[Imc-radio] Re: [Imc] please read & contribute your ideas

[J. Wason]

At 07:45 AM 01/23/04 +0000, Sandra Ahten wrote:

>Well, This week I'll be recording some of the Education or Incarceration 
>workshop for a future radio program and I'll be trying to the the "media 
>censoring ads / underwriting" for FSRN.
>
>I will need help with recording interviews at the IMC with the computer 
>equipment / telephone interface for the FSRN thing. Anyone who is skilled 
>could give me some times tomorrow afternoon when you could be available 
>there to help? I would so appreciate it! (Why wasn't I doing this when clint 
>was around?)
>
>This leave headlines.
>Here are the potentials.
>1. Same Sex Partner Benefits inUrbana - passes
>2. Walmart Thang
>3. Prairie Green in court (there is a press conference tomorrow at the IMC).

If you're going to do a feature about the "Wal-Mart thang", either now or
in the feature, here are a couple of possible sources for
information/interviews:

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Michael Goldman" <mgoldman at uiuc.edu>
Subject: public hearing tonite on WalMart, 7pm, Urbana

> Urbana city council tonite will vote (and hear public
> comments) on zoning a corn field for WalMart on the east side, a dastardly
> firm that has successfully re-defined wages (downwardly) and health
> benefits (less than zero) for the rest of the nation's retail industry.  You
> can kiss goodbye our dear "local" shops (even our dear Schnuck's) once the
> third WalMart comes to town, which it will unless we scream and yell!  at
> the city bldg, downtown Urbana...soon to be owned by WalMart! See the
> NYTimes magazine Sunday for a piece on WalMart's impoverishing of workers
> and websites galore (eg, www.ufcw.org) ... I asked one of our progressive
> council members why they werent making a stink in public, and she said her
> hands were tied by WalMart, as they are not allowed to mention that the lot
> is for WalMart at the meeting...and WalMart lawyers will be on hand to be
> sure they don't.  Which means we have to untie their hands...bring nimble
> fingers and tongues, folks...and spread the word before tonite.
>
> Did you know there is a law suit filed against WalMart every 15 minutes,
> one law firm in NY dedicated solely to suits. WalMart controls 25% of US
> retail, and are the first retailers in history to tell producers to lower
> wages or else they wont buy their products, reshaping labor conditions
> worldwide (except in our prisons, where walMart incentives already exist).

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From: "Daniel S. Lewart" <lewart at uiuc.edu>
To: Prairie Greens of East Central Illinois <prairiegreens at lists.groogroo.com>
Subject: Re: [Prairiegreens] Keep Wal-Mart out of Urbana!
Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2004 15:55:39 -0600


Prairie Greens,

> Sep 3, 2003  News-Gazette  "Council Rezones 74 Acres", by Mike Monson:
> 	http://www.news-gazette.com/story.cfm?Number=14468
>
> Jan 21, 2004  News-Gazette  "Residents Critical of Wal-Mart", by Mike
Monson:
>	http://www.news-gazette.com/story.cfm?Number=15302
>
> Al Norman, the author of "Slam-Dunking Wal-Mart!" has this website:
> 	http://www.sprawl-busters.com/
> Perhaps Al can help us?

I gave Al a call this afternoon.  He says there may still be some hope.
I scribbled a bunch of notes and I'd like to relate what I learned from him.
Can anyone meet for a half-hour Sun afternoon or early evening at UCIMC
so I can relate what I learned from him?

Urbana First!
Dan
lewart at uiuc.edu