Wal-Mart Battles.Wal-Mart Battles: A recall over Rosemead's new Wal-Mart Supercenter failed to pass, saving two politicians and scoring a victory for the Arkansas-based retail giant in its drive to expand in the L.A. area. Mayor Gary Taylor For other uses, see . Gary Taylor (born October 14, 1961) is a former strongman from Wales who won the World's Strongest Man contest in 1993. His strongman career ended in 1997 when he sustained a serious leg injury in the tire flip in a contest in Holland. and Councilman Jay Imperial retained their seats and Wal-Mart Stores Inc. walked away from the election with a much-needed boost. The nation's largest retailer spent $300,000 backing Taylor and Imperial in Tuesday's election. One-third of that was donated do·nate v. do·nat·ed, do·nat·ing, do·nates v.tr. To present as a gift to a fund or cause; contribute. v.intr. To make a contribution to a fund or cause. the day of the election. However, in Long Beach, the City Council approved a sweeping ordinance A law, statute, or regulation enacted by a Municipal Corporation. An ordinance is a law passed by a municipal government. A municipality, such as a city, town, village, or borough, is a political subdivision of a state within which a municipal corporation has been that would effectively ban Wal-Mart and other big-box retailers from selling food and groceries at their stores. With the vote, the state's fifth-largest city joined Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. as a large urban area that had made it harder if not impossible to open the kind of mega-stores that made Wal-Mart the country's largest seller of groceries. |
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