This is my own personal story which I feel illustrates the true character of the WalMart Corporation. I want to share it with whoever is concerned about the affects of WalMart constructing a store in their tow Several years ago my wife and I retired and built a home in a new housing development in Dublin, Georgia. WalMart contracted with a leasing company that purchased a large piece of property adjacent to our backyard. A contractor was hired to build one of its infamous stores, and the first order of business was to bulldoze a long row of old oak trees along the border of their property and our subdivision. The trees were not even on their side of the property line To appease the people in the subdivision, a tall chainlink fence was installed by the contractor. The fence blocked the unsightly view of the parking lot, but not the noise from it. On April 11, 1995 a wind storm blew the fence right off the poles that held it up. The local WalMart manager refused to accept any of the responsibility for repairing it. Large quantities of trash from their lot blew into our neighborhood. Strangers wandered into our back yards, and WalMart customers walked their dogs in our vegetable garden while their spouses shopped.On one occasion I telephoned the local store manager to complain about all of the trash, and he sent an employee out to clean it up. On the left is a picture of the finished job. Notice the ground is almost clean on the WalMart side of the fence. Nothing was picked up on our side of the fence.I had been a regular WalMart customer as well as a stockholder. On July 24, 1995 I wrote WalMart President & CEO William R. Fields at the corporate office to describe the situation and ask that they repair the fence. He responded by forwarding my letter to the local WalMart manager who continued to ignore the situation.

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