Wal-Mart and your land
Wal-Mart, with its tradition of trying to get politicians to take land, is at it again:
Ogden City wants Fernandez, along with residents of 33 other homes and owners of eight businesses, to move out to make way for a Super Wal-Mart.
“It’s not a palace. But it’s my home. It’s my home!” says Fernandez, a widow who keeps a big garden and lives on a Social Security check.
On summing up the issue:
“I don’t think in America we should ever be forced to do this,” says Hal LaFleur, who owns several of the area’s private parcels, including the 4-year-old building that houses his son-in-law’s welding business. “This is not for public use. This is for Wal-Mart.”
December 21st, 2004 at 12:11 am
Just heard on the local news here that Wal-Mart is planning on locating a store in dowtown Brooklyn(Target got here last year). It will almost certainly involve displacement of residences and businesses, and possibly ED. I’ll reserve judgement until I see the plan. At any rate, I’m SURE they’ll get some nice goodies from the city.