The video shoots in many directions, blaming city officials and The Baltimore Sun, among others, for cynically supporting the Remington Wal-Mart. It's an interesting video, which hopefully will convince more people to show their opposition to the plan.
The Remington Wal-Mart has many fans in the area, but the reasons for their support may not be entirely clear. Sure, some hold a Libertarian view that says anything should be allowed if it's paid for. And you know it's not beyond Wal-Mart to pay people for their support, whether by buying newspaper ad space or by handing out cash.
The question is whether we need the giant box to set our retail prices and retail wages, and to hold in its cynical corporate hands the future of that entire area. One decision, made thousands of miles away, can turn this Utopian "Everyone will have a job!" dream into a nightmare of a giant, abandoned box, surrounded by an abandoned parking lot, surrounded by abandoned neighborhoods.
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