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,
Boonville, MO
Wal-Mart Buys Its Way Into Voters’ Hearts
November 9, 2005
Who says money can’t buy an election? Wal-Mart used its corporate treasury to help win friends in yesterday’s ballot question in Boonville, Missouri, where the
Wal-Mart Creates Another Phony Citizens Group
November 7, 2005
The small town of Boonville, Missouri, population 8,200, has had a Wal-Mart discount store since 1985. When it was built, it was an out of
Super Wal-Mart Annexation Runs Into Super Opposition
May 19, 2005
It’s not easy these days for Wal-Mart to slip a supercenter into any town. More and more, all it takes is some heavy breathing at
Public Subsidy for Wal-Mart Supercenter Denied
February 8, 2005
Wal-Mart asked for public welfare recently in Boonville, Missouri, but came away empty-handed. The retailer had asked the City Council to pay for infrastructure improvements