Tag Archives: 'walmart'

• Joshua Tree, Day One

  Arriving at Joshua Tree a little past six o’clock in the evening on Friday (following a twelve-hour drive from the Bay Area, mostly due to traffic in the hell that is the LA area, but also because of a one-and-a-half-hour delay resulting from running out of gas, which prompted the construction of a make-shift shelter [...]

• In the News

  - Walmart has given up on building a store within New York City, although if you consider Staten Island a part of New York City, you have reason number 43 why I’d never want to live in New York City. Now, if only Walmart would give up on building in my town. – Senate democrats [...]

• Walmart Falls (Again)

  Well, it was my town vs. Walmart again last night… The city council voted unanimously to adopt a resolution to purchase the property owned by Walmart on the city’s waterfront by way of eminent domain. Again. (What this all means, of course, is that I will be back at City Hall again in two months [...]

• reyonthehill vs. Walmart, Take 2

  This past Tuesday, Walmart’s lawyers were back in action, attempting to halt the City’s decision to purchase Walmart’s property by way of eminent domain. As a result, I addressed the Hercules City Council once again…

• reyonthehill vs. Walmart

  I spoke during the public hearing at yesterday’s unprecedented Hercules City Council meeting, where the council voted unanimously to use eminent domain to stop the development of a Walmart on the city’s waterfront. And here’s the video…