Its not only about being able to build there. If the proposition goes through they won't have to do an environmental impact study there (no big deal for a place that has been a parking lot next to an airport...but a hell of a precedent). They won't have to do a study on traffic impact (there are more accidents at the three intersections in front of the Wal-Mart than there are in the rest of this city). The list goes on.

I really dislike the idea that a world wide corporation can act as an individual under a local or state law and end up with a proposal like this that lets them virtually ignore the laws that everyone else would have to face.

I dislike supporting them. I already know about their employment practices and it is plain fact that they drive others out of business. The only thing I find amusing about them is that they are competing with the big gasoline companies in the area by offering at least 3 cents off their already lower prices. Unfortunately there is a state law that limits them undercutting the industry by more than 11 cents. Just who is that law protecting? Especially when the oil companies could just refuse to contract with them thus making their investment in gas stations a big loss. Oh well...

Only problem is that the Wal-Mart is the only place around here to really shop. I mean that sincerely. I'd have to spread my shopping out over a 50 mile area to get everything I need. I can't afford the gas to do that, even though 11% of the oil coming into the US comes in just up the road and the refineries are also just up the road. The area also has a great deal of oil and natural gas production. You'd think we were in the middle of nowhere with the prices.