Resources, Research, and Links

Letters to Editors, and Other Letters

Read the Letter to the Editor Category to read the latest letters.

• [Marlene Shinen, SGVTrib, Aug 5]
• [Juan Nunez, SGVTrib, August 1]
• [Lillian Sacco, SGV Trib, August 2]
• Sample Letter by Burt Ross
• Letter to the Editor by Juan Nunez
• Letter to Rosemead Report, a pretty old one
• Letter about Truck Traffic by Louis Tury,
  About Wages by Bert Newton, and about this site by johnk
• Letter to the Editor by K. Walden
• Note about the 2002 council meeting by John Brady

Rosemead Project Information

• Applied Planning, the firm
  contracted to produce the EIR.

• Request for notification of the project to Brad Johnson, a form letter for your use.

• The Save Our Community Flyer in PDF.

Resources

• 
  Information about a redevelopment law that appears to have
  a bearing on giving subsidies to the proposed project.
  
• What is an EIR?

Research

• The report from the UC Labor Center, Hidden Costs of Wal-Mart Jobs, explained how Wal-Mart's business practicies are causes income to decrease among people who work in retail.

• Rodino Associates did a study about big-box retail
  for the City of Los Angeles.
  Definitions and Impacts
  Mitigations and Appendices

• The Pulitzer winning series about Wal-Mart by
  The Los Angeles Times

  Read

• Fearing Wal-Mart by Telis Demos at the
  Columbia Political Review
  Read
• The Impact of Big Box Grocers on Southern California
  by the Orange County Business Council (ocbc.org)
  
  Download report [pdf]
  or read the
  Executive Summary
• Congressman George Miller released a report about Wal-Mart's hidden costs.
  New
  Report Details Wal-Mart's Labor Abuses and Hidden Costs
  
  Download full report [pdf]
• Various Business and Economics Articles
  The Wal-Mart You Don't Know in Fast Company
  Is Wal-Mart Too Powerful in Business Week
  The Wal-Mart Trap in Dollars and Sense

Links

• Bill Moyers did a series on the store on PBS, and you can search for Wal-Mart on
  the PBS site to read transcripts.
• LA Alliance for a New Economy is fighting
  Wal-Mart in Los Angeles
• City data about
  Rosemead
• City data about
  South San Gabriel
• Rosemead Chamber of Commerce. Note that Rosemead does
  not have a website, so the pro-business Chamber of Commerce is effectively the city's website.
• 
  Map of Rush and Walnut Grove on Mapquest
• Other offices located near that corner include:
  Edison International/Southern California Edison,
  Panda Restaurant Group,
  Hsi-Lai University,
  Countrywide Home Loans
• Some Wal-Mart criticism sites:
  • Article by a New York Times writer explaining how Ralphs, Vons and Albertsons are scared of Wal-Mart's cutthroat business practices ... very pertinent to the current strike going on.
  • Site showing an Oregon city succesfully saying NO to Wal-Mart after a grassroots effort to get rid of it.? It was similar to the proposed Rosemead site in that it is surrounded by a residential area and totally inappropriate for the area.
  • Myths vs. Facts regarding Wal-Mart coming into communities.
  • "Wal-Mart and the Strip-Mining of America": this is the most exciting article.
• 
  Wal-Mart page at China Labor Watch

• Anti-Wal-Mart Sites
  
  (warning, some of these are really angry)
  

  • Wal-Martyrs, a site
    for current and former Wal-Mart employees. Contains a lot
    of labor information.
  • Wal-Mart Sucks,
    a forum with many current and former Wal-Mart workers.
  • Walmart-Blows,
    another similar forum. (Note that both forums have areas
    for positive comments too.)