700 JAM HOME DEPOT SESSION LOUD CROWD VOICES PROS AND CONS OF RETAIL BIG-BOX STORE.Byline: KERRY Kerry, county (1991 pop. 121,894), 1,815 sq mi (4,701 sq km), SW Republic of Ireland. The county town is Tralee. Kerry consists of a series of mountainous peninsulas that extend into the Atlantic. CAVANAUGH Staff Writer More than 700 rowdy backers and opponents of a proposed Home Depot The Home Depot (NYSE: HD) is an American retailer of home improvement and construction products and services. Headquartered in Vinings, just outside Atlanta in unincorporated Cobb County, Georgia, Home Depot employs more than 355,000 people and operates 2,164 big-box in Sunland-Tujunga packed into a school auditorium auditorium Portion of a theater or hall where an audience sits, as distinct from the stage. The auditorium originated in the theaters of ancient Greece, as a semicircular seating area cut into a hillside. Thursday to argue their cases before city planners. The North Valley Area Planning Commission Noun 1. planning commission - a commission delegated to propose plans for future activities and developments commission, committee - a special group delegated to consider some matter; "a committee is a group that keeps minutes and loses hours" - Milton Berle was expected to vote late Thursday night on whether to require Home Depot to conduct a thorough traffic and environmental study before opening its new store. The decision would cap months of fighting over the future of a big-box retail space on Foothill Boulevard The following streets are named Foothill Boulevard:
The Sunland-Tujunga Neighborhood Council and community activists have opposed Home Depot, saying they want a general merchandise store such as Target that will help transform the community's main drag. But Home Depot has sought to convert a vacant Kmart into a home-improvement store, and has already spent more than $2 million. The Home Depot debate was already hot, but the battle turned explosive in June with charges of racism and corporate connivance The furtive consent of one person to cooperate with another in the commission of an unlawful act or crime—such as an employer's agreement not to withhold taxes from the salary of an employee who wants to evade federal Income Tax. . Former community organizers hired by Home Depot and its public-relations firm started a Web site and campaign to expose what they said was rampant racism and fear of day laborers day labor n. Labor hired and paid by the day. day laborer n. Noun 1. among the Home Depot opposition. "Certain residents of Sunland-Tujunga have made it very clear they don't want Home Depot because they 'don't want Mexicans' to flood their community," the group wrote on its www.stopracismca.com Web site. But Home Depot opponents said the campaign was a cynical attempt by the company and its P.R. firm to smear smear (smer) a specimen for microscopic study prepared by spreading the material across the slide. Pap smear , Papanicolaou smear see under test. legitimate community opposition to the home-improvement store. At Thursday's meeting, residents booed Home Depot supporters, many of whom had been bused in from Pacoima. They wore T-shirts saying: Thank You Home Depot. "I'm deeply offended of·fend v. of·fend·ed, of·fend·ing, of·fends v.tr. 1. To cause displeasure, anger, resentment, or wounded feelings in. 2. that Home Depot has played the race card in an effort to shut us up," said Mary Louise Eckman, a Sunland-Tujunga resident. "This store will bring huge trucks and huge traffic." But Home Depot supporters said the store would bring no more traffic than a Target. "We're here to support Home Depot. Every time we need something to buy, you have to drive down to Glendale," said Jansi Mikayelyan, who has lived in Sunland-Tujunga for a year and owns a market. A half-dozen police officers were on hand to keep the peace. The technical debate centers on whether the transformation from Kmart to Home Depot is significant enough to merit a lengthy review of environmental and traffic impacts from the new store. The city's Department of Building and Safety originally said no and gave Home Depot permission to proceed. But in March, the Planning Department overruled that decision and ordered Home Depot to do the study. Home Depot appealed that decision, saying it set a bad precedent for business in L.A. if the city gives permission and then retracts it. kerry.cavanaugh(at)dailynews.com (213) 978-0390 CAPTION(S): map Map: Proposed Home Depot Daily News |
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