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October 2021

HERE’S WHAT I WROTE SIX MONTHS AGO, BEFORE THERE WAS A QUESTION ONE: “Lawmakers …

October 31, 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

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Sign the petition to give all workers One Fair Wage. Nobody deserves to make a subminimum wage.

October 31, 2021

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

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Walmart Continues To Progress Beyond the Plastic Bag

October 31, 2021

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

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City Councilors voted to make it “harder” to hold a referendum—but now say it’s …

October 30, 2021

City Councilors voted to make it “harder” to hold a referendum—but now say it’s “easy” to collect 900 signatures?? VOTE NO ON 1City Councilors voted

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City Councilors voted to make it “harder” to hold a referendum—but now say it’s…

October 30, 2021

City Councilors voted to make it “harder” to hold a referendum—but now say it’s “easy” to collect 900 signatures?? VOTE NO ON 1City Councilors voted

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Striketober: American workers take to the picket lines

October 30, 2021

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

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Walmart Shoppers Are Outraged That the Store Is Getting Rid of Layaway — Best Life

October 30, 2021

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

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“LEAVE IT THE WAY IT IS” “After careful consideration, the Greenfield Recorder …

October 30, 2021

“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

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Amazon’s plan to serve customers this holiday season

October 29, 2021

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

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LANCASTER, MA DEFEATED A WMT IN 2007, NOW TARGET WANTS TO BUILD A 1.2 M SF WARE…

October 29, 2021

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

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“IF WE WANT TO PLAY A ROLE IN LOCAL GOVERNANCE, THIS IS OUR CHANCE. I HOPE YOUR …

October 28, 2021

“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

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The Future is Conversational: How Voice and Text are Transforming Shopping

October 28, 2021

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

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Walmart to Close All U.S. Store Locations for Thanksgiving Day

October 27, 2021

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

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Walmart+ is gaining momentum, hits 32 million members, Deutsche Bank estimates

October 27, 2021

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

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“IN OUR CURRENT GOVERNMENT, A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE LEFT OUT…THIS MEANS THE CITY I…

October 27, 2021

“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

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My Turn: Protecting voting rights everywhere

October 26, 2021

“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

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Pitney Bowes Parcel Shipping Index reports continued growth as global parcel

October 26, 2021

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

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E-commerce to account for 20% of U.S. grocery market by 2026

October 26, 2021

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

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Why Amazon.com, Shopify, and MercadoLibre Stocks Dropped Today | The Motley Fool

October 25, 2021

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

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Inside Amazon’s Worst Human Resources Problem

October 25, 2021

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

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files.consumerfinance.gov

October 24, 2021

FEDS ASK: DOES AMZN “engage in invasive financial surveillance” using “data they collect on consumers [to]…engage in price discrimination,or sell to 3rd parties?… knowing what

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Tarpon Springs board votes against 404 apartments along Anclote River

October 24, 2021

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

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Walmart recalls essential oil-infused spray due to rare, dangerous bacteria; 2 deaths investigated

October 23, 2021

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

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Is Amazon a Paradise For Small Businesses—or a Destroyer?

October 23, 2021

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

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“I SERVED FOR 20 YEARS ON THE CITY COUNCIL, in that time I voted on thousands of…

October 23, 2021

“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

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Is Amazon a Paradise For Small Businesses—or a Destroyer?

October 22, 2021

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

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How Amazon changed shopping forever (and what’s coming next)

October 22, 2021

“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”

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These 16 Billionaires Have Already Donated To Nikki Haley’s PAC Ahead Of A Possible 2024 Run

October 21, 2021

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

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Walmart plans $450M grocery distribution center, 400 jobs in Lyman, Spartanburg County

October 21, 2021

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,

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THE 2019 REFERENDUM IN GREENFIELD BROUGHT OUT MORE THAN 2,000 VOTERS IN OPPOSITI…

October 20, 2021

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

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Supply-chain bottlenecks set to be focus of Biden meeting, speech

October 20, 2021

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

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Dollar Tree says one of its ships was delayed two months after a crew member tested positive for COVID

October 20, 2021

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

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I KNOW HALLOWEEN IS JUST AROUND THE CORNER—but there are some PRETTY SCARY thing…

October 19, 2021

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

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Walmart and Netflix Team Up for Exclusive New Retail Hub That Will Bring Popular Stories to Life

October 19, 2021

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

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House Judiciary Antitrust Subcommittee Members Provide Amazon with Final Chance to Correct the Record Following a Series of Misleading Testimony and Statements

October 19, 2021

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

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THE CHARTER REVIEW COMMITTEE AT ITS APRIL 26th MEETING “decided it should not be…

October 18, 2021

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

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Amazon Puts Its Own “Brands” First Above Better-Rated Products – The Markup

October 18, 2021

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

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Walmart and Netflix Team Up for Exclusive New Retail Hub That Will Bring Popular Stories to Life

October 18, 2021

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

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TAKE A FEW MOMENTS ON THIS SUNDAY AFTERNOON TO READ & LISTEN TO WHAT PEOPLE …

October 17, 2021

TAKE A FEW MOMENTS ON THIS SUNDAY AFTERNOON TO READ & LISTEN TO WHAT PEOPLE IN GREENFIELD ARE SAYING ABOUT WHY THEY ARE VOTING “NO

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WHAT A GREAT “SIGN STAND OUT” CREW ON SATURDAY! We are now being called “a shado…

October 17, 2021

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

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DEMAND CONGRESS TAX BILLIONAIRE WEALTH BY INCLUDING THE BILLIONAIRES INCOME TAX IN THE BUILD BACK BETTER PLAN

October 17, 2021

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

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Amazon Challenges Record $865 Million EU Data-Protection Fine

October 17, 2021

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

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New ways to find shopping inspiration on Google

October 15, 2021

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

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Amazon seeks used long-range cargo jets that can fly from China

October 15, 2021

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

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WHY WOULD ANY GREENFIELD VOTER CUT THEIR REFERENDUM POWER? Look at what has happ…

October 15, 2021

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

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Sandy Rosenthal on Twitter

October 14, 2021

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

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SANDY THOMAS’ COLUMN IN THE RECORDER MAKES ME REALIZE THAT “SMALL GROUPS” OF ELE…

October 14, 2021

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,

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One injured at Walmart stabbing in Ithaca

October 14, 2021

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,

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TODAY’S MY TURN IN THE RECORDER BY SANDY THOMAS explains who the real “small gr…

October 14, 2021

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

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TODAY’S MY TURN IN THE RECORDER BY SANDY THOMAS explains who the real “small gr…

October 14, 2021

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

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