[Vision2020] Wal-Mart to Hire up to 150,000

[Matt Decker]

Question for all,

What is a Super Wal mart? I think we have talked about a Grocery store, gas 
station, tire shop, and the regular walmart. Is there anything else?

Thank you
Matt

>From: joekc at adelphia.net
>To: Donovan Arnold <donovanjarnold2005 at yahoo.com>
>CC: vision2020 at moscow.com
>Subject: RE: [Vision2020] Wal-Mart to Hire up to 150,000
>Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2006 1:14:54 -0500
>
>  Dear Donovan,
>
>I’m not against creating jobs for people. Nor do I think it would ruin 
>the town. I said I grew up poor but maybe you don’t believe me. If I 
>thought that the net gain in jobs given a SWM would be greater than the net 
>loss, then I might be for it. But I think that SWM will take away as many 
>job opportunities as it provides. We don’t need more part-time jobs with 
>poor health benefits. What we need is affordable wages offered by people 
>who care about our community.
>
>For every part-time job that SWM offers, another part-time job is needed in 
>order for the kinds of families that you care about to be able to find 
>decent housing in this town. With two SWMs in the area, quite a few of the 
>jobs that people currently have will soon be unavailable. If you have some 
>new math that convinces me that SWM will not hurt businesses that are 
>already here, and take away jobs that people already have, I’d love to 
>see it. Otherwise, the money needed to sustain two SWMs in the Palouse 
>means less money for existing businesses, places owned by people who have a 
>stake in the community where they LIVE.
>
>You are correct about one thing: Moscow is a great community because of the 
>people who live here, not because of the buildings. Thus, SWM can’t make 
>Moscow a better place than it already is. However, Moscow is different not 
>because it is like every place else. Making it like all the other places 
>won’t help to keep what it already has going for it. We don’t need SWM 
>to be a better community. What we need are new ideas that allow us to keep 
>what we already have. What is wrong with trying to think about how to keep 
>what we already have while trying to make it all better? How can SWM 
>possibly achieve that goal? What does it have to offer that we don’t 
>already have?
>
>Best, Joe
>
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>n g   s !
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>      T a k e   C a r e ,
>
>      _ D J A
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