Anti-Wal-Mart alder ousted in Jefferson

I have heard of the stones crying out, but the trees? Karyn Saemann elaborates in The Capital Times report on a recall election.

A Jefferson alderman who twice this year voted against annexing land for a Wal-Mart SuperCenter has been thrown out of office.

Reaction was swift. Here's Ed Garvey.

I've said it before, and I'll say it again: democracy just doesn't work.

Wait, my mistake, that was Kent Brockman. Here's Ed Garvey.

Meanwhile, back at home, the good folks were outhustlted [sic] by the anti-competition folks known as Wal-Mart supporters.