Help me save my childhood home town from Wal-mart

[aQuArius]

http://www.sltrib.com/opinion/ci_2466186

Yes, its in Utah and the Republicans will probably have their way with the open land. But What can I do? Can I start a petition and protest? I'm not sure where to start, any ideas would be helpful.

[alittlelark]

1. MOSH n/t

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

2. Talk with the local Chamber of Commerce

a lot of them are a bit concerned about what WalMart can mean for local businesses. Rotary and the Lions Club can also help, especially if you have sources that show the damage WalMart can do.

[mark414]

3. get in touch with this guy

http://www.sprawl-busters.com

"(Al) Norman has become the guru of the anti-Wal-Mart movement" ~ 60 Minutes

[aQuArius]

5. Awesome! Thank you!

:)

[benevolent dictator]

4. here's a flyer you could pass out

http://ideamouth.com/politics/walmartflyer.pdf

it's double sided, three flyers to a page.

it covers most of the basic points. we hand them out at protests out side of existing walmarts.

http://boycottwalmart.meetup.com

oh, if you go to http://boycottwalmart.meetup.com/1/about / there's a lot of links about why walmart is evil. you could pass those around.

[noamnety]

6. I've got a flier

My kid put this together with a friend. They do regular pickets, with signs that say "Boycott Walmart, Ask Me Why" and when cars stop and ask why, they hand them one of these:

http://ideamouth.com/politics/walmartflyer.pdf (print front and back, cut into thirds)

It could make a good info sheet to hand out to the Chamber of Commerce members, and also you should speak at your next town meeting about it or if you can't do that, at least write letters to them each individually.

[gorbal]

7. It isn't just liberals that are hurt by Walmart

You could probabaly get many Republicans to stop buying at Walmart if you tell them about the worldwide boycott of american products.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_04/112004J.shtml

Get your whole town to only buy american-made products for christmas as patriotic americans and watch Walmart squirm:)

[benevolent dictator]

8. hey! i just posted that flyer right before you!

great minds think alike... and then there's us.

oops, this is a reply to post 5.

[benevolent dictator]

9. You could start a Boycott Wal-Mart chapter

or see if there's one near by who could help.

http://boycottwalmart.meetup.com

[anarchy1999]

10. Don't leave out www.reclaimdemocracy.org and www.poclad.org

Tons of info and actions along with successful actions.

[bhikkhu]

11. Best of luck...

after losing one of the few good jobs to be had in my town to downsizing, the lousy part time job I have now is one block from a Wal-mart that is being biggerered to a superstore. The place I work now may well go under, and I have to watch it coming every day.