Portside

'Wal-Mart put a gun to the mayor’s head, and the mayor capitulated. Wal-Mart and the mayor should be ashamed that they’re going to provide poverty wages to people who get up every day and go to work.'

Washinton, DC City Councilmember

Vincent Orange, on the veto by Mayor Vincent Gray

of a bill requiring Wal-Mart Stores and

other large retailers to pay their employees

at least $12.50 an hour that passed the

Council by an 8-to-5 vote