Op-Ed on Wal-Mart’s Race To The Bottom
July 26, 2014
The following Op-Ed was written by Martin Bennett, an Instructor Emeritus of History at Santa Rosa Junior College and co-chair of North Bay Jobs with
Rohnert Park, CA
Judge Hands Wal-Mart Opponents A Significant Project Delay
June 23, 2011
On June 9, 2011 a Superior Count judge ruled in favor of opponents of the Rohnert Park, California Wal-Mart Supercenter. Anti-Wal-Mart activists filed a lawsuit
Wal-Mart Fails The Living Wage Test
May 1, 2011
Last summer the City Council in Rohnert Park, California overturned the decision of the Planning Commission and concluded that the benefits of a Wal-Mart superstore
Lawsuits Filed To Block Wal-Mart
September 19, 2010
At a Planning Commissioner’s hearing in Rohnert Park, California in late April, 2010, Wal-Mart couldn’t scrape up one vote in support of super-sizing its current
Wal-Mart Opponents Called ‘Un-American’
July 31, 2010
On May 10, 2009, Sprawl-Busters reported that a newspaper poll in Rohnert Park, California indicated that the public is losing enthusiasm for big box stores.
Wal-Mart Loses Bid To Expand Into Superstore
April 28, 2010
Wal-Mart got a great lesson in democracy this week, but its not a lesson they are going to like. On May 10, 2009, Sprawl-Busters reported
Newspaper Poll Shows Public Opposes Big Box Expansions
May 10, 2009
Is the American public reaching its saturation point with big box stores? A new opinion poll published by the Santa Rosa, California Press Democrat newspaper
Home Depot’s Dictionary.
September 1, 1998
Environmental activists have nailed Home Depot for years because of its sales of “old growth” wood products. But on August 30, a group of activists