Residents Reject Wal-Mart Twice in Vote to Keep Size Cap
Wal-Mart has lots of big numbers to put by its name, but the numbers came up short in Taos, New Mexico this week. In fact,
Wal-Mart has lots of big numbers to put by its name, but the numbers came up short in Taos, New Mexico this week. In fact,
The Taos News reports that “hundreds” of residents packed the Town Council chambers in Taos, New Mexico to oppose a zoning amendment to the Land
Taos, New Mexico already has a Wal-Mart discount store. But in 1999, the company tried to get the community to go along with a supercenter.
In the same week that Wal-Mart shut down its 120,000 s.f. store in Warr Acres, OK (see next story), Wal-Mart has notified the town of
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