957 and based in Cleveland, Ohio, has taken on Wal-Mart’s corporate behavior. In

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Planners Reject Wal-Mart Supercenter–For Now.

July 27, 2005

Township Planners in Spring, Pennsylvania took a little spring out of Wal-Mart’s step this week when they voted against a conditional use permit for a

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Sprawl-Busters Asks TIAA-CREF To Divest Wal-Mart Stock

July 27, 2005

Last week, representatives from Sprawl-Busters, as part of a larger coalition, attended the annual shareholders meeting of TIAA-CREF, the nation’s largest pension fund, with holdings

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Court Overturns Rezoning Vote

July 27, 2005

For those who wonder if its worth it for citizens to go to court to stop big box sprawl, consider the case this week from

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Citizens Seek Tax For Big Box Legal Defense Fund

July 27, 2005

Citizens in Independence, Michigan (pop. 32,000) want to protect their independence from big box stores by building up a war chest to fight them legally

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Coalition Hosts Site Fight Conference Sept 1st

July 27, 2005

The growing interest in communities fighting big box sprawl has led to scheduling of a “site fight” conference in St. Petersburg, Florida. Sprawl-Busters is one

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The Strange Case Of Wal-Mart Snake Boots

July 27, 2005

What does a pair of underwear, boots made out of snake skin, a Bloody Mary mix, and a pair of headphones have to do with

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Mayor Urges Mayor To Stop Wal-Mart Supercenter

July 26, 2005

Mayor Jim Bernard of Milwaukie, Oregon has a simple message for his friend Mayor Tom Potter of Portland, Oregon: Don’t let Wal-Mart destroy our downtown.

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Wal-Mart Opponents Want ‘Better, Not Bigger.’

July 26, 2005

Anti-Wal-Mart activists took their case to City Hall this week in protest of plans to build a Wal-Mart supercenter at Carriage Place. The proposal requires

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Residents Force Aug 2 Vote On Wal-Mart Rezoning

July 24, 2005

Local officials in Fabius, Michigan think Wal-Mart is the solution to their revenue woes, but other local residents say Wal-Mart brings the woes only. Citizens

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Residents Band Together In Response to Big Box Plan

July 23, 2005

All it takes is the smell of a big box store to get local citizens upset. Here’s a brief report filed from Paramus, New Jersey:

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Planning Commission Rejects Wal-Mart Rezoning.

July 21, 2005

So far, so good in Newport News, Virginia. Local officials have handed Wal-Mart a major setback this week, but local residents are not celebrating yet.

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Wal-Mart Says Sayanara to Profits

July 20, 2005

Fortune magazine this week has a major story about China as Wal-Mart’s new cash cow, but things are not so bright in the land of

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Citizens Appeal Home Depot Decision

July 20, 2005

The City Council in El Cajon, California may be looking at a lawsuit from its own citizens in the wake of their decision to approve

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Wal-Mart Goes ‘Green’?

July 19, 2005

Wal-Mart has discovered the environment. Yes, that same environment its been damaging for more than four decades. The giant retailer now is repairing its ways,

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Citizens Organize to Slow Down Wal-Mart

July 18, 2005

The following report came in this week to Sprawl-Busters from residents in Denver, North Carolina, who have formed the group Denver First: “Wal-Mart filed for

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Plans for Wal-Mart/Sam’s Club Scrapped

July 17, 2005

A developer from Wisconsin has announced that the company is leaving Grandville, Michigan and going back to Wisconsin, abandoning an ill-fated Wal-Mart and Sam’s Club

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School Offer To Sell Land To Wal-Mart Just A ‘Ploy’

July 15, 2005

School officials in San Bruno, California learned a painful lesson this week when rumors began circulating that the schools had contacted Wal-Mart over a “surplus”

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The ‘Papillion 11’ Hold Wal-Mart At Bay

July 14, 2005

From the heartland of America, here’s another David v. Goliath story from Papillion, Nebraska to Sprawl-Busters: “Eleven brave neighbors are in the midst of a

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Wal-Mart Shoppers File Racial Profiling Lawsuit

July 14, 2005

Wal-Mart has spent a great deal of time and money trying to woo black customers and black political organizations, but this week in Massachusetts, the

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Home Depot Seeks To Destroy Historic Old Home

July 12, 2005

Home Depot has a commitment to history. Their commitment is to destroy it, if necessary. The Tennessean newspaper reports this week that the world’s largest

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Groups Forms to Fight Off Wal-Mart.

