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City Hall Hustle: In the Zone
Land-use issues in all corners of the city dominate council agenda
"...waiver. (If Nordy's backed out, would it hold for Wal-Mart?) But as City Planning Manager Jerry Rusthoven told the..."

Aug. 27, 2010 News Column by Wells Dunbar

Grim History
Author traces Texas prison system from its roots in plantation slavery
"...well-paid, and Texas' correctional officers are paid kind of Wal-Mart wages. And that harms the system, really, and those..."

Aug. 20, 2010 News Feature by Michael King

Lagniappe
Found country, the lost art of LP design, and Flatstock's rock, paper, scissors
"...English cover of Jimi Hendrix's Electric Ladyland into a Wal-Mart today. Rock Paper Show: Flatstock Volume One by Geoff..."

June 11, 2010 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Say Goodnight to the Big 12
Buffaloes jump to Pac-10
"...that. And the new super conference could pull a Wal-Mart and demand even more cash based solely on its..."

June 10, 2010 Sports Post by Joe O'Connell

The Hightower Report
Full Disclosure; and Feisty Grannies Keep It Honest
"...and every corporate giant – from Wall Street to Wal-Mart – to pour unlimited sums of money directly from..."

June 4, 2010 News Column by Jim Hightower

Eco-Currents: Reading the Bones
Gluing frogs onto storm drains and other civic duties
"...has Austin roots and includes three other local projects: Wal-Mart Four Points, National Instruments Corporate Headquarters, and the Children's..."

May 28, 2010 News Feature by Nora Ankrum

City Hall Hustle: Fault Lines
KeyPoint blunders point to weakness in council-manager government
"...in the northeast; provided questionable advice in the North­cross Wal-Mart saga; daydreamt the concept that "programmatic powers" to develop..."

May 28, 2010 News Column by Wells Dunbar

Letters at 3AM: A Paradox of Oligarchy
'Am I my brother's keeper?' is the fundamental question of government
"...encouraged the growth of malls and "big-box" stores like Wal-Mart and Costco that overwhelm local outlets and are prime..."

May 21, 2010 Column by Michael Ventura

Cutting on the Bias
Is Christopher Dunn APD's designated fall guy ... or a potential domino?
"...Every day, he said, felt like "Black Friday at Wal-Mart."..."

April 30, 2010 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Letters at 3AM: 'O' Is for Oligarchy (Continued)
The American Oligarchy has been growing for decades, and we've been its enablers
"...By the 1990s, Wal-Mart was doing that to whole towns. Barnes & Noble..."

April 23, 2010 Column by Michael Ventura

Letters at 3AM: 'O' Is for Oligarchy
'Oligarchy' is a big, bad word that defines the country we still call a republic
"...command the clothing or toy or furniture departments at Wal-Mart: They don't set policy. They carry it out...."

April 9, 2010 Column by Michael Ventura

The Hightower Report
We the Corporations?; and Lawmakers Dance With the Devil
"...AT&T, Altria, Eli Lilly, Lockheed Martin, State Farm, and Wal-Mart...."

March 5, 2010 News Column by Jim Hightower

Page Two: The Long Scream
The endless Republican nightmare casts its shadow on health care reform
"...immigrants will destroy our culture, which I guess means Wal-Mart, Transformers, NASCAR, The Real Housewives of Orange County, and..."

Feb. 12, 2010 Column by Louis Black

After a Fashion
On updo, blue rinse, hillbilly teeth, and Karl Rove, as only Your Style Avatar can muster
"...that I want to keep is the very cute Wal-Mart haircut. Believe me, I can't believe it either...."

Jan. 15, 2010 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Reinventing Airport Boulevard
Can 'form-based zoning' transform a suburban drag into walkable neighborhoods?
"...site plan for an uninspired redo anchored by a Wal-Mart. Northcross owner Lincoln Prop­er­ty Group largely ignored the city's..."

Jan. 8, 2010 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

FronteraFest Schedule
"...Meeting" by Larry Hill. From the hit I (Heart) Wal-Mart, a satirical monologue aimed right at the gut of..."

Jan. 8, 2010 Arts Feature

Konnichiwa, Austin!
Celebrating Japanese animation and pop culture at IkkiCon IV
"...shop ("I got tired of trying to compete with Wal-Mart," he says), and in 2007 he decided to attempt..."

Dec. 25, 2009 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

TapeLenders/Skivvies
Don't get your manties in a wad. Buy some new ones as gifts instead!
"...yet less mortifying than the hysterical boxers aisle at Wal-Mart. Metro-, pomo-, and pyro-sexuals alike may revel in the..."

Dec. 16, 2009 Design Post by Kate X Messer

Anomaly
Kiss at the Frank Erwin Center tonight ain't Kiss with Ace Frehley (and Peter Criss).
"...doubtlessly broke new eardrums upon its October release into Wal-Mart, another Abbott & Costello Kiss classic, but Frehley’s Anomaly..."

Dec. 4, 2009 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Crackdown
If local eggs are outlawed, will only outlaws have eggs?
"...military, giant grocery wholesalers (Sysco, U.S. Foodservice) and retailers (Wal-Mart, H-E-B), and major food manufacturers (Nabisco, General Mills) contract..."

Nov. 27, 2009 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

Developing Stories: Greening the Neighborhood
Mueller development wins LEED for Neighborhood Design
"...(How sustainable, for example, would a 200,000-square-foot LEED Platinum Wal-Mart be that still encourages driving several miles to shop?)..."

Nov. 20, 2009 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Matt the Electrician
"...parade of characters inhabiting worlds of Animal Boy from Wal-Mart ("For Angela") to Japan ("Osaka in the Rain"). He..."

Oct. 30, 2009 Music Review by Margaret Moser

Three Stories About Three Augie Meyers Songs
"..."I said, 'You can buy it at Wal-Mart.' She hung up on me...."

Oct. 30, 2009 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Hard Times in the Land of Plenty
Service nonprofits and their funders face the economic gale
"...firms such as H-E-B, Whole Foods, Central Market, and Wal-Mart donate short-dated perishables like vegetables and dairy, so the..."

Oct. 23, 2009 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Mama Roux New Orleans Style Cafe
Gumbo's Michael and Yoli Amr are back!
"...several ethnic eateries (Indian, Thai, Italian, Mexican) in the Wal-Mart shopping center on the Northwest corner of North I-35..."

Oct. 16, 2009 Food Review by Virginia B. Wood

More From Omar Freilla
"...the exception of one that is kind of a Wal-Mart-type store, a supermarket called Eroski – it's actually a..."

Oct. 2, 2009 News Column

Serial Robber on Loose in South Austin?
APD are looking for woman who they believe has struck three times since Friday
"...drunk, get ugly" -- charming, eh?) milled around the Wal-Mart store at 9300 S. I-35 before flashing a knife..."

Aug. 4, 2009 News Post by Jordan Smith

Life Inc.: How the World Became a Corporation and How to Take It Back
Rushkoff's latest is not just a critique of corporate culture but a call to arms, as well
"...a short walk from the House of Medici to Wal-Mart – except now, on a playing field skewed by centuries..."

July 24, 2009 Books Review by Wells Dunbar

The First Time
Austin artists reveal the intimate details of how they got their muse on
"...Hello Kitty piñata that they had bought in a Wal-Mart with their last couple of bucks. Because they were..."

July 17, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

A Recipe for Revolution
Food, Inc. serves up some scary facts on food production in America
"...shows just how far organics have come now that Wal-Mart is knocking at his door. Meanwhile, Polyface Inc.'s Joel..."

June 19, 2009 Screens Feature by Nora Ankrum

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