Ok, this is SO wrong...Wal-Mart forfeits its visit from me --

I know I can't tell someone what they can do with their property, and they shouldn't be able to tell me what to do with mine. This is also why taking a local paper is a good idea -- if I did, I would have known about this last June. I don't, because I would lose two hours a day to reading large parts of the paper. But here's the bitch:

http://www.austinist.com/archives/2006/06/21/northcross_mall_renovation_idea
_sparks_outrage_among_local_residents.php

We're talking a 2-story Wal-Mart as one of the new shops, right in the middle of Allendale.

ARGGHH!

Other links of interest:

http://www.statesman.com/business/content/business/stories/other/11/08/8walm
art.html

http://austin.metblogs.com/archives/2006/11/fighting_the_be.phtml

If anyone reading thinks that this is a horrible revitalization
plan there's a group called Responsible Growth for Northcross. They're having a meeting this Thursday, November 30, at the Grace Church of the Nazarene at 7 p.m.

I'm already booked heavily on Thursday, but I guess I should add that putting a 24 hour Wal-Mart in the middle of this bustling area I patronize will probably kill Allendale. And I am POed...

Oh -- and have I mentioned that there's talk of an 11 STORY building going up on Jollyville?!