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Carroll Hayden has a letter in today's Daily News outlining the three "giant steps" toward the Pullman Wal-Mart.

It appears that Pullman Public Works Director Mark Workman dotted all the i's and crossed all the t's necessary in the site plan approval and the State Environmental Policy Act determination for the proposed Pullman Wal-Mart Supercenter on Bishop Boulevard land that has been designated for commercial development for more than 20 years.

Secondly, Pullman registered voters indicated their support for economic development during the November elections when they voted for Pullman City Council candidates who were in favor of additional retail resources such as a Pullman-based Wal-Mart Supercenter.

Finally, hearing examiner John Montgomery has paved the way toward allowing a Wal-Mart Supercenter to be located in Pullman by denying appeals that were made on the site plan approval and the State Environmental Policy Act determination concerning the proposed Wal-Mart Supercenter project.
These three important giant steps toward getting the Wal-Mart truck and the Whitman County buck to stop at Pullman.

Since Pullman has served as an economic and traffic pipeline to Moscow for many years, it is now Pullman's chance to dot its i's and cross its t's in "it is time to invite Wal-Mart to our town." Let the truck and the buck stop here.

Well said, Carroll. The Pullman city staff has done an excellent job of handling the entire Wal-Mart situation, making certain to attend to all of the necessary details. John Montgomery weighed the "evidence" in PARD's claims and found them to be without merit, with the exception of the portion of the traffic signal cost paid by Wal-Mart. Most importantly, however, Pullman voters made their voices heard in November, overwhelmingly favoring pro development candidates. The public has rejected PARD's appeals. The law has rejected PARD's appeals. Where exactly was all of that public opinion that they claim was on their side?

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