[Vision2020] Wal-Mart is Unwelcome

[Tom Hansen]

>From today's (January 25, 2006) Spokesman Review with a special thanks to
Gerald Houseman.

 

We're not in this alone, Moscow.

 

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Wal-Mart is unwelcome

 

So Wal-Mart, the no-goodnik corporate citizen, wants to extend its ugly
plastic blight to Spokane's South Hill ("Wal-Mart considering supercenter on
South Hill," Jan. 19). This would be a disaster for the environment, traffic
control, property values, the business climate, aesthetics, and the social
conscience of our neighborhood and our region.

 

Wal-Mart is a job-killer, a bully company always seeking unfair competitive
advantages (low-wage Chinese labor for its products, local tax concessions
and giveaways on matters like traffic management), and, if the thousands of
lawsuits against it can be considered credible, a lawbreaker, as well. It
has allegedly been involved in overtime violations, discrimination against
women, contracts with employers of illegal immigrants, and gross and
intimidating anti-union activities.

 

There is no place for Wal-Mart outside Bentonville, Ark. Like all
corporations, its charter rests upon a legal privilege - not a right - to
incorporate, a privilege that should have been revoked long ago.

 

Gerald L. Houseman

 

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Dale "Doug's Boy" Courtney claims that Wal-Mart's primary effort is aimed at
providing a benefit to low-income families.

 

Like those of Spokane's South Hill?  Come on "Comb-Over".  The average
family income for those living in Spokane's South Hill has got to be
considerably more than mine.

 

Here's a catchy tune:

 

http://www.tomandrodna.com/Sounds/Walmart.mp3

 

Take care, Moscow.

 

Tom Hansen

 

"Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving
safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but rather to skid in
sideways, chocolate in one hand, a drink in the other, body thoroughly used
up, totally worn out and screaming 'WOO HOO. What a ride!'"

 

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