You never see that sort of thing happen in a Republican-controlled town.
Walmart submitted a plan that met all of the requests from the City Council, but then the City Council added new parameters, because that's what Democrats do. The City Council now wants Walmart to restripe the parking lot to set aside parking spots for tractor-trailers, but they cannot cannibalize any of the existing car parking spaces to do it without approval from the City Council.
The largest sales tax payer in the city has recently bought land 3 miles east of their current location, a half a mile outside the city limits, in anticipation of a possible relocation.