The article doesn't mention that the land is zoned residential and Walmart is trying to change that. The zoning entity is certainly within their right not to grant the variance.
I'm just curious, if the land were being divided and sold off for single family dwellings, would Duvall be concerned with the battlefield?
Why ask? He's not an anti-Walmart campaigner. This does become a higher profile fight because they're involved, but Duvall's concerned about the battlefield.
"As far as I'm concerned, we've got to keep this guy Barack Obama out of the White House." -- Robert Duvall