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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-15-05 05:48 PM Original message |
Why is Walmart building a Super-Center in my town? |
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napi21 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-15-05 05:50 PM Response to Original message |
1. Where are you? n/t |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-15-05 05:56 PM Response to Reply #1 |
5. Granby, New York |
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pstans (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-15-05 06:00 PM Response to Reply #5 |
13. There was a study down last winter in Iowa about companies and health care |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-15-05 06:09 PM Response to Reply #13 |
24. The big mirage is lower taxes. |
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pstans (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-15-05 06:14 PM Response to Reply #24 |
28. I can give you 3 reasons off the top of my head |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-16-05 03:57 PM Response to Reply #28 |
48. And they are usually given a "sweetheart deal" regarding those "taxes" |
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LiberalEsto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-16-05 04:02 PM Response to Reply #13 |
50. Maryland Dems are pushing a law to require they pay |
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napi21 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-15-05 06:04 PM Response to Reply #5 |
18. All I can tell you is that WM tried to build another store a bit north of |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-15-05 06:12 PM Response to Reply #18 |
26. Again, the problem is that the Walmart is going into the town |
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napi21 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-15-05 06:18 PM Response to Reply #26 |
31. So, why can't you contact the town residents? |
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valerief (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-15-05 06:49 PM Response to Reply #26 |
36. Too bad you can't get Tom Delay to redistrict the town line |
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Twist_U_Up (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-15-05 06:17 PM Response to Reply #5 |
29. It's Official: Wal-Mart Is Coming To Granby |
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proud patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-16-05 11:59 AM Response to Reply #29 |
43. Twist_U_Up please read |
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DemocratSinceBirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-15-05 05:52 PM Response to Original message |
2. Within Fifteen Miles Of My HomeThere Must Be Seven Super WalMarts |
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dogman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-15-05 05:52 PM Response to Original message |
3. One possibility. |
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gizmo1979 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-15-05 05:55 PM Response to Original message |
4. I live in sheboygan wi we're |
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jaxx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-15-05 06:05 PM Response to Reply #4 |
19. We're getting one too.......pop. of 33,500 |
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gizmo1979 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-15-05 06:09 PM Response to Reply #19 |
23. Same situation here |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-15-05 05:56 PM Response to Original message |
6. You're in an Enterprise Zone |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-15-05 06:01 PM Response to Reply #6 |
14. As a retailer, I think Walmart is excluded from the Enterprise Zone Benefi |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-15-05 06:18 PM Response to Reply #14 |
30. Regardless |
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pstans (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-15-05 06:19 PM Response to Reply #6 |
32. I looked that the link and noticed this |
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pstans (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-15-05 05:57 PM Response to Original message |
7. Start a group to oppose the store being built |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-15-05 06:06 PM Response to Reply #7 |
20. The problem is that the Walmart is set to build inthe town |
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ayeshahaqqiqa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-15-05 05:57 PM Response to Original message |
8. No Walmart in my county |
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PatrioticLeftie (909 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-15-05 05:58 PM Response to Original message |
9. As long as there is money to steal, they'll try to steal it |
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karlrschneider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-15-05 05:58 PM Response to Original message |
10. I guess they won't be satisfied 'til they have put one in every town on th |
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Rainscents (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-15-05 05:58 PM Response to Original message |
11. WalMart is going up 1/2 block from my home and I am NOT happy about it! |
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Lubernaut (614 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-15-05 06:03 PM Response to Reply #11 |
15. They just built one 5 blocks from me.. |
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McKenzie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-15-05 06:00 PM Response to Original message |
12. a pisser but the big box stores are doomed |
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tularetom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-15-05 06:52 PM Response to Reply #12 |
37. If this is true (and it seems perfectly plausible) |
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midnight armadillo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-15-05 07:06 PM Response to Reply #12 |
38. Not to mention the heating bills!! |
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McKenzie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-15-05 07:15 PM Response to Reply #38 |
39. you guys might find this link interesting |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-15-05 06:03 PM Response to Original message |
16. Because your community hasn't been aggressive enough |
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skullj (52 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-15-05 06:04 PM Response to Original message |
17. I think you are exactly right. |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-15-05 06:07 PM Response to Reply #17 |
21. Like I said above, |
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skullj (52 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 01:06 AM Response to Reply #21 |
51. Yep, that pretty much sums it up! n/t |
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shenmue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-15-05 06:07 PM Response to Original message |
22. Because they want to dominate the Earth |
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49jim (366 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-15-05 06:11 PM Response to Original message |
25. I live in Oswego.... |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-15-05 06:14 PM Response to Reply #25 |
27. Even the Democrat running for legislature from Granby is a |
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Twist_U_Up (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-15-05 06:31 PM Response to Reply #25 |
35. Oswego = Repub Corruption |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-16-05 02:52 PM Response to Reply #35 |
45. Hey - what do you guys have going on in Oswego ? |
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mamalone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-15-05 06:21 PM Response to Original message |
33. I live in Upstate NY too...... |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-16-05 02:49 PM Response to Reply #33 |
44. I know Orleans |
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ShaneGR (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-15-05 06:22 PM Response to Original message |
34. sometimes, Walmarts are awesome in forgotten towns |
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lapislzi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-15-05 07:17 PM Response to Original message |
40. Let me address the question in your subject line |
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lostnfound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-15-05 07:23 PM Response to Original message |
41. to kill the discount store..? |
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mzteris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-15-05 08:21 PM Response to Original message |
42. reminds me of that 300 lb gorilla joke... |
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bobbieinok (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-16-05 03:51 PM Response to Original message |
46. Walmart 1st went into small rural towns and killed all the businesses |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-16-05 03:57 PM Response to Reply #46 |
49. That happened here in Maine, too. |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-16-05 03:54 PM Response to Original message |
47. That is bizarre. I can't fathom that many Mall*Warts in so small an area |
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FM Arouet666 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 03:20 AM Response to Original message |
52. Why does cancer consume the body? |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 05:55 AM Response to Original message |
53. I've decided it's OK because Walmart doesn't understand Fulton |
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