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AttachmentG <br />Thomas Paschke <br />From: <br />support@civicplus.com <br />Sent: <br />Monday, March 19, 2012 10:51 AM <br />To: <br />Thomas Paschke <br />Subject:Online Form Submittal: Contact Thomas Paschke <br />Thefollowingformwassubmittedviayourwebsite:ContactThomasPaschke <br />Name::JanetOlson <br />Address::418GlenwoodAve <br />City::Roseville <br />State::MN <br />Zip::55113 <br />HomePhoneNumber:: <br />DaytimePhoneNumber:: <br />EmailAddress:: <br />PleaseShareYourComment,QuestionorConcern:IwouldliketoconveymyoppositiontotheWalMartproposal <br />currentlyunderconsiderationbytheRosevilleCityCouncil.IlearnedofitthroughtheFeb.27,2012StarTribunearticle. <br />Followingaremyreasons: <br />oppositiontoBigBox.Thisshouldbestrongly <br />1.TheneighborsintheTwinLakeareahavealwaysexpressed <br />consideredwhenmakingthisdecision. <br />2.Thisisabigenoughissuethatthewholecommunityshouldhavebeensentinformationaboutthisproposal‘ <br />notjusttherequirednotices. <br />3.WalMartisnotthetypeofcompanywewantinourcommunity.Overtheyearstheyhavebeenunderfirefor <br />theirabuseofthefederallyfundedmedicalassistancesystem,theirtreatmentofemployeesingeneralandmore <br />specificallytheirtreatmentoffemaleemployees,theirlowwagesandbenefits,theexperienceleveloftheiremployees, <br />theirstrongarmingofsuppliersbothbigandsmall,etc. <br />4.LegitimatemediasourceshavespeculatedthatWalMartistoobigandhastoolargeofaneffectonglobal <br />commerce. <br />5.CommunitiesaretakingastandagainstWalMartfortheirnegativeeffectonthem. <br />·©äx­majornewspapers,anarticle <br />TherearemanysourcestoreadaboutWalMart,includingmanyarticlesinthecoun <br />fromtheAmericanProspect‘TheWalMartEconomy‘May2011,thewebsitemakingchangeatwalmart.org,etc. <br />WehavewonderfulretailcentersinRoseville.Rosedalehasgonethroughasuccessfulupgradewithitstheater, <br />restaurantsandstores.Itisaprimedestinationfornotonlyshopping,butentertainment.©m;·x­remodelinghas <br />createdapleasantshoppingexperiencewithqualityitems.HarMarMallgivespeopletheoptiontoshopinasmaller <br />setting. <br />ThereislittleneedorbenefittoourcommunitytoallowtheWalMartproposaltogothrough. <br />etM.Olson,418GlenwoodAve,Roseville,MN55113 <br />Sincerely,Jan <br />1 <br />Page59of95 <br /> <br />