Funny that no mention is made of the union protests that have happened at the store's construction site, nor the vandalism that struck the store's construction site in February.

Even the Gazette has reported about some Savoy residents' concern about the store, and reported the the vandalism when it happened. Still, the N-G declined to attempt to put the vandalism in perspective with other similar political actions against superstores around the nation. Of course, if you don't report on opposition, then there isn't any, right? The News-Gazette may be a lot of things, but it would never want to be accused of being anti-business. Even if Wal-Mart bypasses local papers for its local print advertising (it prefers to use direct mail). Maybe N-G owner Professional Impressions is licking its lips over potential increased ad revenue at its radio stations, WDWS and WHMS?

For local perspectives on Wal-Mart that don't come from the new store's manager, see the stories published on the Indymedia site, and pick up the latest issue of the U-C IMC's newspaper, the public i.