Sight Fight of The Week: Tucson, AZ

When Wal-Mart tried twice to move in where I live, we kept being told it was a “done deal.” Well, Wal-Mart tried in 1993 to move in about 15 miles away from me. They never got a building permit, and a few years later a building cap was put in to keep any large development out of the town. Some done deal!
Many years later they tried to get into our town. Well, the property they needed was zoned residential. Wal-Mart obviously needed it to be rezoned commercial. The rezoning process was struck down by our newly elected officials. And in order for them to come to our town, they needed that large lot. The rest of the property wasn’t even close enough for the size they wanted. I can still see the Wal-Mart real estate representative. When the rezoning process was stoped in our town meeting, he left immediately with a cell phone glued to his ear. So we don’t have a Wal-Mart either. Some done deal!
Wal-Mart comes in and tries to convince the local politicians and people that it doesn’t matter what you do, you can never stop us from building if we want to. Well--that certainly isn’t true! Tucson can stop this Wal-Mart if they have building codes and regulations. They can slso stop them if the opposition is well organized. We had well organized opposition. I don’t think Tucson wants to be known for having the largest Wal-Mart, or do they?

Beware of the walmart “Backdoor” circus stunt(s) They are of three ring in nature.

Jane are you don’t posting that same story yet.  It’s really getting old.

Jane, the automated, robotic poster—gotta love her!

Jane are you don’t posting that same story yet.

I want some of whatever mary is smokin’.

“The worst serial rapist treated his victim better than the local Wal-Mart treats their employees.” ~ Anthony Simon

“mary” and “bbrd” strange and abnormal WalMart defenders of the faith…

“In March 2006 news reports first appearing on blog sites and then in the New York Times and Wall Street Journal revealed that via the Edelman PR firm Wal-Mart was using bloggers to promote their company.”

“With the online “blogosphere” producing criticism from labor unions and portions of the general public, particularly in the wake of films like ‘Wal-Mart: The High cost of Low Price’ and web sites like Wal-Mart Watch, Wal-Mart has engaged in an effort to retaliate.”

http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Wal-Mart

WalMart- Our self-made media buzz is so bad we need mandatory aroma stink therapy from hired blogger frauds to lie, deceive, distort and fake and pollute the American discussion online.

SDV,

“criticism from labor unions and portions of the general public, particularly in the wake of films like ‘Wal-Mart: The High cost of Low Price’ and [union] web sites like Wal-Mart Watch, Wal-Mart has engaged in an effort to retaliate.”

Thanks for explaining WHY it was necessary for Wal-Mart to create a PR team, because the UNIONS started criticizing (telling lies to try to organize) them!!

And, Screwedby thanks you too, for plugging his movie again!!

yeah the same unions that cant get full time work and decent living wages for folks at the bottom end so they can get off food stamps and govt assistance welfare programs.where is the same we cant handle any more traffic and remain safe crap when large shopping malls,strip malls,other retailers,ufcw union grocery stores and etc that bring just as much traffic,or more traffic as walmart does are built?its bs and hypocritical to only raise these crap issues when walmart is built.it shows how greedy and selfish and spoiled rich you folks are.

I’m a portion of the general public!

“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it’s the only thing that ever has.” ~ Margaret Mead

Too bad, you are part of a group of thoughtless citizens that need to be committed.  In order to change the world, you have to get people to believe you, and what you say must make sense.  You can’t say that WalMart is ‘going down the tubes’, when everyone sees them growing bigger.

“As a Christian I have no duty to allow myself to be cheated, but I have the duty to be a fighter for truth and justice.”
Adolf Hitler

This quote fits nicely with your pro WalMart views “jerry”. Let us know when you develop a social conscience.

you are a phony sdv.and costco is not as great as you brag about,nor do they pay as great as you brag about.at least at walmart you dont have to pay an annual membership fee to regularly shop there.

Thanks for explaining WHY it was necessary for Wal-Mart to create a PR team, because the UNIONS started criticizing (telling lies to try to organize) them!!<i>

On that note, did anyone notice how <i>WMW suddenly stopped mentioning these guys?

Thanks for explaining WHY it was necessary for Wal-Mart to create a PR team, because the UNIONS started criticizing (telling lies to try to organize) them!!

I guess Tesco (doing business out west as “Fresh & Easy") is next-up to do the “forced PR” thing…

http://www.freshandqueasy.com

On that note, did anyone notice how WMW suddenly stopped mentioning these guys?

wmw is so full of bs on here and always has been.ever time you ask screwed by,ken,ddrb and etc a question like why they dont bitch and moan about their favorite stores and etc doing the same thing wm does and treating their employees the same way and sometimes much worse they have no answer for it proving what a total joke wmw is and always will be.