County Threatens to Shut Access To Home Depot Store
August 31, 2006
Home Depot’s corporate slogan is “You can do it. We can help.” But local officials in Maywood and Lodi, New Jersey think Home Depot can’t
August 2006
Local Residents Fight the ‘Isthmus of Wal-Mart.’
August 30, 2006
There are six Wal-Mart supercenters within 20 miles of the town of Irmo, South Carolina. There are also 366,128 s.f. of empty Wal-Mart stores in
County Shrinks the Wal-Mart
August 30, 2006
On July 16, 2006, Sprawl-Busters reported that the Leon County, Florida Board of Adjustment and Appeals voted 2-1 to limit the size of a proposed
Residents Sue Town Over Wal-Mart Project
August 29, 2006
Residents in Knightdale, North Carolina, have turned to the same tactic Wal-Mart would use if it were denied in a small town: the courts. Sprawl-Busters
Cap on Size of Stores Considered in Oahu
August 26, 2006
No big stores on the Big Island? The Chairman of the Honolulu, Hawaii City Council has introduced a measure that would ban “supercenters,” which would
Residents Likely To Appeal Home Depot Approval
August 26, 2006
After four hours of debate on August 24th, the Planning Commission in Long Beach, California voted to approved an Environmental Impact Report for a proposed
Wal-Mart Plans A Drive-In Disaster
August 25, 2006
Wal-Mart’s attempts to build a 215,000 s.f. superstore with a gas station at the site of a former Drive-In movie theatre near Route 59 has
Wal-Mart Sent Back For More Answers
August 24, 2006
Sprawl-Busters received the following plea for help this week from residents in Waxhaw, North Carolina: “The area where we live is one of the fastest
Chemical Spill Shuts Down Wal-Mart
August 24, 2006
Wal-Mart neighbors, take note: You may not think of stores like Wal-Mart and Home Depot as repositories of hazardous materials, but that’s exactly what they
Wal-Mart Offers Town $50,000 To Defend Annexation
August 23, 2006
Sprawl-Busters reported on November 9, 2005, that Wal-Mart had spent at least $19 per vote to win 1,386 votes in the small city of Boonville,
Court Orders Wal-Mart To Give Workers Rest Breaks
August 23, 2006
Wal-Mart got no breaks this week, when a judge in Oakland, California ordered the company to follow state laws requiring its hourly workers to get
Consumer Exposes Wal-Mart’s ‘Ad Matching’ Program
August 19, 2006
Duane Gray (not his real name) has written to Sprawl-Busters to expose what he calls a “Wal-Mart scam” involving the retailer’s promotion of “ad matching”
Wal-Mart Withdraws Application for Special Exception
August 19, 2006
On August 15, 2006, Sprawl-Busters reported that Wal-Mart was back for a second attempt to build a superstore in Sarasota, Florida. This time the company
City Officials Collude In Wal-Mart Bait-And-Switch
August 17, 2006
This is the story of a very large bait-and-switch tactic that exchanged apple blossoms for a supercenter. Sprawl-Busters has received the following update on citizen
Walmartopia The Musical! Opens in Manhattan
August 16, 2006
Walmartopia The Musical! — direct from Madison , Wisconsin — opens its New York premiere today, as part of the 2006 New York International Fringe
Defeated Once, Wal-Mart Returns to the Scene
August 15, 2006
On December 9, 2004, Sprawl-Busters reported that a proposed Wal-Mart supercenter had been rejected in Sarasota, Florida. We noted that County Commissioners used their discretionary
Pro Wal-Mart Group Won’t Name Its Benefactors
August 15, 2006
On July 6 2006, Sprawl-Busters related the efforts of citizens in Atascadero, California to keep a Wal-Mart supercenter at bay. In response to resident efforts,
Black Woman Sues Wal-Mart Over Check Incident
August 14, 2006
Roughly two weeks ago, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. announced it was giving $5 million to The National Urban League, an organization devoted to empowering African Americans
State AG’s Office Investigates Home Depot Over Hurricane Shutters
August 13, 2006
When Victor Good bought some hurricane shutters at Home Depot in Palm Coast, Florida, he probably did not know he was buying a can of
Wal-Mart’s Coughlingate
August 13, 2006
Tom Coughlin, the former Vice Chairman of Wal-Mart’s board of directors, and the man often at CEO Lee Scott’s right hand during the company’s Saturday
Jury Awards Wal-Mart Shooting Victim $4.2 Million
August 12, 2006
Katoria Lee, 35, who works for the Ford Motor Company, stopped off at a Wal-Mart store in Riverdale, Georgia on March 8, 2001, and picked
Wal-Mart Officially Departs
August 11, 2006
After years of trying to push itself on this small community, and two losses, it appears that Wal-Mart has finally thrown in the cards in
City Council Puts Target Proposal On Ballot
August 11, 2006
The City Council in Davis, California wants the voters to tell them what to do about a huge, sprawling Target store. On November 7, 2006,
Wal-Mart Defeated A Second Time
August 9, 2006
With ten years in between loses, Wal-Mart is now a two-time loser in the city of Beaverton, Oregon. Sprawl-Busters reported in October of 2005, that
Mayor Doesn’t Want Wal-Mart
August 9, 2006
Many elected officials want Wal-Mart to come to their town because their planners have told them that this is how you solve a city’s financial
Citizens Will Appeal City Planner’s Approval of Wal-Mart
August 6, 2006
Activists in Gresham, Oregon responded quickly to a city planner’s decision to approve a Wal-Mart supercenter. The city approved the plan July 27th, and on
Wal-Mart Wants Town To Bend Its Rules
August 6, 2006
Town officials in Waynesville, North Carolina have apparently got a big problem with big box stores. The Citizen-Times newspaper reports that the town is “going
Soil Contamination Ends Wal-Mart Deal
August 6, 2006
Cumberland County, North Carolina already has five Wal-Mart supercenters, but the area was spared its sixth sprawling outlet because of leaking gas. The Fayetteville Observer
Wal-Mart digs up bodies in a pioneer cemetery, citizens go to court.
August 6, 2006
A citizens group called South East Aurora Quality of Life (SEAQOL, Inc) has sued the city of Aurora, Colorado for allowing a Wal-Mart to be
Lack of Funds Ends Citizen’s Battle With Home Depot
August 6, 2006
It helps enormously when fighting enormous developments to have deep pockets. Most developers, by definition, have plenty of cash, and most citizen groups hold bake
Wal-Mart Gets Slam-Dunked
August 2, 2006
After spending hundreds of thousands of dollars to try to impress the local folk, Wal-Mart walked away last night without a single vote of support.