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theboxtank: Community Commits To Not Be Raving

"50 people gathered in a Ripon, CA living room to talk about getting organized to oppose a proposed Wal-Mart in their community. Highlights of the meeting:

“This isn’t a fight against Wal-Mart. It is a fight against superstores,”
“This is make us unite and more organized so we won’t do things over and over,”
“This will not be an easy fight,”
“When need to be careful of what we say and do so we don’t look like a raving community. We need to bring the facts to bring other people against it.”
“It is all on public record and the city is being very pleasant and helpful,”
“(Ripon) will become a group of houses with a Wal-Mart,”
“Wal-Mart is listening to everything that we are doing. The message we put out must be consistent.”"