Welcome to Oregon... Home of we don't care!

Comparing Wal-mart to Hooters? When was the last time you had to actually explain to your 8 year old why Wal-mart was named Wal-mart? On our frequent trips to Jantzen Beach my daughter is curious as to why it's called Hooters. Then I have to explain to her about the degradation women face with businesses such as this one. Where were all of you when places like Hooters, the Fat Cobra and Dancing Bare were going up?

I have family who work at Wal-mart and they depend on Wal-mart to help feed their families. Why would you want to fight against something that enables them to support their families? When they were employed at Wal-mart they were paid more than the minimum wage, which is more than I can say about places like McDonald's or other retail businesses.

I look at all those studies from the links you've posted but at the end of the day it's all biased. I could probably find studies to refute the information. I think you just don't want it here, period. Maybe it's because you don't want lower income or lower class Oregonians to have a chance. Some of us never got the opportunities because our parents weren't rich, we never qualified for any kind of assistance. We have had to fight hard to get what we have. And even if it's not much, it's still ours.

You claim to care about the citizens of Oregon, but do you really? You want small town in a big city, it's not going to happen. Wal-mart is going to be beneficial to allot of us here in North Portland.