Eighteen months after the Chicago City Council torpedoed a South Side Wal-Mart, 24,500 Chicagoans applied for 325 jobs at a Wal-Mart opening Friday in south suburban Evergreen Park, one block outside the city limits.The morons who run Chicago don't appear to want jobs in the city of Chicago.So,Wal-Mart sets up shop one block outside Chicago's city limits.What better example of Blue city America in decline than this.
The new Wal-Mart at 2500 W. 95th is one block west of Western Avenue, the city boundary.
Of 25,000 job applicants, all but 500 listed Chicago addresses, said John Bisio, regional manager of public affairs for Wal-Mart.
Thursday, January 26, 2006
More on Wal-Mart Setting Up One Block From Chicago
We did a blog entry on this yesterday. The Chicago Sun-Times reports: