Wal-Mart Theme For Local Recall Election

Votes against WalMart annexation get voters riled in Jefferson, WI.

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September 27, 2005, 12:00 PM PDT

By Abhijeet Chavan @http://twitter.com/legalaidtech

When one city turned down a Wal-Mart super center, "Wal-Mart moved its efforts five miles up the road to Jefferson, Wisconsin, where two annexation votes for a 22-acre parcel were turned down by the city council. The ensuing battle has led to the city pulling its ads from a local newspaper with anti- Wal-Mart editorials, and a recall election Tuesday aimed at ousting an alderman who would be up for re-election in six months."

Thanks to Tom Day

FULL STORY: Wisconsin State Journal article

Monday, September 26, 2005 in Wisconsin State Journal

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