October 2021

HERE’S WHAT I WROTE SIX MONTHS AGO, BEFORE THERE WAS A QUESTION ONE: “Lawmakers don’t like it [referendums], citizens do like it, “ the director

35% OF RESTAURANT WORKERS SUFFER “WAGE THEFT”—tips they never got on top of sub-minimum wages. 2.4 M servers lost $8 B in wages. Sign petition

WALMART, WITH ONE OF THE DIRTIEST GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAINS IN THE WORLD, is now bragging about going plastic bagless: “WMT customers have a deep desire

ONLY 1 in 10 AMERICAN WORKERS TODAY ARE PROTECTED BY A UNION. “68% of Americans support unions, up notably from a decade ago.” Worker activism

WALMART KILLS ITS XMAS FREE LAYAWAY PLAN & REPLACES IT WITH A LENDER WHO CHARGES UP TO 30% APR! Ruining Xmas for the poor. Walmart

“LEAVE IT THE WAY IT IS” “After careful consideration, the Greenfield Recorder says No to Question one…the only votes being protected are the ones made

HAS AMZN BOUGHT ITS WAY OUT OF SUPPLY CHAIN DISRUPTION? They “invested in people, aircraft, ships, & buildings,” 85 cargo planes, 800 delivery stations, 50%

LANCASTER, MA DEFEATED A WMT IN 2007, NOW TARGET WANTS TO BUILD A 1.2 M SF WAREHOUSE 6.5 times larger than the WMT. Developer wants

“IF WE WANT TO PLAY A ROLE IN LOCAL GOVERNANCE, THIS IS OUR CHANCE. I HOPE YOUR NO VOTE ON QUESTION 1 SENDS A CLEAR

WMT IS TESTING AN APP CALLED “TEXT TO SHOP “ THAT ALLOWS CUSTOMERS TO TEXT THEIR SHOPPING LIST TO WMT. “Hey, Siri, can you switch

FOR THE 2ND. YEAR IN A ROW, WALMART WORKERS WILL NOT HAVE TO WORK ON THANKSGIVING. “We hope everyone will take the opportunity to be

SEEKING ALPHA SAYS WALMART + (THEIR VERSION OF AMZN PRIME), HAS HIT 10 M MEMBERS, but Deutsche Bank estimated WMT had 32 M subscribers a

“IN OUR CURRENT GOVERNMENT, A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE LEFT OUT…THIS MEANS THE CITY IS RUN BY INSIDERS. Therefore I am voting no on Question

“IT STRIKES ME THAT WE ARE SOMEWHAT OUT OF STEP with what is going on across the country, where voices are being raised to expand

ACCORDING TO PITNEY BOWES, UPS & FEDEX LOST PARCEL VOLUME & REVENUE TO AMZN. Package delivery is a $171 B industry. The ave. American sent

PANDEMIC-DRIVEN, GROCERY SALES ONLINE WILL RISE FROM 9.5% OF TOTAL GROCERY SALES TODAY to 20.5% by 2026. Most shoppers prefer pickup at store to home

STOCK ANALYSTS PREDICT PROFIT DROPS FOR AMZN DUE TO HIGHER LABOR COSTS AND SUPPLY CHAIN KINKS. But it will be far worse for the little

AMZN’S SYSTEM FOR HANDLING PAID & UNPAID LEAVE FOR WORKERS IS A “KNOT OF PROBLEMS..a patchwork of software from a variety of companies…that do not

IN 2013, CITIZENS IN TARPON SPRINGS,FL. KILLED A WMT ON 74 ACRES OF LAND IN A COASTAL HAZARD AREA. 8 years later a developer wants

WMT OFFERS A $20 GIFT CARD TO CUSTOMERS WHO RETURN A ROOM FRESHENER THAT COULD KILL THEM. Rare & dangerous bacteria in exchange for a

AMZN SAYS ITS MARKETPLACE HAS SMALL BIZ SELLERS THAT “ARE DOING GREAT.” “But I don’t know why or how, or what is causing it, because

“I SERVED FOR 20 YEARS ON THE CITY COUNCIL, in that time I voted on thousands of measures. Of those only two were subsequently sent

