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Wal-Mart Tries End Run Around City Council

Posted by: Chris Steins
Thanks to: Jennifer Carman
14 January 2004 - 5:00am

Wal-Mart is attempting to use the California intiative process to bypass planning regulations in Inglewood, CA.

"Stung by strong opposition in nearly every corner of the country where it proposes a large-scale development, Wal-Mart is taking a new tack here: bypassing local regulators and going straight to voters for permission to build a mega-store... A rarely used provision in state law allows the exemption for construction projects submitted to voters as an initiative."

Full Story: Wal-Mart tries end run around balky city
Source: The Chicago Tribune, January 12, 2004
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