Is the Third Time a Charm for Walmart?

Ninth Ward alderman Anthony Beale says it’s “very likely” his plan for a new Walmart in Pullman will come before the City Council’s zoning committee this Thursday, and he says he’s optimistic he has the votes to advance it, partly because of a “community benefits agreement” that Walmart officials have put together to try to appease critics of the pay and benefits it offers workers.

But the agreement so far includes little beyond general promises Beale made to the Chicago Plan Commission when it approved the development in April.