AMZN SAYS ITS MARKETPLACE HAS SMALL BIZ SELLERS THAT “ARE DOING GREAT.” “But I don’t know why or how, or what is causing it, because

“AMZN LED THE RACE TO THE BOTTOM” for home delivery. “Prime removed the need to consolidate orders,” so you could choose any single “random thing”

KEN LANGONE & BERNIE MARCUS, an investor and a former CEO of Home Depot, have already donated $20,000 to Nikki Haley’s PAC. If she decides

WMT IS BUILDING A 720,000 sf GROCERY WAREHOUSE IN S.C. Sprawl ruining another 201 acres. Walmart plans $450M grocery distribution center, 400 jobs in Lyman,

THE 2019 REFERENDUM IN GREENFIELD BROUGHT OUT MORE THAN 2,000 VOTERS IN OPPOSITION TO A CITY COUNCIL VOTE. 40% OF VOTERS WHO VOTED. WHEN DO

BIDEN TO MEET WITH WMT, HD & UNIONS TODAY “to discuss collective efforts to address global transportation supply chain bottlenecks.” Buy More American: you won’t

DOLLAR TREE TELLS MEDIA ONE OF ITS CARGO SHIPS WAS 2 MONTHS LATE because “a crew member tested positive for COVID.” DLTR “imports more containers

I KNOW HALLOWEEN IS JUST AROUND THE CORNER—but there are some PRETTY SCARY things being said about referendums in Greenfield. We are being warned that

WMT & NETFLIX PARTNER ON A “NETFLIX HUB AT WMT,” which makes WMT the source for Netflix Show products like music, apparel, toys & games:

AMZN REP’S. MISLED THE [HOUSE JUDICIARY] COMMITTEE…they may have lied to Congress… a pattern of exploiting proprietary data from individual sellers to launch competing products

THE CHARTER REVIEW COMMITTEE AT ITS APRIL 26th MEETING “decided it should not be put in the position to recommend to the full Council to

AMZN PUTS ITS OWN BRANDS & PRODUCTS AHEAD OF COMPETITORS IN SEARCHES “even competitors with higher customer ratings & more sales…Only 17% of [public] said

WMT & NETFLIX PARTNER ON A “NETFLIX HUB AT WMT,” which makes WMT the source for Netflix Show products like music, apparel, toys & games:

WHAT A GREAT “SIGN STAND OUT” CREW ON SATURDAY! We are now being called “a shadow government,” but we are the ones openly challenging how

TELL CONGRESS TO TAX BILLIONAIRE WEALTH IN THE BUILD BACK BETTER PLAN. That’s where the money is. “Behind every great fortune is a crime.” -Balzak

AMZN APPEALS $865 M fine from the European Union over data-protection rules. AMZN says there never was a data breach. Alexa—did you tape that? Amazon

GOOGLE LENS WILL SOON ALLOW YOU TO SEARCH FOR PRODUCTS USING IMAGES & VIDEO not just text, “from large retailers…to local stores.” Go on a

AMZN LOOKS TO BUY LONG-RANGE AIRBUS & BOEING PASSENGER PLANES REFURBISHED INTO CARGO JETS, so it can import goods directly from China. A very dirty

WHY WOULD ANY GREENFIELD VOTER CUT THEIR REFERENDUM POWER? Look at what has happened to our City council elections: all the people in office are

I STAND BY THIS QUOTE! Sandy Rosenthal on Twitter Read more on Facebook

SANDY THOMAS’ COLUMN IN THE RECORDER MAKES ME REALIZE THAT “SMALL GROUPS” OF ELECTED/APPOINTED OFFICIALS ARE WARNING US TO BEWARE OF “SMALL GROUPS.” Every referendum,

A PERSON WAS STABBED IN THE STOMACH AT WALMART IN ITHACA “during an altercation with another person who fled from the area on foot.” Violence,

TODAY’S MY TURN IN THE RECORDER BY SANDY THOMAS explains who the real “small group” really is that’s controlling the decisions in Greenfield, and why

TODAY’S MY TURN IN THE RECORDER BY SANDY THOMAS explains who the real “small group” really is that’s controlling the decisions in Greenfield, and why