Blacks once again vote against jobs and low prices or at least that is one way to look at the vote to block WalMart from building a store in Inglewood, CA. The store would have been built on a huge vacant lot that is now unused parking by a race track that allows other forms of gambling. WalMart would have given the minority population of the area very low prices and at least 1,400 jobs. The other side of this story is that WalMart is reaping what they sow. They pay half the union wage, supply no health coverage other than terribly expensive care the employee must pay for, and stories of management abuse that include firing employees who have health care coverage so they can lower their costs. That with some factual data that indicate that the virtually health care naked WalMart employees "go on the county" when sick because they can't go anywhere else; the rumored cost is $2,500 to every tax payer in Los Angeles County every time a WalMart employee gets sick.

It is also clear that WalMart did not bribe the usual suspects, Black politicians who were screaming about environmental impact. No environmental impact report is necessary for building on a vacant lot; traffic can't be worse than on race day and the Lakers played there for years drawing huge traffic crowds. The crooked Black politicos who are losing clout to Hispanics by the day, wanted bribes and they didn't get them.

Personal observation: it is not possible to live in Los Angeles on minimum wage or even $10 per hour. The "lost" jobs are entry level but most Blacks are seeking lifetime employment doing shit work for movie star wages. So as a lifetime job WalMart sucks. As an entry level job while you are looking for something else or while going to school it's great.

Bottom line: No WalMart, no jobs (lower paying or otherwise), and no low low priced outlet for poor people in the largely Black area. The existing high priced local businesses will continue to thrive by charging high prices. Watch WalMart build in the Mexican areas. And WalMart stock price? Up 1/4., maybe because they won't have to overstaff security to stop shoplifting at the Inglewood store. Very late add also posted in comments section of Kim dutoit I'm adding here because I have been out and passed a large WalMart. On the nearby properties I noticed something I had not considered. Here's what I noticed. Two fast food places; a Blockbuster Video, a car wash, a major discount sporting goods store (Their prices must be competitive or they couldn't exist there), a large bookstore, and three or four car repair places. All these were either on side streets next to WalMart or across the street. So blacks missed out on owning many good businesses there, jobs inside the places, and mechanics and body guys lost plenty of work.

WalMart may supply 1400 jobs INSIDE but the action they stir up provides a hell of a lot outside. Oh, and a sit down restaurant is opening in three weeks.