Much of Chicago is a food desert--wide swaths of of the city bereft of supermarkets. The city has just one Wal-Mart.The Pullman neighborhood on the South Side used to have many factories, they're abandoned now. Wal-Mart wants to put a supercenter there and bring much needed to the community. The Chicago-area unemployment rate is 10.9 percent.
Wal-Mart has a new web site covering its Chicago expansion efforts, which includes a video with Mayor Richard Daley--who favors more city Wal-Marts, praising the world's largest retailer as "a great corporation, they're deeply involved in this nation, with employment and opportunities."
This morning the Chicago City Council Zoning Committee will vote on the Pullman Wal-Mart. If they are truly interested in the needs of their consituents, they should vote "Yes."
UPDATE 11:50am: Crain's Chicago Business is reporting that the committee vote has been postponed, at the request of union leaders.
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