{"article":{"id":120359,"heading":"Rosemead Wal-Mart","author":"johnk","created":"2004-12-19 22:58:10","modified":"2007-11-26 12:55:39","last_modified":"Mon, 26 Nov 2007 19:55:39","article":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body><p>Hey folks.  I think there's some potential for an interesting news piece or something in the Rosemead Wal-Mart fight.  So far, it's been on the nightly news, and in the San Gabriel Valley Tribune (which is mostly pro-Wal-Mart), and on KCET Life and Times (which basically trended pro-Wal-Mart too). <br><br> What makes this interesting is that the City Council seems to be totally supporting Wal-Mart.  They're unanimously for it.  The community group protesting it has been pretty successful, at least at collecting signatures.  We suspect that if it went to a vote, it would not pass.  However, it will not go to a vote, because the City Council rescinded their decision to approve the Development Agreement.  Wal-Mart says it will move forward on the project without the stipulations in the DA contract.  Wal-Mart thinks it's found a loophole. <br><br> The community group is an interesting mix of people.  Many ages, mostly older, various political persuasions, ethnically mixed somewhat.  Wal-Mart also has some interesting people, including a development consultant they've hired to fabricate a grassroots group. <br><br> Also, an election will come soon, with three Council people up for re-election.  The three opposing candidates are anti-Wal-Mart.  Two candidates are young, while two of the incumbents are near retirement age. <br><br> There's also a lot of other intersting stuff that's not mentioned here.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","contact":"","link":"http:\/\/www.saveourcommunity.us","address":"","phone":"","parent_id":0,"mime_type":"text\/plain","summary":"This is a request for coverage, as well as an update on the events.","numcomment":4,"fileurl":"\/uploads\/","filesize":null,"article_url":"\/news\/2004\/12\/120359.php"},"attachments":[],"comments":[]}