Combining Hilter w/ the energizer bunny

MY GOD! IT'S HUGE!!!!!!
(A larger version is posted up on the "walmart sucks" group, if you care to inspect it more closely)
This is what you can expect should you allow them to build a supercenter - At least 1/4 of that size is to be dedicated to groceries....


Oddly enough, NOBODY from walmart bothered showing up - not the Manager, not his "muscle", not the Lawyer!

By the way, the owner of that property? The one's SOOOO hell bent on selling out the city to walmart no matter the consequences??

Whalton & Linda Georgenson
3740 Peterson Rd.
Sturgeon Bay, WI.
54235
(920)743-1253

They also own "butch's auto" on Egg Harbor Road.

WALMART's LAYWER:
Deborah C. Tomczyk, Esq.
1000 n. water st., suite 21000
Milwaukee, WI.
53202
(414)298-8331
800-553-6215
dtomczyk@reinhartlaw.com


They immitate Hitler in his making & breaking promises, They try using intimidation to scare people into giving in to them, they literally BRIBE people into supporting them, NEED I GO ON (since I've said this sh** already in other posts)???

LET THEM KNOW HOW YOU REALLY FEEL. (Evil grin)

City Council Meeting - 08/21/07

Well, this is going to be a little heavier on the information than my usual postings......


For starters, who should be seen entering city hall to attend the meeting but the LOCAL WALMART MANAGER, with two burly types in tow.... as if walmart was going to resort to mafia-type "strong arm" tactics.

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THEN, just after roll call (lol), Alderman Mann Decided to try more "person agenda pushing....

Mann: "Mister Mayor, I also would like you to, for the next regularly scheduled council meeting, I would like you add - as my request - was that, we, add to the next common council agenda an item regarding the composition or the make up of the city plan commission. I won't go into any much history other than to say that, that ah, I requested and we looked at it, and it didn't make the agenda tonight so I just wanted to make sure it was on next time. And, my basis for this is, ah, common council code, ah, 2.02 peren 3, ah c - 'agen,' ok, 'the agenda, once adopted shall be the order of the business, and any new business may be introduced as part of the agenda for the next meeting of the common council.'

Mayor Voegele: "Surely we'll consider that, Mister Mann."

( long 3 second pause...) Mann: "CONSIDER it??????... Ok..... I hope you'd do more than that..."

Myaor Voegele: "We will consider it."

ROFL! In the past, he's tried telling the mayor what to do, AND even tried snooping over the mayor's shoulder when the Mayor was reading something - does this guy EVER know when to quit??? (By the way, it WAS noticed that Alderman Mann has apparently been moved from just to the right of the Mayor, to over near the left end of the "horse-shoe". :)) )

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During the public comments for item #13 - Large retail ordinance, a number of people spoke. the most notable were Tom Wagner (who made the threat that if Walmart is not allowed to expand, they COULD sue the city), and a LAWYER FROM MILWAUKEE REPRESENTING WALMART!

(I was going to post - word for word - their statements, but the vhs tape used to record the meeting screwed up partway through Tomczak's statement and continued most of the way through Wagner's. Rest assured that the meeting WILL be retapred, and this post edited to include those statements AS SOON AS HUMANLY POSSIBLE.)

It should be noted that Walmart's milwaukee attourney Debbie Tomczak has so far traveled up here from milwaukee AT LEAST TWICE(that is known at this time) for the express purpose of speaking in favor of walmart expanding in Sturgeon Bay - the other documented time was for the common council meeting on August 7th, 2007.


In the end, the city council approved the changes to the "Big Box" Ordinance - changes which INCLUDED REMOVING ANY SIZE CAP.

Alderman Vandertie, hower, DID bring up an interesting point concerning walmart's expansion: That in addition to the Economic & fiscal impact studies, they will ALSO need to apply for anexation.

THE FIGHT IS FAR FROM OVER, MY FRIENDS! "THE FAT LADY HAS YET TO SING" - so there is still hope.



