vato-"Reminds me of the public unions, they preach Buy American
to create American jobs.

Then you see them driving around in Hondas, Nissans, and Toyotas."
Do some research- they are built here and made BY AMERICANS.

So if Walmarts land is flooded why is this anybodies business or problem of theirs? Seems like just Walmarts problem. If they say mosquitoes will hang out - well they hang out at the river and bird baths too!

Well, despite the many complaints, Wisconsin is "open for business," remember? And that means noise and dirt.

vatoloco, you certainly love flaunting your ignorance. It is the *job* of the UAW to protect its members jobs. (By the way, the UAW is not a "public [employee] union", and while it would be nice if there were more cooperation between public and private sector unions, the fact that a teacher drives a Honda doesn't mean that the UAW guy is a hypocrite, no matter how you fudge your sentence and word meanings.) As to what this has to do with a drainage pond in Janesville, you tell me. The common thread for you, though, seems to be denying people the opportunity to speak on their own behalf for flimsy reasons. I don't care if someone shops at Wal-Mart, they still have the constitutional right to demand the city enforce the law with respect to Wal-Mart. I don't care if they own an SUV, either, or if their house is more expensive than yours, they have the right to speak. Why are you so concerned with what they have to say? Why is it important to you that they NOT have this right? Seems pretty un-American to me.

youkillme--"they can see china from their window"......LOLOL....GOOD ONE!!!

TCB

Why do the leftists and the UAW cry when companies move out of the country then?

Duh...I don't understand what Global means.....you are something else.

Blade, fill me in on the lawsuits, violations, and all kinds of bad ethical practices.

vataloco & SwissChick, the profits may go back to other countries, but where are the jobs located at? And those workers that get paid to build the foreign cars (in the US), are spending their money in the US. I bet the amount of money being put into the US economy highly outweighs the profits that go overseas.

Take a look at your so called "American made" car. I bet AT LEAST 75% of it has parts that were built in other countries and shipped here to be assembled. They are "American Assembled" not "American Made." Just like Honda, Toyota, and Nissan. It is called a GLOBAL economy. They buy parts from us, we buy parts from them.

where was the petition to complain about all the houses behind walmart that destroyed some of the best farm land on the planet?

Blade - . . . and Walmart isn't??

They might be built in the USA, but the majority of the profits go back to another country.

vataloco,

Honda, Nissan, and toyota each are built in the USA. The auto business is a global business-someday you will understand this.

Leave Walmart alone! Go after Woodmans!!!! That place is filled with lawsuits, violations, and all kinds of bad ethical practices.

"poor poor richies... always whining. but they're the first to pull their fancy suv's into wal-mart & "

Reminds me of the public unions, they preach Buy American
to create American jobs.

Then you see them driving around in Hondas, Nissans, and Toyotas.

Isn't it time for Wal-Mart to rebuild somewhere else and abandon the current property?

Arndt "“Shouldn't the people who live right next door at least be able to have a say on what goes on next to their properties?”

Answer: No. Its private property.

At this point-this is a city issue-direct your anger at the city not a private company.

Tax and spend you got it wrong. That property was NOT zoned commercial over 40 years ago, that is a fallacy that keeps perpetuating itself. Regardless, that idea has nothing to do with the concerns those residents raise. You would also complain if there was garbage all over and a cesspool in your backyard! I also applaud those residents for organizing and taking Walmart to task.

I commend these homeowners for keeping up the complaints with WalMart. A business shouldn't be allowed to do a shoddy job and then get away with it because time passes. Anyone who feels these are the "rich" complaining, I'd say that any neighborhood, rich or poor, can and should organize and keep at a company until it lives up to its promises. It takes neighbors who care. The fact that these folks are taxed higher for living on a greenbelt just adds insult to injury.

Regarding a comment by Price - about the topography plans - that they did not give a clear picture to southern end. It is YOUR JOB TO ASK FOR IT! Do you actually think they are going to do it correctly if they can get by with less? The people have a right to be mad and the city of Janesville should be ashamed that 72 hours is now 72 months. Have a backbone and make them do it or fine them for every day they are not in compliance.

