Home Depot Campaign Bucks
General organizing principle: Big Companies Spend Big to Win. The case of Lake Geneva, WI is just one in a string of high roller campaigns
General organizing principle: Big Companies Spend Big to Win. The case of Lake Geneva, WI is just one in a string of high roller campaigns
Alderman Sheldon Shepstone must have thought he had a great idea. We informed you on January 13, 2000 (see newsflash below), that Mr. Shepstone, after
After months of controversy, a non-binding referendum, and City Council resignations, Home Depot has hammered its way into Lake Geneva, WI — but with an
Mayor Spyro Condos doesn’t like the odds that Home Depot was up against recently, when the City Council failed to approve the megastore’s plans by
On July 20, 1999 (see newsflash below) we reported that residents of Lake Geneva (pop 6000) would be voting in a non-binding referendum on a
Last year, the city of Lake Geneva imposed a one year moratorium to revise its zoning code to requires projects greater than 50,000 s.f. to
The strategies written here were produced by Sprawl-Busters in 2006 at the request of the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW), mainly for citizen groups that were fighting Walmart. But the tips for fighting unwanted development apply to any project—whether its fighting Dollar General, an Amazon warehouse, or a Home Depot.
Big projects, or small, these BATTLEMART TIPS will help you better understand what you are up against, and how to win your battle.