Posted on 10/10/2012 8:09:47 AM PDT by Beowulf
Does any one have any experience or insight into fighting Walmart expansion that they would be willing to share?
That was my guess, also.
Just heard this story....might be worth a read
[ I suppose an empty lot, and the lighter traffic associated with an vacant lot is preferrable to the commerce and jobs that the new Walmart facility would bring to the community? ]
An empty city would be even better, you know like Detroit, you could give “raod warrior” style tours four tourists/terrorists....
Let’s kill all the jobs so that no one is employed!!! Yay, at least we stopped walmart....
You’ve been posting since 2000 and you don’t realize this is a site that supports free trade and property rights? Maybe you should head over to DU.
A few years ago I went to a Walmart to buy some items.
I then went to a local big box grocery store for things WM did not carry. The first thing I noticed was the price for the same brand goods at the (Unionized) grocery store were TWICE THE PRICE of Walmart.
One woman looked at the higher priced item, shook her head in sticker shock, put it in her cart, and said..” Well, it is just too far to go to Walmart right now.”
I don't know if this is any help to you, but it's a 97 minute documentary "Walmart: The High Cost Of Low Prices" on Walmart's nefarious practices: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jazb24Q2s94
When I lived in Michigan, whenever Walmart wanted to expand the plot of land they were proposing to build on would mysteriously be declared a “wetland”.
The whole state is a wetland.
While the other posters seem to be for Walmart, I know how you feel. The local communities surrounding the proposed big box super center to stay open 24/7 was a big deal for us to.
You can find a Walmart in every direction within five miles. We did not want our area of Seminole County Florida to look like Colonial Dr. in Orlando. We all got together and fought hard at the City and County committees. This took a long time, but while they (Walmart) were hung up trying to convince the commissioners the positive influence this new store would provide, we protesters listed just as many or more negatives. After a year Walmart and their lawyers gave up. A nice Italian restaurant and several free standing banks and retail now occupy the land. The County/City realizing property values would decrease was probably the reason they sided with the residents!
You have to be persistent and get as many people and their signatures and attend every meeting. Once a permit is issued you are done! Best of luck!
Run for office in the municipality and appoint your cronies to the planning board, so that the variance will not be granted. You will need about $15,000 to finance your campaign. So collect campaign contributions from the owners of small businesses. Then use the forces of government to prevent the free market from driving them out of business. It's the American way.
Contact the Democrat Party, info Obama.
We love our Super Center. Chances are they will close at least one of the other WMs. That’s what happened near us. There is still only 1 WM.
NIMBY vs. Walmart? That’s an easy one.
I’m not a fan of WalMart but I think people overestimate their power. In the city near me there is 1 WalMart and two Meijer stores. I prefer Meijer.
I thought you were a conservative. Why do you oppose Walmart, too close to your home?
Walmart is OK, but NIMBY?
When it is finally built, will you drive the extra two miles or will you shop at the closer one?
If you don't like Walmart, don't shop there.
Wal-Mart negotiated a low-tax deal with our local Govt, and built a store at a large intersection in our town.
10 years later, the tax deal and their lease was up. They moved across the town line and built a bigger store down the street.
Now we have a derelict building with weeds, graffiti, dumped garbage, etc... I suppose it is not Wal-Mart’s problem - the property developer probably owns it. And our local Gov’t probably dropped their pants 10 years ago to get Wal-Mart to come in.
So - while I don’t blame Wal-Mart, you can see how residents would be very concerned about the end-result.
I went to a Walmart in Laramie Wyoming, where the service was always excellent...but Wyoming is a different planet. This is my local WalMart. It isn't well known because of its service.
Empty lots, lighter traffic, and muted commerce & jobs is part of why many people move to the country.
” One can go in any direction from this spot and within two miles shop at an existing Walmart if one wanted to do so.”
Odd that they would want or need another. Looks to me like the market is already saturated......unless their goal is to take business from local grocery stores. Will this lower your property value to any serious degree? That is the only argument I can see that you have.
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