Some interesting links . . . .

American Independent Business Alliance (AMIBA) - The advantages of small, local businesses

Gig Harbor's Experience with Wal-Mart - A Modern Fable About Good vs. Greed

NPR's Four Part Series on Wal-Mart - Wal-Mart's Social and Economic Impact: the Series Examines Influence of Largest U.S. Employer

Sequim City Council Meetings - Link to Sequim City Council's meeting schedule and agenda.

Spawning Hope (Audubon Magazine) - Once an environmental and economic mainstay of the Pacific Northwest, salmon are now so scarce that their status is provoking fights across the region.  But on a quiet Washington river, (the Dungeness River) locals long at loggerheads are teaming up to bring the fish back.  Note: This article was written before the big-box developments near the river were announced.

Sprawl-Busters - No matter what the logo on the building says - be it Wal-Mart, Home Depot, Target, Lowe's, Kohl's, CVS, etc. - if its unwanted development, Sprawl-Busters has information about its effect on your community

Store Wars - follows the events in Ashland from the first public hearing that galvanizes residents' opposition until the town council takes a final vote one year later.

Wal-Mart's Bogus Buy-American Image (Mother Jones, 9/15/98) - Wal-Mart markets itself as providing American-made products, but in reality only a small percentage are made in the U.S.A.

 
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