Wal-Mart's Calif. Supercenters Delayed

Yahoo ^ | 03/19/2005

[traumer]

"A handful of lawyers... "

[atomic_dog]

It's Bush's Wal-Mart's fault!

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[bahblahbah]

Walmart helps a lot to keep inflation low in this country and I think it's horrible that the unions and environazis keep the Walmarts away from the cities where the poor need them most.

[ran15]

Judicial tyranny out of control as usual.

[KJacob]

Opponents' "whole purpose is to delay, delay, delay, cause turmoil and hope to get Wal-Mart go away,"

This worked in Vermont not only with Wal-mart but also with the Home Depot. Walmart finally gave up and opened a store in New Hampshire where many Vermont resident are willing to go since NH does not have a sales tax.

[Diana in Wisconsin]

"A handful of lawyers... "

...at the bottom of the ocean...is a good start! :)

[TrebleRebel]

By choice, I have not darkened the door of a Wal-Mart in almost 3 years, but I certainly would not deny anyone else to have that choice.

[socal_parrot]

Union thugs. Let the people decide whether or not they want to buy the stuff Walmart sells.

[ElkGroveDan]

They were holding the Woman of the Year ceremonies on the Senate floor last week and one of the Rats had nominated a woman for her efforts to stop Walmart in several communities. Everyone on that side clapped and smiled warmly as though she rescues abandoned puppies.

Who are the advocates of families and the poor now? These latter day Marie Antoinette types are saying to the poor "let them shop at Nordstroms".

[freepatriot32]

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[BurbankKarl]

Have you shopped in a union controlled So Cal grocery store? The prices for toothpaste, deoderant, and a lot of other stuff is twice or three times as much.

I can't wait for the Wal Mart Supercenter to open in Palmdale.

[Serenissima Venezia]

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[Serenissima Venezia]

"Have you shopped in a union controlled So Cal grocery store? The prices for toothpaste, deoderant, and a lot of other stuff is twice or three times as much.
I can't wait for the Wal Mart Supercenter to open in Palmdale."

I may have to drive to Palmdale to go to your Supercenter, since the one here in Bakersfield is still being blocked.

The only time I shopped in the union-controlled grocery stores here was during the strike - to show support for the stores. They are indeed way too pricey!

[Restorer]

local officials hungry for sales taxes

I'm afraid I will never understand this one. People are not going to buy much more underwear or groceries because a WalMart moves in, they will simply shift some of their purchases from other stores to the WalMart, changing the source of the revenue but not the amount of revenue.

If anything, since WalMart normally charges less than other stores, you could expect sales tax revenues to go down somewhat.

Although perhaps people would buy more stuff if the prices for each item are lower, and I guess a municipality that has a WalMart could divert revenue from a neighboring one that doesn't.

[Robert Lomax]

"Walmart helps a lot to keep inflation low in this country and I think it's horrible that the unions and environazis keep the Walmarts away from the cities where the poor need them most."

How?

[bahblahbah]

By keeping prices low through low profit margins, high efficiency, and high volume. In communities which have Walmarts, you still benefit because their competition has to keep their prices in line with Walmart. If there is no Walmart in the community then the competition will get away with charging more.

[claudiustg]

It's difficult to see where the liberals have any sort of consistent philosophy behind their actions, unless it is a communist philosophy. They don't like any big business, but they like big government. They use the legal process to nullify the legal process. They constantly talk about the rights of this group or that, while undermining at every turn the rights of the individual. It is these home-grown liberals that are the biggest threat ever to face the American way of life. Scratch a Democrat and you'll uncover a liberal. They are not to be trusted in the slightest degree.

[libstripper]

"The Fifth District Court of Appeal in Bakersfield ruled Dec. 13 against Wal-Mart and the developers, saying Bakersfield failed to analyze potential physical decay citywide as two Wal-Mart supercenters caused other businesses to close and leave shopping centers vacant."

Now this court has said normal economic forces are to be retarded because some inefficient stores may go out of business and that might have an environmental impact. This is a recipe for stalling and crippling all competitive economic development. When one business model takes over in a free economy, other business models fade or adapt. That what keeps us prosperous. It's just like saying an auto manufacturing plant could not be built without a prior study of the environmental impact of closing down the horse barns and buggy whip manufacturers.

Without any real legislative authority, this court has arrogated to itself the unbridled, unlegislated power to be the California Gosplan. The impact is a price rise for everybody, especially the poor, and the loss of thousands of high paying construction jobs.