walmart

wa8yxm wrote:

WETSNAIL wrote:
has anyone heard that Walmart or Sams no longer allows campers to spend the night? Did I miss that? I saw a sing at our local Walmart that no overnights for trucks or campers.
thks Cork

Here is what happens.. There is an outfit known as the Campground Owners Assn. They take stories like one that recently appeared here about a "Bad Egg" dumping his sewage in other than an approved manner and they go to the city, county or state government and petittion for a law that says No Overnight RV parking save in a licensed campground.

They cite all sorts of .. Well, Politeness does not let me properly describe it but suffice to say "Stuff that goes into the black tank" fits. to support their claims.

And the City, County or State agrees with them and passes a law or ordinance or regulation prohibiting "Wal*Marting" .

Then the signs go up, as required by law.

In a very few cases.. there are other reaons, For example a "neighborhood Wal*Mart" may not have that much parking lot. but most all the "No overnight parking" lots are due to the government, not Wal*mart.

So, please ask them why the signs went up and get back with us.

Some background on me: I really do not like Wal*Mart all that much, many reasons I choose not to list here since they are kind of political, but.. I REALLY REALLY REALLY do not like seeing them blamed for what the government is doing to you.

Funny, but my little home town of Dallas, Texas and the surrounding suburbs all have ordinances against overnighting in parking lots. There are no RV parks anywhere near the Walmarts in these communities, I seriously doubt that the park owners 30 miles away hold enough sway to get such ordinances passed. The real reason is the people that live in the surrounding neighborhoods don't want transients living in their communities, be it in RVs at the Walmart or in cardboard boxes under a bridge. Don't you think that a Walmart, with it's billions upon billions of dollars of resources could politically outmaneuver a mom and pop campground owner if it was in their best interests?