Tuesday, March 24, 2009

Chicago alderman wants a Wal-Mart in his ward

Howard Brookins' 21st Ward needs jobs. Wal-Mart can bring them to his South Side Chicago neighborhood.

There's a recession going on now. You know that.

Chicago has just one Wal-Mart, there shouldn't be a fight over this, but some aldermen are more interested in kowtowing to unions that bringing jobs to the city.

Three years ago the City Council tried to add a "living wage" ordinance that would have made it difficult for Wal-Mart and other "big box" stores to operate in Chicago.

Mayor Daley vetoed it, but there is still just one Wal-Mart in Chicago, just as there was before the living wage battle.

There's a recession going on. Oh yeah, you knew that.

Related post:

My book report: The Wal-Mart Revolution: How Big Box Stores Benefit Consumers, Workers, and the Economy

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3 comments:

  1. pathickey10:31 AM

    Hey what are they gonna do - SEI YOO him?

    Pick his pockets?

    Buy a Senate Seat?

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  2. Levois3:47 PM

    Unfortunately cowtowing to unions is smart. Especially if you're only worried about your re-election prospects. At least Brookins has the courage of his convictions to stick his neck out for this Wal-Mart. Sadly those who oppose this for various reasons fail to understand this.

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  3. Marathon Pundit10:51 PM

    The following comment was e-mailed to me.

    Wish I could comment on your excellent blog, but being an IT guy with more passwords and computers than carter has pills, I have no idea what my google/blogspot passwords are. We have 7 or 8 super walmarts in Salt Lake and they're all busy. I can't imagine how busy the one in the corruption capital of America is.

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