And a new nationwide(& hopefully WORLDWIDE in the future) group is in the process of being formed.... caling themselves the "Sons Of Liberty" with the goal of drawing together ALL seperate local groups under one united banner to fight against such evil and greed as represented my Walmart, Gannett, and others. WE MUST TAKE OUR COUNTRY BACK IF IT IS TO EXIST!

How useful is our local fire dept????

As of about an hour & a half ago, Sturgeon bay fire dept responded to a report of heavy smoke at the holiday motel - right at the east end of the downtown bridge.



ARIAL PHOTO FROM 1992, SHOWING LOCATION IN QUESTION



Get this, they have 2 pumpers, 1 mini pumper, 1 tanker, 1 ladder truck, and 1 rescue truck from the city.... AS WELL AS 1 pumper, 1 mini pumper, and 1 rescue from the southern door fire dept...... And they have only started (as of this writing) to try and put it out!!!!! Even then, there are only 3 people actively fighting the fire - the rest are just standing around WATCHING!!!
WHAT.... THE..... F***!?!?!?!?!?! When did the fire dept turn wimps??? And WHY are the citizens paying for all these firefighters when they're not doing anything???

This personally makes me SERIOUSLY wonder about the usefulness of having a mostly part-time fire dept. It was as if most of them only responded so that they could claim another paycheck....

I was there, and managed to get 20 photos from different angles - as soon as I get the film developed, I'll post all of them over at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sturgeonbaygroup/

Anyone else that was there, you're welcome to come over and add your 2 cents worth.

Will also add a link here to any news articles as they become availible.


UPDATE===UPDATE===UPDATE===UPDATE===UPDATE===UPDATE
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THE PHOTOS ARE NOW UPLOADED AT THE "STURGEONBAYGROUP" ON YAHOO. (Gee, I never realized before that getting them put direct to picture cd could be so much cheaper versus getting prints - $3.10 vs about $7.00 for prints)


Door County Daily News:
http://www.doorcountydailynews.com/news/local_news.htm

Major Structure Fire Devastates Holiday Motel
By Nick Freimuth DoorCountyDailyNews.com
August 6, 2007

Traffic was redirected through Sturgeon Bay for three hours yesterday after a fire destroyed the attic and second level of the Holiday Motel. Sturgeon Bay Fire Chief Tim Herlache said no one was injured and the fire was put out before it swept through the rooms on the upper level. Herlache said because of smoke and water damage most of the motel will need to be gutted.
Manager Anna Sacks said the first thing on her mind when she heard there was a fire was the safety of those staying at the Holiday. The community support was beyond belief, according to Sacks.

Fire Chief Herlache said the emergency call came in at 11:19 a.m. The call reported that smoke was coming from the roof. When the department arrived there were no flames poking through the structure. Herlache talked about the department’s reaction to the smoke.

Firefighters used 5,000 gallons of water to extinguish the blaze. Herlache said the American Red Cross went above and beyond again. He also thanked Stone Harbor for hosting the displaced Holiday Motel residents.
The Southern Door County Fire Department and Door County Emergency Services provided mutual aid at the scene. Southern Door sent three rigs and 15 firefighters and 25 responded from the Sturgeon Bay department......

the Door County Advocate article:
http://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070805/ADV01/70805020/2011/adv

Fire damages Holiday Motel

By Chuck Carlson
cecarlso@doorcountyadvocate.com

A fire, which may have started in a second-floor bathroom and spread to the attic, damaged the Holiday Motel on N. Second Avenue in downtown Sturgeon Bay, Sunday morning.


Thick, brown smoke poured from the attic on both sides of the motel around 11:15 a.m. and grew thicker over the next hour, blanketing much of downtown Sturgeon Bay in a haze.

The hotel was full at the time, according to owner Pat mAcdonald, and several people had to be awakened and told to get out of the motel.

No one was injured.

More than 30 firefighters, including many brought in off-duty, responded from the Sturgeon Bay Fire Department with support from Southern Door.....

