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style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Questions whose answers might be
relevant to the WalMart debate:<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns =
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style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">[1]<SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>Will a super-center WalMart be
built in both <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns =
"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:City
w:st="on">Pullman</st1:City> & <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Moscow</st1:place></st1:City>?<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Note that <st1:State
w:st="on">Washington</st1:State>'s minimum hourly wage is $7.63 while <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:State w:st="on">Idaho</st1:State></st1:place>'s is $5.15, a
difference of $2.48 per hour.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>In
terms of an annual payroll at the proposed super-centers, what is the likely
impact of this difference on the corporate plans of
WalMart?<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">[2]<SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>I think that there is little doubt
that the presence of a WalMart super-center would adversely impact many local
businesses.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>How has internet
shopping affected some of these same businesses?<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>What relevance does the answer to this
question have to the overall super-center/big
box debate?<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">[3]<SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>In an earlier post Sean Michaels
raises the concern/question of adverse visual and similar impacts of big box
stores.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>How many people are
concerned about this?<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Is the
present city council willing to impose certain architectural and landscaping
standards as part of their big box ordinance?<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>[In considering this, think of the metal
barn that the Eagles' built at <st1:place w:st="on">Main</st1:place> and A
streets.]</SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><o:p><FONT size=4>Art Deco (Wayne
A. Fox)</FONT></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><o:p><FONT size=4><A
href="mailto:deco@moscow.com">deco@moscow.com</A></P></FONT></o:p></SPAN></DIV></BODY></HTML>