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April 13, 2005
Between the Devil & the Deep Blue Sea
Hee hee hee. This is going to be interesting.
Wal-Mart officials are looking to build one the company’s members-only wholesale storefronts near land in Fayetteville that produced former disputes regarding wildlife impact.
The corporation is under contract to purchase land off Arkansas 112 west of I-540 for a possibly 130,000-square-foot Sam’s Club, said Bob McAdam, vice president of corporate affairs.
Now the exact location hasn't been released, but it's speculated that it will be some property that the Sierra Club claims is wetland "containing rare species". And we all know what that means.
Which puts the leaders of Fayetteville, a/k/a "The Tree-Hugging Capital of NW Arkansas", in an interesting dilemma.
Past reports have indicated Sam’s Club could bring up to $1 million in sales tax revenue to the city. Bill Ramsey, president of the Fayetteville Chamber of Commerce, hadn’t heard a precise figure but said it would be a substantial amount.
That's money that Fayetteville desperately needs for its various 'improvement' projects. And the proposed site is in the area to which most crass commerical operations have been relocated. Because you know, evil capitalism is ok as long as we don't have to actually look at it when we step outside of Rainbow's House of Tofu.
So. Which will win, principles or greed?
I know which my money's on, but I'm not saying. I'm just going to sit back and enjoy the spectacle of the self-delusional justifications necessary for them to get their hands on all those lovely tax dollars.
LMAO the whole time, of course.
Posted by Rita at April 13, 2005 07:45 AM