July 07, 2010 10:17 PM UTC

Wal-Mart Special: Chicago

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• by: CoalCreekWildfire

Wal-Mart 1, Unions 0:

• Chicago Mayor Daley wins a Wal-Mart sponsored environmental award

• Wal-Mart wins approval for its 1st store in a core Democratic constituency

Daley is one of two mayors to win the award:

Chicago, IL Mayor Richard M. Daley … [has] been selected to receive the 2010 Mayors’ Climate Protection Award, a program sponsored by … Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

A few weeks later, Daley successfully overcomes Union opposition to the Wal-Mart expansion:

Approval for the store came after labor leaders dropped their opposition… Daley, who has blasted critics of Wal-Mart’s expansion in the city …

This is Chicago’s first Wal-Mart store in a core Democratic constituency. The other store is in the whiter and more conservative west side.

What is Daley thinking?

Sources

Deanna Bellandi, Chicago City Council approves building the city’s 2nd Walmart store, Associated Press / Chicago Tribune, 6/30/2010 17:37, http://www.chicagotribune.com/…

2010 Mayor’ Climate Protection Award Winners Announced, First Place Winners: Chicago and North Little Rock, The United States Conference of Mayors, 6/11/2010, http://usmayors.org/pressrelea…