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AttachmentG <br />Bryan Lloyd <br />From: <br />Bill Malinen <br />Sent: <br />Monday, April 16, 2012 1:47 PM <br />To: <br />Pat Trudgeon <br />Subject:FW: Online Form Submittal: Contact City Council <br />OriginalMessage <br />From:support@civicplus.com[mailto:support@civicplus.com] <br />Sent:Wednesday,April11,20124:54PM <br />To:*RVCouncil;KariCollins;BillMalinen <br />Subject:OnlineFormSubmittal:ContactCityCouncil <br />Thefollowingformwassubmittedviayourwebsite:ContactCityCouncil <br />Subject:Walmart <br />Name::MaryManns <br />Address::2233St.CroixStreet <br />City::Roseville <br />State::MN <br />Zip::55113 <br />Howwouldyouprefertobecontacted?Remembertofillinthecorrespondingcontactinformation.:Email <br />EmailAddress:: <br />PhoneNumber:: <br />PleaseShareYourComment,QuestionorConcern:Hategroupformationassociatedwithbigboxstores <br />Wednesday,April11,2012 <br />Thepresenceofbigboxretailers,suchasWalMart,KMartandTarget,mayalteracommunity'ssocialandeconomic <br />fabricenoughtopromotethecreationofhategroups,accordingtoeconomists. <br />ThenumberofWalMartstoresinacountyissignificantlycorrelatedwiththenumberofhategroupsinthearea,said <br />z,professorofagriculturaleconomicsandregionaleconomics,PennState,anddirectoroftheNortheast <br />StephanGoet <br />RegionalCenterforRuralDevelopment. <br />"WalMarthasclearlydonegoodthingsinthesecommunities,especiallyintermsofloweringprices,"saidGoetz."But <br />theremaybeindirectcoststhatarenotasobviousasothereffects." <br />ThenumberofWalMartstoreswassecondonlytothedesignationofacountyasaMetropolitanStatisticalAreain <br />statisticalsignificanceforpredictingthenumberofhategroupsinacounty,accordingtothestudy. <br />terly,saidthatthenumberof <br />Theresearchers,whoreportedtheirfindingsintheonlineversionofSocialScienceQuar <br />WalMartstoresinacountywasmoresignificantstatisticallythanfactorscommonlyregardedasimportanttohate <br />groupparticipation,suchastheunemploymentrate,highcrimeratesandloweducation. <br />Theresearcherssuggestedseveraltheoriesforthecorrelationbetweenthenumberoflargeretailstoresandhate <br />groupsinanarea. <br />1 <br />Page48of95 <br /> <br />