Victory in Clark County! The activists at Wal-Mart Watchdogs and the people of Washington state have brought the construction of a new Wal-Mart in Clark County to a standstill. From the Columbian:

Clark County commissioners lined up to give frowny-faces to Wal-Mart on Wednesday, tossing out a developer's plans for a possible store site in Salmon Creek.

Each of the three commissioners found problems, which ranged from storm runoff to traffic safety to the proper certification by a traffic engineer.

Commissioner Betty Sue Morris said evidence surrounding the developer's plans to pipe stormwater through a neighboring set of condominiums had changed too drastically since the county's initial review.

As Morris, a Democrat who rarely opposes developments, said she would therefore vote to reject the plan, one audience member let out an audible gasp.

Morris added that she'd never seen a more dangerous truck exit than one planned to open onto Rockwell Road, southwest of the site.

Commissioner Steve Stuart echoed Morris' concerns and added that he was troubled by a development engineer's failure to put an official stamp on his traffic report.

"We put the submission criteria in there for a reason," he said. "It should never have been considered technically complete."