Posted in News Stories on July 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
There is a must read editorial in today’s Free Lance-Star entitled “Orange, arise.” It is a tremendous call for moving Walmart to an alternate location just days before the Board of Supervisors hold a public hearing on the issue.
Orange, arise
July 24, 2009 3:01 am
Two veterans of a war that killed an estimated 623,000 Americans shake [...]
Posted in News Stories on July 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The bipartisan letter sent by Kaine (D) and Howell (R) to the Orange County Board of Supervisors has generated considerable news coverage over the 24 hours. The letter, which urged the county to work with Walmart to identify another site for the superstore away from the Wilderness Battlefield, has led to stories in today’s Washington [...]
Posted in News Stories on July 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Tim Kaine (D), Governor of Virginia, and William Howell (R), Speaker of the Virginia House of Delegates, sent a bipartisan letter to the Orange County Board of Supervisors urging them to work with Walmart to find an alternate location for the supercenter that does not threaten the Wilderness Battlefield.
The letter states: “[W]e strongly encourage your [...]
Posted in News Stories on July 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Two editorials appeared today in Virginia newspapers that endorse a compromise solution for the Wilderness Walmart. Both suggest that an alternate site for Walmart be found in Orange County in order to preserve the Wilderness Battlefield, but at the same time ensure that Orange County gets much-needed economic development. The majority of speakers at the [...]
Posted in News Stories on July 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The Richmond Times-Dispatch features an article today on the ongoing controversy regarding Walmart’s proposal to build a Supercenter on the Wilderness Battlefield. There is strong opposition to the proposed Walmart, both locally and nationally, but so far Orange County and Walmart have not been receptive to the idea of finding a compromise location that would [...]
Posted in News Stories on July 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The County Administrator for Orange County was fired Friday night after recently suggesting that a win-win solution could be had if Walmart moved to a different location in Orange County.
Read the Free Lance-Star article on the firing here.
Read an excellent editorial in yesterday’s Free Lance-Star.
Posted in News Stories on July 1, 2009 | 2 Comments »
According to today’s Free Lance-Star, Orange County Administrator Bill Rolfe thinks the county should pursue trying to find a win-win solution that will not only satisfy Orange County’s need for economic development, but is also sensitive to the Wilderness Battlefield and National Park. Rolfe is quoted in the article as saying:
The question that begs to [...]
Posted in News Stories on June 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The Free Lance-Star ran three articles this weekend comparing the proposal to build a Walmart near George Washington’s boyhood at Ferry Farm in Stafford County in the 1990s to today’s controversy over the proposed Walmart on the Wilderness Battlefield. The Ferry Farm debate ended with Walmart finding an alternate location for their store and the [...]
Posted in News Stories on June 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The four men running for governor of Virginia have weighed in on the Wilderness Walmart controversy in Orange County, and the consensus among the candidates is that Walmart, Orange County and the battlefield would all be better off if another, less historically sensitive, location was found for the superstore. The Democratic primary is tomorrow, June [...]
Posted in News Stories on May 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The Civil War News has a good article this month on the proposed Walmart on the Wilderness Battlefield. You can read it here.
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