Landowner alleges developer conspired with mayor and councilman to undermine proposed store By Jonathan Osborne AMERICAN-STATESMAN STAFF Thursday, November 20, 2003 An Arizona partnership now stuck with land once intended to house a Wal-Mart store filed suit Thursday against the City of Austin and Stratus Properties, accusing both of working behind the scenes to sabotage the deal. In part, S.R. Ridge's suit, filed in U.S. District Court in Austin, alleges that Mayor Will Wynn threatened to delay Wal-Mart's other pending zoning cases unless the company pulled out of an agreement to open a store at Slaughter Lane and MoPac Boulevard...