NORTH CAROLINA SITE FIGHT: VOTE TABLED IN CHEROKEE

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Cherokee Wal-Mart vote tabled [Asheville Citizen-Times (N.C.)]

CHEROKEE – Tribal Council postponed a vote Thursday to have Principal Chief Michell Hicks sign a lease with Wal-Mart for a Supercenter on the Cherokee Indian Reservation.

Council members had questions about the agreement with the company that will have to be discussed in a closed session because of a confidentially clause in the lease agreement.

Plans call for the Wal-Mart to be built near the Cherokee Indian Hospital. It would be the fourth Supercenter in the state west of Asheville.

The agreement would mean the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians would own the Supercenter building and lease it to Wal-Mart for 25 years.

Tribal officials also expect to negotiate agreements on what the building will look like and how the company will operate it.

Posted by Luke West on Friday, September 05, 2008