I posted a comment on the Advocate story at: http://forums.greenbaypressgazette.com/viewtopic.php?t=14626

.... And it apparently pissed off one of the local firefighters, who in an attempted post on the "sturgoenbaygroup" resorted to name calling and retorted:

if dont have anything else to do besides criticize someone
else, how about you strap on all that gear and try it yourself. I bet
you couldnt last a minute with one of those guys in a fire. Sounds
like you know a lot about this department, maybe you dont know all the
facts. Do you think it is possible in your little mind to understand
what actually takes place at a fire.

I guess that's to be expected from such people - and he didn't even try to explain their reasons for standing around shooting the breeze instead of fighting the fire....



If anyone reading this feels like trying to drag an explaination out of him, the email he used was gonzales1269@yahoo.com - although he DOES have a charter internet account, his IP# being 68.191.191.62

Walmart... STILL pushing

CRIST ON A FIRE ENGINE!!!! No matter HOW MANY TIMES they're told we don't WANT one, walmart is STILL preasuring the city to let them build a f***ing supercenter!

NOW they've resorted to their usual tricks of whining to the county board & recruiting gullible citizens into supporting then in their efforts!

184,000 square feet - and that's just the building! Build + parking lot/retaining pods will cover an area bordered by a cemetary, the house behind Econo foods, 14th ave., and egg harbor road! What they want to build is larger than the area taken up by cherry point mall! Don't believe me? See for yourself in the images below!

Current walmart (blue"WM"), Econo Foods to left, Cherry point mall at lower left corner.

And of course, roughly 1/4 of the size of their actual supercenter building will be devoted to GROCERIES! With how predatory & bullyish walmart is, how long do you think places like Pick n Save & Econo Foods will last before walmart drives them out? And what happens to the employees of those two stores when they close? No doubt all of them will wind up having to apply at walmart.... most will likely be hired. BUT - there will be some who aren't.... Where will THEY go, when walmart starts running OTHER STORES out of business???

WHEN wil you people REALIZE that walmart is not God - they're not even your friend! They are just using you to get what they want, which is.........

TOTAL BUSINESS DOMINATION!

Think I'm wrong? Then how do you explain their attempt to start their own bank? Or their "walk-in clinics"? Or their decision to carry groceries? Or any of the other little schemes they've pulled or trying to pull?

Walmart has their own realty division, their own air service, and did you know they even have their own version of the cold wat era KGB - in charge of "DEALING" with any employees and/or stores (here in the US) that should consider unionization?

If you people would just open your eyes and pull you finger out of your ears and LISTEN you would come to realize real fast that your favorite store is LYING TO YOU!

CITY-WIDE PARTY!!!!!!!!!!!

WE CAME, WE SAW, WE KICKED HIS A** !!!!!

DIAPERMAN LOST!!!!!!!!!!
(Red denotes walmart supporters)
Thomas Voegele......1,463
Michael Felhofer....1,249

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Sturgeon Bay Alderperson Dist. 3
James E. Michaud 284
Jeffrey Norland 225


Sturgeon Bay Alderperson Dist. 7
David McAllister 203
Kenneth B. Glasheen 164

Sturgeon Bay Alderperson Dist. 1
Ben Meyer 169
Danny Wiegand 127

So the pro walmart "good old boys" have DEFINATELY lost 3 of their number tonight. Whether it will be 4 or not depends on WHEN the reports come in for District 5, where Stephen Mann faced off against Barbara Allmann (Who, because she was involved in a write-in campaign against him, the reports are delayed while numbers are tallied by hand).

And now, ladies and gentlemen....... IT'S PARTY TIME!

DIRTY ROTTEN COUNCIL!!!!

So once again mayor "Rotten apple" is up to his usual tricks. TONIGHT, the very night of the election which will see him replaced (and hopefully alderman Mann tossed out on his ear) they have a little plan to try and approve roadwork on egg harbor road..... includinga little "gift for wlamart.

