Joe Moore Tried To Prevent 440 New Jobs

If Alderman Joe Moore had gotten his way with the "Big Box" ordinance, Chicago would now have about $2 million less in tax revenue, and about 440 people might be without jobs. Joe Moore is more harmful than helpful when it comes to jobs creation. Here's a great example today, from NBC5 Chicago: CHICAGO -- Chicago's first Wal-Mart store has shown impressive numbers in the Austin neighborhood in its first six months with nearly $2 million in new tax revenue and more than 440 jobs, according to a release from 37th Ward Ald. Emma Mitts Wednesday. In a press conference Wednesday morning at City Hall, Mitts announced that the store has generated more than $500,000 alone in new sales tax to the City of Chicago alone, the release said. The store’s presence has generated a total of more than $2 million in tax revenue for the city, county, state and the RTA. The store, at 4650 West North Ave., employs 443 new associates with more than half of the employees residents of Mitts’ West Side ward, the release said. The store's staff is 77 percent African American, and 17 percent are Hispanic. THE FULL STORY...