Governmental local lunacy.

I live in Hudson NH. Wal-Mart and Sam's Club came here in the 1990s. The Wal-Mart was very successful and located about a quarter mile from another supermarket.

A few years back, Wal-Mart applies for permits to expand into a Super Wal-Mart - saying they'll have a full supermarket. Town turns down their application because, they say, they don't want Wal-Mart clobbering the supermarket up the road (Market Basket). So what do they do with the plot of land across the street from Market Basket and next to Wal Mart? They approve a Stop & Shop supermarket.

Huh???