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he have to convince cal mart to serve as anchor tenant. reporter: with three under construction, the city council last may through a wrench into the plans by introducing the large retailer accountability act which requires businesses that do over $1 billion in correspondent sales in spaces of 75,000 square feet or more to pay a super minimum wage of $12.50 an hour. that s $4.25 more than the district s minimum wage. the council made up of 11 democrats and two independents exempted unionized grocery stores from the bill. final approve came this afternoon. the big passes 8-5. reporter: today s vote left walmart stunned. it had gone out of its way to km date residents concerns with plans to stock local products, involve minority construction firms and create a city wide training program. in an op-ed, it said it will withdraw plans for three stores and passage would also jeopardize the three stores already under construction as we would thoroughly review the
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