“Voters are starting to get together to keep Wal-Marts out of their town so that their economies don't get wrecked. The local elections are where you handle rent control, living wages and medical marijuana laws. Few people vote in local elections, but if more people like us vote, we have a far better chance at getting cool people and cool propositions passed. If you don't show up, you can bet your sweet ass that the Bush gang and the Christian coalition will.”
Jello Biafra
“This is something that you never imagine. This is a Wal-Mart located in the north sector of town, nice area and low crime -- something you don't expect to happen in that area.”
Mike Pena
“What you see happen when Wal-Mart comes to town is we bring substantially lower prices, and the businesses that are competing head-to-head with us have a hard time. But other businesses, and maybe some of those existing businesses, figure out a way to offer complementary products and services, and they do quite well.”
Marty Heires
“(They) can always say Wal-Mart came to town in 1994 and it's been all downhill since, but they have had 12 years to figure out a way to do better, and it hasn't happened yet.”
David Brodie
“Pella is a unique town and this is a unique look for Wal-Mart.”
Ryan Horn
“Wal-Mart has the best systems in retail, and Target knows how to do merchandising. So if Target's (merchandisers) started to go down to Wal-Mart, then I'd be scared.”
Patricia Edwards
“What happened here is that Wal-Mart didn't make a single payment for 2001 and 2002 and only started paying in 2003 after we asked for permission to go forward as a class action.”
Jessica Grant