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Council To Discuss Egg Harbor Road
By Karen Klement DoorCountyDailyNews.com April 3, 2007

The Egg Harbor Road renovation project, rezoning part of the Hopf Property and community sensitive design elements will all be things discussed at tonight's Sturgeon Bay Common Council meeting. The issue of improving Egg Harbor Road has hit the council agenda again. After an initial presentation by City Engineer Tony Depies, the issue was turned over to the Finance/Purchasing and Building Committee. The item on tonight's agenda is a recommendation to proceed with the Two Way Left Turn Lane design on Egg Harbor Road in conjunction with the Traffic Impact Analysis that will be needed for any WalMart expansion. Including guard rails along the bike lane will also be discussed.

Also tonight, the council will look at zoning map amendments for a parcel located off of Highway 42/57, just south of the Sturgeon Bay known as the Hopf property. The council will consider rezoning some parts from Agricultural to a combination of single, two or multi family residential.

A recommendation from the Finance Committee to transfer $2,500 from general fund reserves to cover the city's financial participation in 2007 Legislative Days will also be considered.

In addition, the council will vote on paying one-third of the actual cost for relocation of transmission wire to allow for timely construction of the bridge approach for the Maple to Oregon Bridge.

Tonight will also be Mayor Dennis McIntosh's last meeting. McIntosh will give a report tonight that will include a review, critique, observation and his perspective with regard to the performance of Sturgeon Bay during the last 36 months. Along with McIntosh, tonight may be the last meeting for a couple other council members. Seats 1, 3, 4,5 and 7 are up for re-election. If available, election results will be announced at the end of tonight's meeting. Tonight's Sturgeon Bay Common Council meeting will be in the Council Chambers at 8:00PM.
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Right below that story is the following:

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Hidden Text In Agenda Item???
By Karen Klement DoorCountyDailyNews.com April 3, 2007

A member of Door County Residents For Fair Enterprise believes the Sturgeon Bay City Council should put on the brakes to the Egg Harbor Road renovation project. The item on tonight's council agenda is a recommendation from the Finance/Purchasing & Building Committee to proceed with the "Two Way Left Turning Lane" on Egg Harbor Road in conjunction with the Traffic Impact Analysis that will be needed for any WalMart expansion and to include guard rails along the bike lane. Member Christie Weber believes this item regarding the Egg Harbor Road improvement, has hidden text that should be made more clear. She says along with the improvements is verbiage that includes approving the water run off plan and a third lane for a Super WalMart.
Weber says while everyone else is busy helping with election night and waiting for the results in Sturgeon Bay, the city staff and Mayor will be busy trying to force the city, under false pretences, into paying for Super WalMart's road widening improvements and water run off costs with a simple "yes" vote to pave Egg Harbor Road. Weber does not understand why this topic was not discussed at the Plan Commission and she is concerned about pedestrian safety with the added lane. In the current plan, there is nothing about adding sidewalks.
Weber is calling on all residents to attend tonight's meeting to send a message to the Common Council and the mayor. She is hoping that the council will vote this issue down until public comment from all residents is heard. Weber hopes that by their presence, some council members will reconsider the issue and vote against the recommendation.
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You know, I'm getting more than a little tired (read - "PISSED OFF") over the constant scheming by the snobs who only think of themselves. From the outset, I KNEW "Rotten Apple" would make a piss poor mayor - I've heard many bad things about him when he was with the police dept, and KNOW what he's like first hand from my owbn dealings with him.

EVERYONE, please be sure to show up down at city hall tonight - try to be there early (say around 7:45pm) just in case they try to throw us off by dealing with it early (as they've tried to do with "secret plans" twice in the past). We need to protect not only ourselves but our neighbors as well. NOBODY - either friend or foe - should wind up unemployed because of their self-centered tactics.

We MUST protect and defend one another - to stand alone, individually against these threats to our well being will result in our defeat.

