Wal-Mart wants to build more giant Supercenter stores in
the West, but communities like Inglewood, Calif., are starting to
take a stand against the world’s largest company
Magazine
June 7, 2004
Wal-Mart wants to build more giant Supercenter stores in the West, but communities like Inglewood, Calif., are starting to take a stand against the world’s largest company. Also in this issue: Even the National Rifle Association came out in support of a Tucson, Ariz., open-space saving bond, which passed in a landslide despite complaints from critics that it was just pork.
Feature
Sidebar
A bitter five-month strike against grocery chains in
California did nothing to halt the slide in wages likely to come
when Wal-Mart invades
Businesspeople and shoppers may love Wal-Mart, but a lot
of its workers – and ex-workers – have reasons to
dislike the company
Editor's Note
The same kind of "ballot-box planning" that’s been
used to control development in small towns like Paonia, Colo., is
being manipulated by Wal-Mart in its quest to build more
Supercenters in the West
Uncommon Westerners
Jason Groenewold didn’t set out to be an
environmental activist, but now he directs the Healthy Environment
Alliance of Utah, which is fighting toxic waste disposal in the
West Desert
Essays
A teacher at a small rural school in Colorado encourages
her young students to express their feelings and describe the world
they live in
Book Reviews
Charles Bowden’s book, Killing the Hidden Waters,
which explores the Sonoran Desert world of the Papago Indians, has
been re-released after 25 years
Jason Kersten’s Journal of the Dead: A Story of
Friendship and Murder in the New Mexico Desert is an interesting
read, but fails to fully develop the story of Raffi Kodikian, who
stabbed his best friend, David Coughlin, in an apparent mercy
killing
Writers on the Range
Missoula, Mont., like many amenity-rich Western towns, is
becoming too expensive for its working-class population
Heard Around the West
Bear "product inspectors"; Rapid City, S.D., supports
transsexual city councilman; road rage afflicts runners in Boulder,
Colo.; feral llamas; bovine back-scratchers; candidate Linda Kelsch
tells Utah Legislature to mind its own morals
Dear Friends
HCN’s May board meeting; good news for the paper;
some readers upset about political stories; scientist Theo Colborn
speaks; Mary Sojourner to read in Hotchkiss, Colorado
News
Even the National Rifle Association came out in support of
a Tucson, Ariz., open-space saving bond, which passed in a
landslide despite complaints from critics that it was just
pork
Phelps Dodge told to clean up New Mexico groundwater;
Tyson Fresh Meats Inc. appeals verdict on cattle-price fixing;
Lahontan cutthroat trout tagged in Nevada; National Organic Program
decides not to loosen organic food standards
Mountain bikers in the Central Oregon Trail Alliance favor
creation of a Badlands Wilderness Area near Bend, Ore., even if
they can’t ride in it
Texas billionaire Billy Joe "Red" McCombs wants to build
"The Village at Wolf Creek" – Colorado’s largest resort
village – in the heart of one of the state’s most
environmentally conscious small ski areas
Bidding on oil and gas leases for conservation purposes in
places like Delta County, Colo., could prove to be a risky
strategy, some environmentalists warn
Citizen-proposed wilderness areas in the West are the
latest battleground in the war over oil and gas drilling on the
public lands
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