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<div>Neighborhood centered commerce by foot and bike sounds like a good idea... an idea Wal-Mart apparently dislikes.</div>
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<div><a href="http://www.wakeupwalmart.com/news/20050721-oreg.html">http://www.wakeupwalmart.com/news/20050721-oreg.html</a></div>
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<div>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.
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<div>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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<div>Ted Moffett</div>