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February 09, 2005
Will Sacbee Editorials on Walmart @Downtown be a Krispy Kreme replay?
You know, after reading the articles about the Krispy Kreme "crisis" as labeled by the Bee, it made me think about the future coverage of another big Borg corporate giant seeking a new home in the capitol city, Walmart.
I'm going to follow this closely. It's one thing to use your paper to go to bat for a donut shop near your home and the homes of your friends on the EGPD, but an entirely different game when you bring the WallyWorld Borg ship over Sacramento in geosynchronous orbit. I've worked for Sam's, and I know how they assimilate people and communities. The shell of a Sam's building I help set up in 1989 in Rancho stands as a warning to Sacramento of how WallBorg stands by communties and "misleads" their officials about it's future plans.
In my mind, the Bee supporting a Walmart in downtown is tantamount to a declaration of editorial war against the residents and small business owners of downtown and midtown. I just don't know if people there will make time to come up from between each others' legs, their bongs and lattes to do something about it.
Posted by cystdog at February 9, 2005 07:08 AM
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