[Chi-townChief]

"Ald. Howard Brookins (21st) is still searching for a big-box retailer to replace the Wal-Mart his colleagues nixed at 83rd and Stewart."

This WalMart ended up at 95th & Western with hundreds of employees, thousands of happy customers, and of course, millions of tax dollars for Evergreen Park instead of Chicago.

Protesters bash Wal-Mart's attempt to open 2 stores in Chicago

[onevoter]

I loved this part of your link:

""I'm for jobs in this community, but I have an insult level," said state Rep. Mary Flowers (D-Chicago). "People need a livable wage. As an African-American woman, I once worked for $1 an hour. I'm not talking about what I don't know."

Gee, as a Caucasian I once worked for $1 an hour, too - that is what is known as a starting wage. The general understanding is that you move up from there. Her assumption that only African Americans have to build from the ground up is unbelievable. I guess she thinks we all should start out in "management" positions and a wage to go with the title.

[BillyBoy]

>> This WalMart ended up at 95th & Western with hundreds of employees, thousands of happy customers, and of course, millions of tax dollars for Evergreen Park instead of Chicago. <<

And the sweet irony is that of the 30,000 job applicants at the EP walmart, 29,500 of them were city residents and 500 were suburbanites (actually figure cited in the Sun-Times).

The city of Chicago is really "in touch" with the interests of their residents, aren't they? lol.