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August 2007

Couple Sues To Halt Wal-Mart’s Noisy Construction

August 31, 2007

Wal-Mart talks a lot about being a “good neighbor,” which sounds good to anyone who has never been their neighbor. But for one couple in

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Official Says Many Residents Hate Wal-Mart

August 30, 2007

Sugar House is one of Salt Lake City, Utah’s oldest neighborhoods. The local media describes the area as being known for its “distinctive local stores

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British Grocer Forces Wal-Mart To Think Small

August 29, 2007

The British are coming! Strategists at Wal-Mart’s Bentonville, Arkansas home office are casting about trying to figure out how to respond to a major new

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State Goes After Wal-Mart for Millions In Tax ‘Abuse’ Scheme

August 27, 2007

According to Wal-Mart, the giant retailer paid more than $26.2 million in state and local taxes in the state of Wisconsin in FYE 2007. Unfortunately,

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Wal-Mart Wants $5 Million in Welfare For Distribution Center

August 26, 2007

It’s Christmas in August for Wal-Mart. The richest retailer in the world is getting a series of financial “gifts” from Florida taxpayers in return for

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City Rejects Size Cap, Wal-Mart Applies for Rezoning

August 23, 2007

The City of Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin is located on the Door County peninsula approximately 45 miles northeast of Green Bay. As of 2000, the population

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Everyone Else Has A Wal-Mart, Why Not Us?

August 23, 2007

The city of Streator, Illinois, has easy access to three interstates (I-55, I-80, and I-39), and according to the local Chamber of Commerce, “lower overhead,

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Wal-Mart Sells Building Before Moving Out

August 22, 2007

Wal-Mart has a discount store in Hudson, Wisconsin, located at 2222 Crest View Drive. The local newspaper, The Star-Observer, reported this week that Wal-Mart has

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Plan Commission Closes Book On Proposed Wal-Mart

August 22, 2007

The city of St. Charles, Illinois (pop. 31,834) is “just one hour west of Chicago.” The city has a Downtown St. Charles Partnership, a volunteer-based

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Wal-Mart Trying To Build Before Moratorium

August 21, 2007

On July 1, 2007, Sprawl-Busters reported that citizens in Duluth, Georgia were up in arms about a proposed 176,305 s.f. Wal-Mart supercenter on Peachtree Industrial

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City Council Adopts Cap on Big Box Stores

August 20, 2007

On August 14th, the City Council in Stockton, California joined a growing number of communities in capping the size of certain big box retail stores.

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Home Depot Pays $10 Million In Hazardous Sludge Case

August 18, 2007

What a waste! Home Depot yesterday admitted to improperly storing and transporting hazardous waste — and dumped out $10 million to settle the case with

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Wal-Mart Still Stuck In Lodi, Again.

August 18, 2007

Oh, lord, stuck in Lodi again. That’s got to be Wal-Mart’s song after five years of spinning its wheels in Lodi, California. On February 16,

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City Councilor Wants To Limit Big Box Size

August 18, 2007

Dublin, California is located in the Tri-Valley region of San Francisco’s East Bay. The city was created in 1982, and today has a population of

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Home Rule Ballot.

August 17, 2007

A popular anti-sprawl tool is gaining increasing popularity in Ohio. It’s a zoning voter initiative and referendum process that requires rezoning votes to be passed

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Taxpayers To Pay $2 Million To Reuse Empty Wal-Mart

August 16, 2007

At any point in time, Wal-Mart Realty has between 300 and 350 ‘dark stores’ on its hands that Wal-Mart has abandoned. This has been the

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Home Depot Permit Revoked By City Council

August 16, 2007

“We Won!” reads the headline on the No Home Depot in Sunland Tujunga Campaign website. “We’ve waited 3 years to say this and these words

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Wal-Mart Ponies Up $4 Million In Unpaid Overtime

August 15, 2007

Right in the middle of its worst stock plunge in the past year, Wal-Mart generated more bad headlines today with the announcement that once again

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Wal-Mart Sued Over Greenhouse Gas Law

August 13, 2007

Wal-Mart likes to foster the image of an environmentally green company, but its impact on greenhouse gases has attracted a lawsuit in Perris, California. The

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Town To Poll Residents On Wal-Mart

August 13, 2007

Unless the people in Cave Creek, Arizona have been living in a cave, they know the downside of locating a Wal-Mart superstore in their town.

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Citizen’s Lawsuit Delays Wal-Mart For Nearly Three Years

August 12, 2007

On October 10, 2005, Sprawl-Busters reported that residents in Polson, Montana had organized to prevent Wal-Mart from closing down its existing store, just to build

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Home Depot Stock Hammered to 4 Year Low

August 11, 2007

A little good news from Wall Street this past week. Home Depot stock got hammered, reaching a near four year low. The drop in stock

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No One Wants To Be Wal-Mart’s Neighbor

August 11, 2007

The next step for Wal-Mart may be to place an ad on e-harmony, looking for someone compatible. Until then, the retail giant has told city

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Mayor Says Wal-Mart Thumbs Its Nose At His City

August 11, 2007

Prichard, Alabama is getting a bad rap, and Wal-Mart is only making things worse. According to a wikipedia entry for the city, Prichard (pop. 28,633)

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Wal-Mart Plan Tabled Over A New Road

August 10, 2007

Clinton Township, Michigan, is the largest township in the state with nearly 100,000 people. The township offices are located on land adjacent to the Old

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Oh, Wal-Mart & the Farmers Should Be Friends

August 7, 2007

A columnist in a Northern Vermont newspaper, who called herself the ‘Hilltop Housewife,” once wrote about her horror upon finding that a Wal-Mart store in

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Wal-Mart Supercenter Kills Off Its Discount Store

August 5, 2007

Love ’em, then leave ’em. That’s Wal-Mart’s short story in Trotwood, Ohio. Trotwood is a community of roughly 28,000 people that lies along the first

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Site Costs Force Wal-Mart To Quit Plans

August 3, 2007

Wal-Mart currently has 25 supercenters in Washington state, and 20 discount stores. They wanted to add another one in Fircrest, which has been described as

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City Council Slam Dunks Wal-Mart Superstore

August 2, 2007

On July 15, 2007, Sprawl-Busters reported that residents in Mary Esther, Florida had effectively organized to block the rezoning of land for a Wal-Mart supercenter.

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Wal-Mart Back After Landslide

August 2, 2007

Wal-Mart may literally have buried any hopes they have of building a superstore in Kilbuck, Pennsylvania, but the company is now trying to dig itself

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