Look around - They're moving in

Hold your ground - When they begin
We can do it - We can do it

and if they wanna they can try

But they'll never get near

Then they can get out of here
Gonna keep on driving - Never stop

United, united, united we stand

United we never shall fall

United, united, united we stand

United we stand one and all

So keep it up - Don't give in

Make a stand - We're gonna win
We can do it - We can do it

and if they wanna they can try

But they'll never get near

Then they can get out of here
Gonna keep on driving - Never stop

United, united, united we stand

United we never shall fall

United, united, united we stand

United we stand one and all
So don't give up!

United, united, united we stand

United we never shall fall

United, united, united we stand

United we stand one and all

United, united, united we stand

United we never shall fall

United, united, united we stand

United we stand one and all

United, united, united we stand

United we never shall fall

United, united, united we stand

United we stand one and all

Our city council is blind!

Door County citizens urged to oppose Wal-Mart expansion
Fair Enterprise responds to the latest SuperCenter proposal
http://www.doorcountycompass.com/news/walmart/070304-supersizeme.htm

It is critical that the Mayor and City Council hear community reaction to the proposed SuperCenter. Therefore, Fair Enterprise has written a petition. It can be sent to the council via e-mail, or if you prefer, it can be edited, then sent. You may also decide to write your own letter. Additionally, if you live in the city of Sturgeon Bay, you may want to talk to your alderman.
In a recent conversation with a city alderman, Betty Parsons says, "I was told the council thinks the new proposal meets with resident approval, as there have been almost no statements of concern from constituents. So, input is critical and your opinion could well make a difference."
Fair Enterprise encourages citizens to take a few minutes to state your position to elected officials, as the community's integrity, environmental health and economic viability must be protected.
The following petition, which was written to save time, should be cut 'n pasted into an e-mail and sent directly to Sturgeon Bay City Hall at info@sturgeonbaywi.org. Clerk will provide hard copies to the Mayor and City Council (elected officials have not provided e-mail addresses for the public) and will e-mail copies to city staff.
Be sure to put your name and address on the e-mail you send. If you have any questions, please contact Betty Parsons at 920.743.2303.
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Almost no statements of concern???? What the hell do you think all those people marching in front of city hall were? Or all those houses that have "No big box" signs in their yard???? MY GOD, THEY HAVE TO BE FREAKING BLIND!!!!!!!!!!!!!



And there was a Q&A session with the two people running for mayor. The opening statements of each are below.


FELHOFER
You are voting for an-the individual that you feel best understands the needs of the community and will act on behalf of the entire community over the course next - 3 - years
You are voting for the individual who will provide leadership, to our community, over the course - of the next - 3 - years.
Through my extensive experience, in leadership roles in business, community service, and government I offer proven, efective, and respected leadership

VOEGELE
What did we have to hide, you know? I think all we do by not opening up communication in the city is just build distrust. When I become mayor I've told people I want to open up those council meetings, definately committee meetings, people have said 'well how are you going to do that? it's going to be chaos - you're going to have 2 or 3 people that always come there and they've got something to say and nobody can get a word in edgewise.' But it can be done - where there's a will there's a way - and a lot of the people I've talked to say that that's very important. So that's my number one issue - to improve communication in the city, and open it up so everyone get's an opportunity to be involved in the process.

Now I ask you - WHICH of them do you think will be a better mayor - someone who puffs up their chest patting themselves on the back for all their accomplishments? Or someone down to earth who actually cares about others instead of only thinking of himself???

OH, before I forget, I've just created a new discussion group over on Yahoo for those who wish to talk about Sturgeon Bay & Door County. Come on over - it's at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sturgeonbaygroup/?yguid=41447943 (There's also a link to it on the right of the blog entries, down near the bottom)

Warren Bluhm refuses to print, acts only semi-sane.

SO, for the past month I have been TRYING to get a letter to the editor printed - a response to a pro-walfart letter written by a VERY clueless old woman. Warren Bluhm has from the start stonewalled me, claiming I do not exist. Finally, I scanned in the front of a package with my name and address on it - shipped in august 2005 as further evidence that I DO in fact exist.

