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Walmart hires Christie cronies to turn no into yes (Click on this heading to read more)

Rss@dailykos.com (laura Clawson)
Wednesday, February 19, 2014, 9:26 pm
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It's one of those things that makes perfect sense when you hear it: Of course Gov. Chris Christie's cronies are helping Walmart get approval to build a store in New Jersey that had already been turned down by the state's Department of Environmental Protection-twice-for taking habitat from a protected species of snake, among other things. Isn't it just the perfect synergy of the essence of Christie and Walmart?
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It's like this: Walmart wanted to build a second store in Toms River, New Jersey. But its proposal was rejected once in 2006 and again in 2010. And then, David Freedlander reports:
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    Days after the Department of Environmental Protection rejected the second application for a Walmart in 2010, saying that it would destroy too much woodland, would take away habitat for the threatened northern pine snake, and would take away too much coastal area, Christie told the editorial board of the Asbury Park Press regarding the rejection, "There may be a way around it."

    "It will get more review, and the DEP commissioner will be meeting with the folks at Walmart to talk about alternatives to their current plan that will make it workable," he added.