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2016-01-17 Economy

District leaders furious Walmart breaking promise to build stores in poor neighborhoods

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Posted by gorb 2016-01-17 02:14|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top

#1 Georgia Avenue and at Fort Totten [stores] -- were underperforming

Managers and staff will still receive their bonuses. Nearly everything in Washington underperforms.

Posted by Besoeker 2016-01-17 06:55|| 2016-01-17 06:55|| Front Page Top

#2 Following last week's harsh Rantburg critque, those stores will now be built in Argentina.

Posted by Besoeker 2016-01-17 08:44|| 2016-01-17 08:44|| Front Page Top

#3 I seem to also remember the deal was (more store$=more community employee$) as a trade for the higher min wage.

Posted by Skidmark 2016-01-17 09:08|| 2016-01-17 09:08|| Front Page Top

#4 Maybe the black racist CEO of Sam's Club will step in with a few shoot and loot "membership" stores

Posted by Frank G 2016-01-17 10:22|| 2016-01-17 10:22|| Front Page Top

#5 Walmart is a co dependent of the GIVERnment; as the EBT cards get loaded Walmart reaps the benefits. this is the real reason the Distict elite cannot understand the decision.

Posted by Airandee 2016-01-17 10:35|| 2016-01-17 10:35|| Front Page Top

#6 Walmart is a co dependent of the GIVERnment; as the EBT cards get loaded Walmart reaps the benefits. this is the real reason the Distict elite cannot understand the decision.
Posted by Airandee

It's a balancing act. Shrinkage can easily trump co-dependency.

Posted by Besoeker 2016-01-17 11:08|| 2016-01-17 11:08|| Front Page Top

#7 higher min wages have that dort of effect. ask seatac washington

Posted by Clem Phavick7419 2016-01-17 11:31|| 2016-01-17 11:31|| Front Page Top

#8 At least they won't put the "mom & pop" liquor and lottery ticket" stores on Main Street out of business.

Posted by Capsu 78 2016-01-17 11:40|| 2016-01-17 11:40|| Front Page Top

#9 "You chose the wrong friends. This time it will cost you."

Posted by DarthVader 2016-01-17 14:06|| 2016-01-17 14:06|| Front Page Top

#10 When you lose a Walmart it changes the whole town. We had one that wanted to expand here in Elkin, NC, but some lawyers showed up and blocked it, something about a few Indian graves in the forest behind the store. So they closed the store and the 30 shops around it are now half vacant. They ask nicely, can write a check, but they also walk away, and they will.

Posted by Beau 2016-01-17 14:45|| 2016-01-17 14:45|| Front Page Top

#11 Riot history and black lives matter have killed any chance of protection for their stores. Media will always be against you. Politicians also. look at Deblasio of New York, now there's a piece of work.

Posted by Dale 2016-01-17 16:42|| 2016-01-17 16:42|| Front Page Top

#12 Hey - I've got an idea! Why don't Jesse Jackson, Al Sharpton, the mayor of DC, and the BLM people hold a ~~riot~~ demonstration at each of the three existing stores in DC. That should convince Walmart to build the new stores, right? /sarcasm

Posted by Rambler in Virginia 2016-01-17 17:01|| 2016-01-17 17:01|| Front Page Top

#13 So the "local government" was putting 90 million into a project to make development around one store viable. A store that generated, what, 400 minimum wage jobs? 9*10^7 divided by 4*10^2 is $225,000 expended per $24,000 job. Yeah, that works.

Posted by KBK 2016-01-17 19:27|| 2016-01-17 19:27|| Front Page Top

#14 When you lose a Walmart it changes the whole town.

For the better.

Because adding a Walmart makes it worse - it adds a few minimum wage jobs, kills the local stores, and doesn't add anything to the local economy except more traffic at the local Dunkin Donuts.

Posted by KBK 2016-01-17 19:29|| 2016-01-17 19:29|| Front Page Top

#15 Hey - I've got an idea! Why don't Jesse Jackson, Al Sharpton, the mayor of DC, and the BLM people hold a riot demonstration at each of the three existing stores in DC.

I see an episode of Undercover Boss, where they each clerk there for a day.

Posted by swksvolFF 2016-01-17 19:31|| 2016-01-17 19:31|| Front Page Top

#16 "Hey - I've got an idea! Why don't Jesse Jackson, Al Sharpton, the mayor of DC, and the BLM people hold a ~~riot~~ demonstration at each of the three existing stores in DC."

I've got an idea, too, Rambler.

Why don't Jesse Jackson, Al Sharpton, and the mayor of DC open their own business(es) and employ people in the areas Wal-Mart backed out of? At $15.00 an hour.

Put your money where your mouths are, jackasses, or STFU.

Posted by Barbara 2016-01-17 19:47|| 2016-01-17 19:47|| Front Page Top

#17 B, that is not how community organizers work. There MO is extortion, not production.

Posted by Sven the pelter 2016-01-17 20:09|| 2016-01-17 20:09|| Front Page Top

#18 Point taken Sven. Point taken.

Posted by Besoeker 2016-01-17 20:37|| 2016-01-17 20:37|| Front Page Top

#19 Barbara, they would only do it if Obama gave them a grant to cover their startup expenses, plus their usual "markup".

Posted by Rambler in Virginia 2016-01-17 21:31|| 2016-01-17 21:31|| Front Page Top

#20 How bad is the East End to be snubbed by Wal-Mart?

Posted by regular joe 2016-01-17 21:51|| 2016-01-17 21:51|| Front Page Top

#21 That's exactly my point, # 19 Rambler.

Posted by Barbara 2016-01-17 22:17|| 2016-01-17 22:17|| Front Page Top

22:17 Barbara
21:51 regular joe
21:38 NoMoreBS
21:31 Rambler in Virginia
20:37 Besoeker
20:16 Airandee
20:14 Sven the pelter
20:12 swksvolFF
20:09 Sven the pelter
19:59 swksvolFF
19:47 Barbara
19:37 Barbara
19:36 Barbara
19:35 ed in texas
19:32 ed in texas
19:31 swksvolFF
19:29 KBK
19:29 ed in texas
19:27 KBK
19:16 Procopius2k
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