-----Original Message-----

From: Gynsu Samatoshi

Sent: Sat 3/17/2007 10:46 AM

To: Bluhm, Warren; DCA-Editorial mbxCc:

Subject: Here's your proof!.

(images attached)
I will expect to see this letter in the Advocate by March 24th at the
latest.
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This is in response to Mrs. Julius Vertz and her letter on walmart.

This great nation was founded on freedom. to state there is no way to win
so why try makes it sound as if you are NOT an American.

It is true - walmart WOULD lower prices, but do you know how they do it?

They do it by dictating to those farmers and manufacterers the price they will buy products for. What that means is each year, walmart expects those suppliers to sell at a lower price than the year before, which winds up pushing them to export all production overseas, costing american's their jobs.

Soon, despite moving production overseas, the prices walmart demands are so low that those American companies wind up going totally out of business.

Walmart does not care about us. They do not care how many people they hurt, or what laws they break (and they have broken A LOT of them, and been busted for it) or how many water supplies they poison. They only care about getting gullible people into their stores to buy cheap junk that the overseas labor winds up cutting corners on just to break even.

Saying you want a supercenter up here is like screaming out loud "I love
satan". Is that what you want people to see in you - someone who wants cheap junk and will sell not only their soul but everyone else's to get it?

By the way, like you I'm not rich - far from it. But I REFUSE to accept
help from such a disonest and greedy company.
AND THAT'S THE WAY IT
IS.
Gynsu Samatoshi

His response is both puzzling AND bordering upon offensive.

Subject: RE: Here's your proof!.

Date: Sat, 17 Mar 2007 13:06:11 -0500

From: "Bluhm, Warren" <wbluhm@greenbay.gannett.com>

To: "Gynsu Samatoshi"

Give it up, Reid. You may think I'm stupid, but I'm not a complete
idiot.

Obviously this "Reid" is someone he knows - but WHY he would think that I am "Reid" is beyond comprehension.
HOWEVER, Mr. Bluhm IS getting up there in years, and DOES work for another walmart-like company (Gannett)......
Maybe the pair of factors has, as the saying goes, "driven him around the bend".

Say that again????

THIS is absolutely UNBELIEVABLE! Mayoral candidate Mike "Diaper Man" Felhofer has already gone on record as wanting a walmart supercenter no matter what(So he can get cheap diapers).

Just LOOK at what he's trying to pull NOW:

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Felhofer To Stress Importance Of Green Space
By Nick Freimuth
February 15, 2007
Sturgeon Bay mayoral candidate Mike Felhofer held a press conference yesterday afternoon to explain in detail his platform. The mayoral hopeful used the opportunity to express the importance of fostering good community development through the residential, industrial and commercial avenues. Felhofer said the city has begun to improve its development process with the passing and amending of the “big box” zoning ordinance. Felhofer said the ordinance is not sufficient by itself.
The Sturgeon Bay mayoral candidate also laid out a plan for improving the city’s development infrastructure. He said that can be done by creating a long-range “green infrastructure” plan. Felhofer said development of that plan, regulations and incentive programs would help to insure preservation and enhancement of the City’s natural infrastructure. The city plan commissioner also stressed that his experience is what sets him apart from his opponent. Felhofer was elected to the city council in 2000, was a member of the finance committee, community protection and services committee, Door County Library Board, Sturgeon Bay Visitors and Convention Bureau board and was appointed to Sturgeon Bay budget and Services Ad Hoc Committee.
Over the next several weeks, Felhofer plans to go door to door to talk with the citizens of Sturgeon Bay. At the press conference, he stressed that this will be a time for him to listen to the real issues that face people in the city every day.
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How stupid does he think we are????? All you need do is read the news clip in the post below this one to see he's trying to pull a fast one!

Bottom line - DO NOT TRUST THIS BOZO!!!!

"Diaper man" parrots info given to him by walmart.

