[Vision2020] Wal-Mart Supercenter Blocked:Wal-Mart Sues

[Ted Moffett]

All:

Neighborhood centered commerce by foot and bike sounds like a good idea...
an idea Wal-Mart apparently dislikes.

Read below:

http://www.wakeupwalmart.com/news/20050721-oreg.html

One example is Turlock, Calif., where the city council passed a grocery
limit for big boxes at the beginning of 2004. City councilors feared a
supercenter would ruin plans for neighborhood-centered commerce that people
could reach by foot and bike, said Turlock's planning manager, Michael
Cooke.

Wal-Mart sued in both federal and state courts, saying the city was using
zoning to try to regulate business competition. Although a state judge ruled
the city's limit was reasonably related to its desire to limit traffic,
blight and pollution, Wal-Mart is appealing. The federal case is pending.

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Ted Moffett
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