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Wednesday, December 14th, 2005
Wal-Mart’s success Comes at a Cost to Local Businesses, Towns, Communities
84% of Wal-Mart sales cut directly into the sales of local business, minimizing employment gains and reducing the local tax base over the long term.
National retailers do far less business with local banks, suppliers, accountants, and other services than local businesses.
Studies comparing Big Box tax revenue with cost for public services (traffic, sewer, police and [...]
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Sunday, December 4th, 2005
Our Town : The petition
On the advice of our attorney, we were very careful this time around: only Damariscotta voters collected signatures and signed petitions. Nearly all of the signed petitions were notarized. On November 1 we submitted 320 signatures, 287 of which were certified by the town clerk. Because this number was well beyond the threshold of 105 [...]