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Mayoral Candidate Mike Felhofer Reacts To Supercenter
By Nick Freimuth
February 8, 2007

There is a two-man race for Sturgeon Bay Mayor between Mike Felhofer and Tom Voegele. In the upcoming weeks, DoorCountyDailyNews.com will air a series of stories with the candidates. We will talk about issues like the countywide room tax, WalMart Supercenter and the city's residency requirement.
Today we will start with Mike Felhofer's thoughts on a Super WalMart coming to Sturgeon Bay. Felhofer is on the Sturgeon Bay City Plan Commission and he has spent a lot of time on the WalMart issue. He talked about his initial reaction to the news that Wal-Mart will be expanding their facilities on their existing site.
(Audio Here - http://12.145.168.75/Audio/0208Fel1.mp3 )

Felhofer heard a report that when a Supercenter opens in a community, the price of groceries drops approximately 17%. He equates that to about six weeks of free groceries per year. The mayoral candidate said that for the average family of four that is barely making it from paycheck to paycheck this savings is huge. He talked about the advantages of a WalMart Supercenter.
http://12.145.168.75/Audio/0208fel2.mp3
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How much are you willing to bet that that "17%" comment was given to him by walmart or one of it's "spin-groups"????

I have outlined in other posts here just what will happen should walmart be allowed to build a supercenter up here. The choice is up to you - will you vote for greed, or will you vote to protect not only yourself but your neighbors?

ALERT! PLANNING COMMISSION PREPARING TO SELL OUT CITIZENS!!!!

From Door county daily news:
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Plans For A Wal-Mart Supercenter
In Sturgeon Bay
By Nick Freimuth
January 26, 2007

The Senior Manager for Public Affairs with Wal-Mart for Wisconsin Lisa Nelson said the discount retailer's real estate team will be in the City of Sturgeon Bay on Tuesday. Wal-Mart has a meeting with the city staff scheduled for January 30. City Administrator Kevin O' Donnell will be holding the meeting with the Wal-Mart people and said he will release the information that has been discussed behind closed doors after the fact. For much of 2006 concerned residents came together to start the "Stop the Big Box Movement." From what Lisa Nelson had to say, they have lost that battle. Wal-Mart has plans to add to their existing facility.
Two summers ago, picketing and numerous letters to the editor were weekly occurrences over the "Stop the Big Box" issue. Nelson said the planned expansion will be more amiable to the people of Sturgeon Bay.The Senior Manager for Public Affairs with Wal-Mart for Wisconsin said they are still working out some details. The meeting next week will bring a lot of clarity to this issue. Employees of McClure Engineering Associates were taking readings on the land last week. Surveyors got all of the information needed during their time in Sturgeon Bay throughout the week of January 15. McClure Engineering has an office in Milwaukee.According to the McClure Engineering Associates website the company is continuing their business philosophy of personal service and responsiveness their clients needs. They have expanded into a multi-office, multi-discipline Midwest regional consulting firm. Through their strategically located offices in East Moline, Waukegan, Macomb, Rockford, and Ottawa, Illinois, Milwaukee, Wisconsin and Davenport, Iowa they continue to provide quality, personal Professional Consulting services. They are currently expanding their markets and services provided to meet growing needs. McClure Engineering Associates provide professional services for transportation, Water, Wastewater, Structural, Storm Water Management, Land Development and Construction projects. The company may be used in all areas in the expansion of the existing Wal-Mart in Sturgeon Bay. The Supercenter building process would require a firm to work on nearly all of the aforementioned services.McClure Engineering Associates, Inc. was founded in 1969 to provide Professional Civil Engineering, Structural Engineering and Land Surveying services to public and private sector customers in the Quad Cities area of Illinois and Iowa. They have since expanded to the state of Wisconsin. Plans for a Wal-Mart Supercenter in the City of Sturgeon Bay have officially begun.
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From Green Bay press gazette:
http://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070126/ADV01/70126080/2011/adv
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Wal-Mart seeks to expand
in Sturgeon Bay
Retailer proposes Supercenter on existing property
By Paige Funkhouser paige.f@doorcountyadvocate.com

Wal-Mart representatives plan to meet with city of Sturgeon Bay staff Tuesday, Jan. 30, to discuss the possibility of expanding the retailer’s existing store on Egg Harbor Road into a Supercenter.