Conditional-use plans require Mercy to plant trees to provide additional screening on the hillside where vegetation was removed in 2006. What kind of deal is that sounds me like the city got screwed on that deal. It seems to me in my opinion that Wal-Mart rips out trees and removes vegetation the Wal-Mart needs to be the ones that should incur the expenses to replace what they rip out. My question to the city is why should another business have to pay for something that Wal-Mart clearly did that is Wal-Marts responsibility right? The city should reexamine its dealings with Wal-Mart and remind Wal-Mart they need to be mindful of their neighbors before they go doing anything and listen to what the neighbors have to say.

Reminds me of the people who are complaining about the noise at Rockford Speedway. Who's fault was it to move in to an apt building RIGHT BEHIND THE TRACK?

Really sad thing is, if Walmart would had built the Supercenter/Sams Club on the south side, these same people would be complaining that its "too far to drive".

Doc, I'm afraid you make no sense to me. You state that the city is faulty in how they work with businesses? Walmart removes trees, Mercy is going to put them back, you complain. I am missing your point.

Chsmkr, adjacent property owners don't have to do anything directly on another's property or to their rights to effect them. Insufficient drainage caused by development and their attempts to "fix" it almost always effects surrounding properties. Whether the city had a hand it is almost irrelevant. They should fix what they broke and fix their fix and fix it again until things are made right and whole again.

digitalodonata, That is so true.

My god people...oh and guy who owns the blue house on the corner call me if you want to sell.....i will buy it, like the house

Conditional-use plans require Mercy to plant trees to provide additional screening on the hillside where vegetation was removed in 2006.
So Wal-Mart rips them out and the city wants Mercy to replace them? Ahh yes, you have gotta love the way this city deals with businesses. It's no wonder the high unemployment problem in Janesville is not moving in a positive direction. That's the cities solution to every problem, just plant some trees. The only way that's going to help is if they employ those out of work to plant them, you would have to plant an awful lot of trees to help those numbers though......

poor poor richies... always whining. but they're the first to pull their fancy suv's into wal-mart & sams.

Y-K-M, aptly chosen name! From what I read the commercial property owners aren't doing anything to or on the private owner's actual property. As far as their (or your) rights, the private owners knew of commercial potential when they bought their lots. The city has long proclaimed the fact that the greenbelts belong to the public, but are managed by the city and changes are at their discretion.

Just because you had a home built next to vacant commercial land doesn't give the commercial property owners the right to crap on your land or your rights.

Why the city let ANYONE build in the wetland is the real question here...these residents have a right to be pissed- Walmart has failed to provide adequate drainage of their retention pond. This area was a problem for flooding long before Walmart came along. Adding new structures to the area will exacerbate the problems, so neighbors beware even more...

SO MOVE...we lived adjacent to a greenbelt too, the city came in and scraped almost all vegetation from it, without any input from us, though our taxpayer $$$ paid for the unsightly demo...quit complaining, Walmart is paying for the drainage problem not you...must be a boring life ...let's see we'll fight with Walmart for 10 or more years..that'll give us something to do....get lives..volunteer your time for something that benefits someone besides yourselves

These are legitimate things to complain about. I think the city has been lax in enforcing its orders, and arrogant in failing to inform the neighbors about what it's doing. It's too bad, because it looks like they're finally trying to get a good outcome here.
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reedrick91485, that's been an ongoing problem:
http://gazettextra.com/news/2010/mar/09/...
http://gazettextra.com/weblogs/opinion-m...
http://gazettextra.com/news/2010/apr/14/...
http://gazettextra.com/news/2010/aug/28/...
(Of course, the real problem is the historical accident that we're one of only a few places in Wisconsin without a *county* landfill suitably far from residential areas.)

You knew when you bought your home it was next to commercial LAND that may develop. I am tired of the whining about this or that. My quess is you never thought it would happen so bought/built anyway. Now it happened and we will never hear the end of the "nasty" commercial building next to you.

"Some of the residents are the same people shocked in 2006 when trees and brush behind their homes were removed, opening views to the new commercial area."--------------------- Look at the upside. They could see China from their window.