For the past several years, Sprawl-Busters has featured a Christmas wish to Wal-Mart from Dee Brantley, of Lake Charles, Louisiana, who has a Wal-Mart supercenter in her back yard. Dee’s home has dropped 28% in value over the past four years since the wooded area behind her property was clear-cut for a big box store. Here’s Dee’s 2005 Xmas greeting to her unwanted neighbor. To avoid the excessive repetition of this song, we jump right to the last day of the lyrics:
On the twelfth day of Christmas
My Wal-Mart gave to me,
Twelve diesels idling,
Eleven workers screaming,
Ten forklifts beeping,
Nine 18-wheelers,
Eight vendors crashing,
Seven sirens wailing,
Six cruisers flashing,
Five squealing breaks…
Four car alarms
Three drug busts,
Two loading docks,
And the lights glaring constantly.
For past year’s holiday greetings from Dee Brantley, and other uplifting Wal-Mart holiday stories, search Newsflash by “holiday” or “Xmas”.
