Maybe from Bentonville its hard to understand the democratic process in action. Even as they go away, they are spinning.
Wal-Mart shelves Moscow super center
By ELAINE WILLIAMS
of the Tribune(published 6/16/06)
Wal-Mart has put plans for a super center in Moscow on the back burner.
Wal-Mart will not pursue a location on the southeast corner of Mountain View […]
Moscow planners recommend against zoning change for land
March 24
By DAVID JOHNSON
of the Tribune
MOSCOW — Members of the Moscow Planning and Zoning Commission voted late Wednesday night to deny an application by persons seeking a comprehensive plan map change for 78 acres on the southeast edge of town.
The recommendation will be forwarded to the Moscow City […]
Moscow planners get an earful about proposed Wal-Mart
Published 3/23
By DAVID JOHNSON
of the Tribune
MOSCOW — The fire marshal didn’t attend. But a crowd well surpassing the 150-person capacity crammed its way into the Moscow City Council chambers here Wednesday night as people debated development of property that could be home for a Wal-Mart Supercenter.
By press time, […]
Dear Editor,
At the P & Z hearing on the application to rezone 77 acres of agricultural land to permit development of a big box shopping center in Moscow, the developer’s representative made some puzzling statements.
Early on, he said insistently of the mega-shopping center: “The market wants to deliver this now.”
Late in the […]
Sad news. The article goes on to say: “Unlike Moscow, which has a big-box store ordinance that could constrain Wal-Mart construction plans, Pullman has no such legal tool. McCullough, however, has said Wal-Mart officials intend to work with the community and want to become a good neighbor.”
Hey Wal-Mart. Why not volunteer to adopt Moscow’s Big […]
David Johnson has a nice article here, but what it misses is capturing the spirit, the collective strength, that I think the audience felt as we build our case against this path for Moscow’s future.
Moscow rezone finds few friends
Feb 23, 2006
By DAVID JOHNSON
of the Tribune
MOSCOW — Nobody mentioned Wal-Mart. But a steady stream of people […]