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Judge to issue Northcross Wal-Mart decision in 2-3 weeks [KEYE-TV (Austin, Texas)]

The fight over a proposed Wal-Mart at Northcross Mall came to a Travis County courtroom Thursday. The judge said she would make her ruling in writing in about two to three weeks.

Neighborhood groups are fighting the Wal-Mart, which is slated to go in at Burnet Road and Anderson Lane.

The judge decided to wait to decide. After two hours of arguments, the judge in the case ruled she needed time to think about her ruling.

This has been a ferocious battle—almost a year now of protests and verbal bickering between the parties. Some neighbors are set on keeping Wal- Mart out of their backyards.

Those neighbors took their fight to the courthouse and asked a judge to halt the big box superstore’s plans to open a new 192,000 square-foot store.

They say the public should have had more of a say in whether or not Wal-Mart was allowed to open up shop.

“It’s not just Wal-Mart,” said Wal-Mart opponent Donna Beth McCormick. “It’s any big box store. The traffic at Burnet and Anderson is just awful.”

“The legal system is there to protect everyone,” said Wal-Mart supporter Ken Moyer. “And the folks that are against it certainly have the right to pursue whatever means necessary. I think they have gone way overboard on it.”

Posted by Alex Goldschmidt on Friday, November 02, 2007

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