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How Wal-Mart Came to Haslett
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Well done, boys. I'm from northern Michigan, and we have our own nasty Mallwart up here. I appreciated how you implicated the family of land barrons who seem to be behind all of the unwelcome development in Hazlet. It take local compliance, not just a mega corporation, to allow for these kinds of developments to occur.
Posted by Holly Wren Spaulding on December 14, 2006
I'd love to watch the videos but they're not loading. Is the problem at my end or yours?
Posted by Bob Montgomery on September 19, 2006
It is amazing to see how an "All-American" store like Wal-Mart can effect an entire town.
Posted by Darrian Morehead on September 12, 2006
It seems as though in this film these people are in a no win sitiuation. Everybody pays water bills or bills in general but it seems as though that it is not fair for them paying that much money for a water bill. Looking at the area, it seems as though it is one of the more urban parts of Michigan and in the film all who you see really complaining and wanting help is the black community.
Posted by Darrian on September 12, 2006
Wal-Mart is a demanding business that tries to put out other businesses. Wal-Mart puts out other small businesses that needs to keep their homes and they move them away cause, they can't get business. Wal-Mart
moves into a small town and take over other business that can't compete with them and take over the whole town.
Posted by Rudy Thompson on September 12, 2006
That was great...we've had similar issues with Walmart here in Canada...
Walmart: BOO!!!!!
Posted by Andrew Clarke on September 09, 2006
creating more jobs.
if you own the property, you get paid.
Posted by Richard Taylor on September 08, 2006
I personally think that Wal-marts just should not be built for the simple reason that they are running stores out of business. Once they run these stores out of business, there are just small empty vacant buldings left there for no reason. In this clip, Elliott said that if the town went to court against Wal-mart, they would bankrupt the township. I think that is file and redicilous because there will be a Wal-mart with no town around it, and because of that the air will be polluted since they will probably build other things around it and knock down all the houses and little businesses around.
Posted by Tony Partridge on September 04, 2006
wonderful! ha ha. I come from zimbabwe and you guys are always banging on about how WE dont have democracy! ha ha. good film
Posted by netsayi on September 01, 2006
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