[Vision2020] Wal-Mart is Unwelcome

[Kai Eiselein, LatahEagle Editor]

Tom,
I lived in Spokane for about 14 years, including the South Hill. maybe you
should take a drive through some of the East Central neighborhoods. Take the
Freya exit and head south to 5th, then turn west into the Liberty Park
area......Welcome to the ghetto.
The line is striking, if you turn east on 5th from Freya, you'll find middle
income families and generally well kept homes, including the one we sold
before moving to Idaho. (Ours was one house in from the corner of 5th and
Havana)
I've also lived on 10th and had an apt. on 29th, so I knew the hill pretty
well.
Much of the lower South Hill, both east and west is poverty stricken, maybe
you should try getting off Grand Blvd once in a while.
  -----Original Message-----
  From: vision2020-bounces at moscow.com
[mailto:vision2020-bounces at moscow.com]On Behalf Of Tom Hansen
  Sent: Wednesday, January 25, 2006 6:10 AM
  To: Moscow Vision 2020
  Subject: [Vision2020] Wal-Mart is Unwelcome


  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incorporate, a privilege that should have been revoked long ago.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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