<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div>Well, now that the Walmarche' is taking their business and taxes out of state, it's time for a measured response....... STOP BUYING THERE!</div><div>Our elected officials already groveled and tugged their collective forelocks and that didn't work. They DO understand money.</div><div><br></div><div>There are at least two financial quarters before the store here closes, and companies like Walmart only are worried about the bottom line, so hit them where it hurts.</div><div><br></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div>From Moscow Daily News:</div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; "><h2>It’s official: Moscow Walmart to close</h2><p class="date" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 1.4; ">April 12, 2010, 12:39 pm</p><p class="date" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 1.4; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal; ">Walmart Spokesman Josh Phair said the company has decided to close its Moscow location this fall in conjunction with the opening of the Pullman super center, which is currently </span></p>under construction.<br><br>The 225-250 employees at Moscow Walmart will be transferred to the new Pullman site, but Phair said he was unsure whether employees will have to go through the interview process again.<br><br>“We wanted to ensure to our associates that whatever happens to our Moscow site that they knew that their jobs are secure,” Phair said. “So the plan is to relocate the store including all the associates.<br><br>Phair said Walmart executives will decide in the coming months whether the Moscow site will be closed indefinitely or open again at a later date. Phair was unaware of any re-openings Walmart has had in the past.<br><br>Walmart leaders also are considering the option of selling the Moscow building once it is closed.<br>“That’s certainly one of the scenarios,” Phair said. “Like I said, nothing’s been really decided as you know, but that’s one of the options on the table.”<br><br>The Moscow store is slated for closure on the day the Pullman super center opens. With the Moscow staff already lined up for the Pullman location’s positions, Walmart will hire about 100 new employees, rather than the 300 — 350 they previously intended on hiring.</span></div></body></html>