Residents Stand against Wal-Mart in Redlands, CA

Wal-Mart, high school topics of town meeting [Redlands Daily Facts (Calif.)]

Conversation topics ranged from a possible future Wal-Mart to the new Citrus Valley High School at the Community Center Wednesday night as the city held the first town hall meeting of the year.
Mayor Jon Harrison and Councilman Pete Aguilar facilitated the meeting.

Presentations were given by the city department heads, including Interim Fire Chief Mitch McKee and Redevelopment Director Dan Hobbs.

The future of the possible Super Wal-Mart was a hot topic during the meeting. Members of the Good Neighbor Coalition, a group devoted to fighting the Wal-Mart project, asked the members of the City Council to take some kind of stand on the issue.

Community Development Department Director Oscar Orci said no application has been filed on behalf of Wal-Mart, though an environmental impact report is under way. Harrison said the council could not yet take a stand on the Wal-Mart project issue. He said a statement now regarding the Wal-Mart could render future council votes invalid.

“If we, as council members, take a position now, before or against, we expose ourselves to being precluded from voting on that,” Harrison said.

Posted by Tony Calero on Friday, July 25, 2008

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