Re: [Chicago] for or against wal-mart?

2004-05-08 Thread Bradley Reeg
It isn't a question of allowing Wal-Mart to have stores in Chicago. Its a free country, and if they find locations that already have the right zoning, and they aren't asking for TIF money, or free infrastructure improvements they are free to locate there. If this were the case the city council

RE: [Chicago] for or against wal-mart?

2004-05-07 Thread Kevin B. O'Reilly
I don't see any reason why Wal-Mart should not be allowed to have stores in Chicago. Once any neighborhood effects such as traffic flow are accounted for, there's no earthly reason why Wal-Mart should be kept out. Putting arbitrary government hurdles in front of a business trying to move to the