Another kick in the ass to Wal-Mart from a small town!

[Maine-ah]

We already have a stinking WM, and they were discussing putting in another one less than ten miles away. We don't have the damn population to support another WM, let alone the damage it would do to our small businesses.

THOMASTON (Jan 6): Some residents’ nerves were calmed Thursday night when the Richmond Company announced that its new 250,000-square-foot Route 1 development will not be a Wal-Mart.


David Latulippe, vice president of the Richmond Company, said that due to community concerns about the proposed development including a Wal-Mart, the Richmond Company has ended discussions with the retail giant.

“We have ceased discussions with Wal-Mart,” Latulippe said.

The announcement was met with a round of applause and scattered boos from the crowd that filled the Watts Hall meeting room. About 170 people attended the community forum sponsored by the Richmond Company of Peabody, Mass., and representatives from the company and the engineering firm Gorrill-Palmer answered questions

http://knox.villagesoup.com/Government/story.cfm?storyID=66027

[Davis_X_Machina]

1. Hey, what's wrong with ya?

You don't like the way North Windham looks?
You got a problem with traffic like Cook's Corner in Tophsam?
More traffic on Rte 1 not an umixed blessing?

Damn midcoast elitists...

[Maine-ah]

3. ROFLMAO

ya know, that's why I don't go there. I don't even go down to P-land for shopping.

Where they're talking about putting a store is so congested in the summers as it is, and currently it's only a 2 lane road with no traffic lights. A new hotel is being built there along with a new bank. Like we needed another damn bank too.

[acmejack]

2. Lucky you, now you'll get some other 250,000 sq ft big box store.

And it will still provide that much sought after generic suburbia look...

[China_cat]

4. Well, it COULD be a Costco.

[Maine-ah]

6. I would like to see them put WM out of biz

in this area.

The store here is nasty, dark, dank, dirty, has a dunkin doughnuts which stinks up the whole place. ICK! I helped set up this store when I was in highschool, worked there for five years. 40 hours a week on top of school.

[Maine-ah]

5. yep, I agree with you

we also already have a Home Depot, and there's been talk about a Lowes going in. WTF is wrong with these people?

But, atleast it's not a Wal Mart. The only silver lining.

I was concerned about it being a Sam's club. That would have put where I work completely out of business, and many others too.

[McKenzie]

7. "Wal-Mart - The High Cost of Low Prices"

if you haven't seen this documentary try to get a copy and pass it on to anyone who has any doubts about the business and employment ethics of Wal-Mart.

Wal-Mart represents corporate greed at its very worst. For example, outsourcing toy assembly in China means a unit cost of around 30-80 cents to assemble a certain, plastic toy. Retail price in the US is around $15. Who is getting the profit?

Wal-Mart destroys communities, suppresses workers' rights and is the epitomy of corporate greed. No thinking person should give Wal-Mart their money. But you probably know all of that and more anyway.

They own the Asda supermarket chain over here in the UK so I never shop there.

[Maine-ah]

8. wow, didn't know that (Asda)

(and now for something completely different)

I have a friend stationed over there at Menwith Hill. Unfortunately, we don't talk politics or anything like that.