July 11, 2005

Sprawl-Busters has received the following SOS from a small town in Ohio: “Wal-Mart is attmepting to purchase land in Etna Township, Ohio (near Pataskala). The

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Wal-Mart Jilts China, Switches To India.

July 11, 2005

Bloomberg News reports today that Wal-Mart is breaking its addiction to Chinese take-out, and ordering Indian instead. The retailer’s purchases of cheap clothing from India

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Wal-Mart Opens, Grocery Stores Close

July 10, 2005

It’s a common story: Wal-Mart supercenter opens, local businesses close. Net impact: no real gain in tax base for the community. Most recent case in

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Wal-Mart Gets Dunked In Canadian River

July 8, 2005

Here’s a report from another Wal-Mart battle in Canada, where the retailer has suffered several prominent defeats recently: “The Big Box Battle in Campbell River,

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City Council Rejects Rezoning For Wal-Mart

July 7, 2005

A project called “Jefferson Landing” will not be landing. In late June, the Planning Commission in Jefferson Hills, Pennsylvania determined that an application for commercial

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Wal-Mart Workers File Retaliation Lawsuit

July 7, 2005

Right from the heartland of America, another two employees of Wal-Mart, and a former worker, have filed a lawsuit claiming that the company retaliates against

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Citizens Stall Wal-Mart Once Again In Court

July 7, 2005

Wal-Mart is over a barrel in Niagara Falls, New York. Two years ago, a group called the Citizens Against Sprawlmart blocked a Wal-Mart supercenter, and

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Wal-Mart Gets A Blackeye in Buckeye

July 7, 2005

Wal-Mart got poked in the eye this week in Buckeye, Arizona. The vote was 4-3 to reject a Wal-Mart supercenter. The town council voted to

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Wal-Mart Lays Off 1,400 Workers

July 6, 2005

Wal-Mart international has some bright spots, like the expansion possibilities in China, but the Arkansas retailer’s acquisition of British Asda has left much to be

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Wal-Mart Fires Factory Inspector For Sexual Affair

July 4, 2005

Wal-Mart has apparently come up with a creative way to get rid of a trouble-maker. Wal-Mart is being sued by one of its former employees

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State’s Supreme Court Gives Voters Right to Referendum on Wal-Mart.

July 3, 2005

The Utah Supreme Court unanimously ruled on July 1st that residents who fought a Wal-Mart supercenter in their community of Sandy, Utah, have the right

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LAWMAKER WANTS TO LIMIT HOMEOWNERS APPEAL BIG BOX STORES

July 3, 2005

A state lawmaker in Kentucky wants to make it harder for neighbors of a big box store to oppose unwanted developments are curtailing their access

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Wal-Mart’s Community Affairs Managers Work Off A Script

July 3, 2005

Whenever things go wrong in a community for Wal-Mart, their local spokespersons have a very narrow script to work from. When in doubt, Wal-Mart “community

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land. Residents Upset By Wal-Mart Takeover Of Safeways

July 2, 2005

Retail abhors a vacuum, and Northern Ireland is suffering from a political vacuum, as there is no local government in power that can do anything

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Wal-Mart Appeals Rejection To Court

July 2, 2005

What you can’t get by regulation, get by litigation. That seems to be Wal-Mart’s philosophy these days, a far cry from Mr. Sam’s dictum that

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