Two of our core activists went to check out the LA vote to make big box stores do environmental impact studies. This photos made the front of the LA Times.

The City Council voted in favor of the ordinance that requires large retailers to pay for an Economic Impact Study, to show the effect that a big retailer would have on the local economy.

This article was copied from the SGV Tribune website.

Molina vows to join Wal-Mart opponents

By Jason Kosareff , Staff Writer

ROSEMEAD -- Los Angeles County Supervisor Gloria Molina came out against a proposed Wal-Mart Supercenter in Rosemead on Thursday during a heated meeting.

"I'm going to that City Council meeting and opposing the project,' Molina told roughly 300 people gathered at Evergreen Baptist Church. "I want you to know that I'll be sitting with you, hoping they don't vote for it.'

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

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