Balance - New England

A blog devoted, in part, to pointing out pieces of truth, injustice and those little-known stories that don't necessarily make the headlines, but demand our attention nevertheless.

Wednesday, April 07, 2004

Victory For The People!

Yesterday, residents of Inglewood, California voted against Wal-Mart building a supercenter store in their community. This is a HUGE win for Inglewood, as Wal-Mart spent more than $1,000,000.00 on their campaign to build in Inglewood while opponents of Wal-Mart spent just a fraction of that.

Residents were convinced of the truth--that Wal-Mart drives out small, independent businesses in the community, increases automobile traffic which amplifies suburban sprawl and pollution in the area, pays their employees minimum wage with little or no opportunity for advancement and will not let their workers protect themselves by unionizing.

Inglewood said "no" to the behemoth Wal-Mart--a trend that is becoming more and more commonplace in America (San Diego refused Wal-Mart and so did the city of Chicago, recently).

Click HERE to learn more about the Inglewood "David vs. Goliath" victory over Wal-Mart.