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samcrumplr:

Here’s an editorial I wrote for class. I think that this is very important and under-discussed:

Capital City Stadium: It’s been here since 1945 and is the home of small-time baseball team the Columbia Blowfish.

 Unfortunately, it seems like the days of this historic stadium are coming to a close. Columbia’s City Council has drawn up a contract with Atlanta-based developers Bright-Meyers LLC.

What is this company planning to do? Well, while this might come as a shocker, its intentions are not to run a ballpark. Because of the firm’s affiliations and past contracts, the public has inferred that Bright-Meyers plans to build a Walmart in the heart of the downtown area.

So a Walmart will be downtown—what’s the big deal? Columbia is a college town and the student population would greatly benefit from such a resource.

Actually, it is a big deal for a number of reasons. I could write all-day about the egregious exploits that Walmart has committed against communities, their own employees and local farms. Instead, I’ll stick to the detrimental effects that this will bring to Columbia.

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