WAL-MART SHOT DOWN BY VOTERS IN LORAIN, PULLING OUT IN VERMILION, RAIDED BY FEDS IN PHILADELPHIA

John Ryan has the stories here and here. But he points out that Wal-Mart "pulled out" of Steelyard Commons, too.

Speaking of Steelyard Commons, Tim Ferris mentioned to me the other day that there's a lot of heavy equipment on the site but most of it seems to be just sitting there. He's right... there's not much actual construction work going on, at least to the drive-by eye. I wonder why.