Wal-Mart gives $20,000 to a local group fighting an anti-big-box ordinance:
Proponents of the City Council's big-box limitation ordinance that passed in September and is scheduled for a referendum vote in May planned to launch their defense campaign today.But if bank accounts are any indication, challengers of the law that would essentially forbid a Wal-Mart Supercenter already have the advantage.
According to campaign finance reports filed with the City Clerk's Office, Arkansas-based Wal-Mart has contributed $20,000 to Protect Flagstaff's Future, a political action committee formed to overturn the big-box ordinance. Wal-Mart's contribution comprises the bulk of the committee's reported $20,165 it took in through the Jan. 31 filing deadline.
And there's plenty more where that came from.
"We are going to seek more funding from Wal-Mart as we need it," said Frank Dickens, a local Realtor and chairman of Protect Flagstaff's Future. "It's just going to depend on what we're going to need to do for publicity.
Posted by Kevin on February, 9 2005 at 12:08 PM