Wal-Mart public affairs senior manager Lisa Nelson said details are not confirmed and the meeting with City staff is preliminary.“The city has not seen a conceptual site plan yet, so this is an exciting first step to get their feedback and input,” Nelson said. “We’ve looked at a lot of different sites with different community organizations that have something at stake, such as the Department of Transportation. Expansion on the current site in back of the existing store eliminates the concern of leaving another empty big box.”Nelson said Tuesday’s meeting is a preliminary discussion about applications and what information the city will need from Wal-Mart. A construction timeline depends on when the company gets plan approval, Nelson said. It is not a public meeting, according to City Administrator Kevin O’Donnell. He did not give any specific information about the meeting.“They asked to meet with us,” O’Donnell said. “We’ve been encouraging them from the beginning, if they’re going to expand the facility, to look at their existing site. “Months back, they indicated they were doing that, didn’t hear from them for a long time, and now we’ve heard from them.
”The anti-big box group Door County Residents for Fair Enterprise released a statement Friday morning in support of Wal-Mart’s expansion on the existing site. “By dropping the other devastating sprawl relocation sites from consideration,” wrote Kyra Valentine, spokeswoman for Fair Enterprise, “this stopped the creation of new competing commercial districts and unfair competition for our existing businesses.“We feel it’s a win,” Valentine continued. “We’re optimistic and it’s great that Wal-Mart wants to stay within the existing business district. We’re happy that sprawl is not occuring. We’re not going to pass judgment or form an opinion until (Wal-Mart) presents an official plan. We hope the new expansion design will take into consideration the economic and environmental impact.”The company had previously looked at property along State 42-57 and Alabama Street, but the city turned down a rezoning request for that land last summer.
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NOW, how much do you want to bet that there will be NO mention of this in the agrivate(door county advocate)???

What those IDIOTS at Fair Enterprise don't seem to GET.... is that ANY supercenter ANYWHERE in Sturgeon Bay is going to force many other businesses OUT of business! By turning their normal store on Egg Harbor road into a supercenter (Which includes a huge grocery dept, likely a gas station, and more) Econo foods, Pick n save, Autozone, Bay Pharmacy, Phillmart, Butch's auto, Subway, and the former Cenex gas station up on 18th will ALL wind up being forced out. Where will all of those unemployed people find work? SOME will wind up working at the very place the made them unemployed, Others will have to sell everything they own just to keep food on the table.

ANOTHER thing none of you are looking at is a service that Econo Foods provides - namely DELIVERY! During the spring especially, when the freighters set sail, Econo foods reprovisions those ships. Do you think walmart will take over when they force Econo to close?

NO F***ING WAY!

This is OUR CITY! We as citizens need to knock these greedy self centered sons of b**** out of power, FAST! Otherwise you can kiss your home value AND quite possibly even your JOB goodbye, not to mention your taxes going up and the bay becoming even more polluted than it is already.



HERE are the names of the people on the plan commission - INCLUDING addresses and phone numbers.


City Plan Commission
Thomas Wulf, Chairperson,
1127 Cove Rd
Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235-1032
(920) 743-4080


Joy Bordeau,
416 Quincy St
Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235-2642
(920) 743-5780


Michael Felhofer,
232 S Ninth Ave
Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235-2620
(920) 746-9480


Kenneth Glasheen,
920 Michigan St
Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235-1849
(920) 746-5239


Jeff Norland,
1839 Georgia St
Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235
(920) 743-7302


Mike Gilson,
1236 Memorial Dr
Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235-1533
(920) 743-6039


Laurel Hauser,
854 S 15th Ave
Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235
(920) 743-8990