A major corporation announces plans to purchase a large piece of land in Sleepytown and build one of their Mega-Mart stores. Most of the citizens are opposed to the building of the Mega-Mart. They feel it will ruin their small town by making the environment busy and loud. The citizens of Sleepytown create a committee to prevent this from happening. How might the committee best prevent the construction of a Mega-Mart?

A. sit in their homes and do plenty of research on how the Mega-Mart with affect the town

B. threaten the mayor that they will move to another town if the Mega-Mart is constructed

C. distribute pamphlets and hold town meetings to express their feelings

D. make phone calls to the president asking him or her to intervene in the situation

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17 April, 20:21

A major corporation announces plans to purchase a large piece of land in Sleepytown and build one of their Mega-Mart stores. Most of the citizens are opposed to the building of the Mega-Mart. They feel it will ruin their small town by making the environment busy and loud. The citizens of Sleepytown create a committee to prevent this from happening. How might the committee best prevent the construction of a Mega-Mart?

A. sit in their homes and do plenty of research on how the Mega-Mart with affect the town

B. threaten the mayor that they will move to another town if the Mega-Mart is constructed

C. distribute pamphlets and hold town meetings to express their feelings

D. make phone calls to the president asking him or her to intervene in the situation

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Samara Silva · Answer 1

C)

they have to come together to form a consensus and express one group opinion, during a town meeting a petition might even be circulated. a proper petition with enough required signatures would give them the opportunity to have their voices and opinions heard and considered by the mayor and the town committee.