Protesters Show Anti-Walmart Feeling

Steve January 20, 2012 at 11:39 pm

A waste of time and effort.

Veronica January 21, 2012 at 04:54 am

It seems odd to me that so many Decatur residents are protesting this when this is not a City of Decatur area. There are no pedestrians and very few bikers in this area since Dekalb County has no funding for sidewalks and the area is a busy five laned Scott Blvd. This is my neighborhood and I support Walmart coming in as it could not be worse than a dead space with a thrift stores as the anchor store. Stop protesting when it is not going to effect you is my message! Change is good for a community. I plan to continue to support our local smaller businesses and stop shopping at the larger stores outside of our area. This will create more tax dollars for Dekalb County which is a positive for all of us!

C January 21, 2012 at 02:08 pm

Veronica - the Walmart will put the local smaller businesses out of business. It would be better to see a Trader Joes or Whole Foods be built there.

Sophie January 21, 2012 at 02:21 pm

I will never shop at a Walmart, this is a $$$$ behind closed doors scam.

Steve January 21, 2012 at 11:18 pm

Haven't you figured it out? Neither of those is going to happen. They use < 30,000 square feet. WalMart uses at least 3 times that. The economics don't work for the developer. Plus, Trader Joe's has said rather emphatically that they will not put a store there.

john January 21, 2012 at 11:35 pm

Those people that think Walmart will bring jobs should know that for every 3 that Walmart creates 2 will be lost. Walmart makes their workers work off the clock and does not promote women. GA taxpayers pay over $50 million per year to subsidize Walmart employee health care in the form of an application to PeachCare which is given as part of the employment package. I stopped shopping at Walmart more than 20 years ago after seeing the first Walmart documentary. All these people who think it will be good should see "Walmart - The High Price of Low Cost." The traffic study that was given by Selig was bogus. It did not include the traffic that passes through the area each day. When the first person dies because it could not get through the coming morass of traffic then maybe some will realize what a tragic mistake they made.

Steve January 21, 2012 at 11:51 pm

You confuse moral issues with legal ones. In this case, the legal ones have been decided and the moral ones have no bearing.

Sophie January 22, 2012 at 02:49 am

get a grip Steve,

Ms. January 22, 2012 at 03:29 pm

What an articulate and well-formulated argument Kevin. Now we shall all be persuaded to your side. So did you actually want to dispute what Steve has said, or just throw a bunch of rocks and run away? The Walmart is going there, precisely because of people like you, who can't articulate themselves in a civilized manner, just scream and yell, with no actual argument to support their case.

Sophie January 22, 2012 at 04:22 pm

no actual argument? I guess the true facts and 95% of Decatur does not want this means nothing. You have not seen me scream and yell. I hope Walmart has record profits.

Ms. January 22, 2012 at 04:27 pm

Can you please link to your evidence that shows "95% of Decatur" doesn't want this? Thanks in advance.

Connor Allison January 22, 2012 at 07:35 pm

Can we get a nice store there instead? Maybe a sports store or something. Walmart tends to attrack an "unpleasent" crowd, like the one on columbia. I wouldn't mind a nice sports authority, or a dicks, or something like that. Not a crappy super market.

TheeOther5ide January 27, 2012 at 09:08 pm

First - if it's going to run smaller businesses out, why does the owner of the Ace Hardware as well as some other businesses in the area support the development as an increase in customer base to their own stores? Second -
http://www.decaturmetro.com/2008/08/27/face-it-decatur-trader-joes-just-doesnt-like-you/

TheeOther5ide January 27, 2012 at 09:14 pm

For every 3 jobs it creates, 2 will be lost? So, even if your dubious claim is correct - that's a net +1 job growth. Oh, the Horror! As to your other claims, rather than taking "Walmart - The High Price of Low Cost" as the gospel (which was made by someone w/ an agenda), how about viewing a counterpoint... here's a link to the first part of four, the others are found after viewing the first:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-o1fj1rX7A

TheeOther5ide January 27, 2012 at 09:16 pm

You haven't shown any 'true facts' on any of your points. If you'd like someone to have a 'fact', provide the basis and evidence.

TheeOther5ide January 27, 2012 at 09:18 pm

"Unpleasant" crowd? First, learn to spell. Second, are you racist or just classist and feel you're too good for all the unpleasantness?

Sophie January 28, 2012 at 10:22 am

Classless, Pretty sick of you and others comments back to others the last few months. Many ladies have expressed themselves in a civil way about not wanting Walmart. The smart ass remarks are not called for. This gives me an idea that you are not from the south. I did not use spell check, hope I passed.

Victoria Webb January 31, 2012 at 02:13 pm

John, great points. Actually for every 3 jobs that Walmart creates, 3.4 are lost. U. of CA. economist David Neumark's study of 3,094 counties across the US shows the myths busted here: http://www.ccoev.org/fivemyths.pdf
If you do the research, many other university economics professors have conducted similar studies. And 35 hours a week guarantees that none of their part-time low wage earners will receive full benefits. Dekalb county desperately needs an updated comprehensive plan with mixed use for this area. Citizens unite! And join Good Growth Dekalb to help us fight this proposal. Make a donation: http://tinyurl.com/nowalmart-paypal Sign our petition: http://tinyurl.com/nowalmartindecatur Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NoWMinDecatur

Jordan Bailey September 21, 2012 at 02:47 pm

An "unpleasant crowd"? I attend Agnes Scott College and I would love to have a Walmart so close to campus. Are college students apart of this "unpleasant crowd" you speak of? I hope not.