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...remains that the artist wrote her personal opinion in the corner of the cartoon, and in doing so, was using her platform in The Crimson to promote personal ideology in a way that was quite inappropriate. I hope The Crimson endeavors not to let this happen again. Joshua E. Greenfield...
Reps. Carmen D. Buell (D-Greenfield), Salvatore DiMisi (D-North End), Francis G. Mara (D-Brockton) and Angelo M. Scaccia (D-Readville) have yet to pay for their travel costs...
...Mart, the retail discount giant, was prepared for just about any misgiving the residents of Greenfield, Massachusetts, might have. In exchange for turning a 63-acre lot into a 121,267-sq.-ft. store, they would pay the town $100,000 in annual taxes and cover much needed road improvements too. The store even agreed to spring for an archaeological dig on the site, once an Indian campground. "All people were thinking was, 'This is where I'm going to get cheap underwear,' " says resident Al Norman...
Last week the people of Greenfield (pop. 18,000) delivered Wal-Mart its third defeat this year when residents voted to keep the discount retailer from building the gorilla in their midst. Some 60% of the town turned out for the vote, preventing the measure that would have rezoned the proposed site by a slim nine-vote margin. Similar resistance in Westford, Massachusetts (pop. 16,000), and North Olmsted, Ohio (pop. 34,000), has led Wal-Mart to withdraw its interest there as well...
...while the grass-roots groups congratulate themselves and advise neighboring communities to follow suit, other citizens, like the 2,845 Greenfield residents who voted in favor of Wal-Mart, feel less euphoric. They had been looking forward to the economic boost the store could have provided. "The town of Greenfield could use the jobs," says Alfred Havens, president of the town council. Major retailers are big job generators in today's economy. Wal-Mart is the nation's second largest private employer after General Motors...