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Old 11-18-2004, 11:50 PM
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Re: Anyone ever done any activism??

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Originally posted by lifesaver
Concerned by the prospect of a Wal-Mart over environmentally sensitive land and in a historical area, I have joined the Helotes Area Foundation, who is working to stop the construction of a wal-mart superstore there. Its a beautiful community and wal-mart is cleverly going around city ordaniances by building right on the city limits of town (the town is like 2 miles across).
It's great that you're doing this. Wal-Mart does not seem to have a good effect on communities where it locates. Yeah, it usually seems to build towards the outskirts of cities, so I'm not surprised that they're building on limits.
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