ELLENVILLE – Once again, the continued public hearing for Walmart's application to build a store at the Napanoch Valley Mall property brought more than a hundred people to the first-floor courtroom at the village's Government Center on Tuesday night.

Upon entering the packed room, meeting-goers were handed a blue flyer by members of the Empire State Regional Council of Carpenters, which read, in part, "Walmart wants you to fund their global company's profits without supporting the local working people or our area standard wages." The flyer alleged that Walmart would hire out-of-state contractors to work on the proposed project, keeping the area's skilled tradesmen from having the chance to find a job with the project. This was just a preview of one of a few criticisms levied against the retailer during an evening which loudly echoed the previous two sessions of the public hearing.   > MORE

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