TILTING AT WINDMILLS? Sam Adams vs. Wal-Mart
Mary Jo Markle
In the Portland Mercury, June 16, 2005 -
Late last week, City Commissioner Sam Adams fired off a terse letter to Lee Scott, Wal-Mart's CEO. He was concerned that Wal-Mart has been steadily pushing forward plans to plop a Superstore in Sellwood, at the corner of McLoughlin and Tacoma. It would be the first such Superstore in Portland. "I write to express my strong opposition," states the letter.
In an attempt to preserve local economies, cities like Chicago and states like Vermont have recently fought to keep Wal-Mart out. Over the past decade, communities around the country have watched as Wal-Mart Superstores have muscled into neighborhoods, offering low prices that undercut and ultimately decimate nearby mom-and-pop stores. Pile those economic effects onto union-busting practices and many have come to see Wal-Mart as a vampire to local economies.
Posted by Mary Jo Markle on June 16, 2005
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