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Disdain for Wal-Mart pulls neighbors together
Opposition becomes a social phenomenon

By John Ingold
Denver Post Staff Writer


Post / Karl Gehring
Danelle Jansen protests a Wal-Mart proposed
for the old Elitch Gardens site in northwest
Denver. Such opposition seems to be growing,
but it doesn’t represent most people, the retailer
says.

Nothing twists Mary Hendrick's innards quite like a Wal-Mart.

"Wal-Mart, uck, it just does something to you," says Hendrick, a northwest Denver resident.

She isn't the only one.

Dozens have picketed along with Hendrick at the home of a developer planning a Wal-Mart in northwest Denver. More than 500 Thornton residents showed up at a public hearing to protest a proposed Wal-Mart. Residents in Windsor put two candidates on the town board ballot specifically to fight a possible Wal-Mart.

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