Dallas On the ground I know we are beating Wal-Mart! Our WARN project in Florida has prevented the new construction of any Wal-Mart Superstores for the last more than 28 months. We have the bottled up throughout central Florida. We are increasingly optimistic that we can stop them in Merced, California with our coalition …
Month: July 2007
ACORN Glen
Houston I wanted to see the first six houses completed in the ACORN Glen development in the North Forest section of Houston, so Orell Fitzsimmons, the field director of SEIU Local 100, whisked me out for a look. We were wildly impressed! These were some serious houses built at two stories on a nice-sized lot …
ICI-NOLA
New Orleans Councilman James Carter in my own home district was having a public hearing on a big development proposed in the next block from where I live. Someone had bought the old Frey’s hotdog plant and had in mind to build more than 100 units of wildly expensive condos on the space ranging in …