Home Depot blitz

Organizing, busing and outfitting residents to testify at City Hall in support of Home Depot's planned Sunland-Tujunga site could cost the retail behemoth more than $24,000, according to a memo written by the public-relations firm working for the store. Kerry Cavanaugh in the Daily News.

The memo by Rick Taylor with Dakota Communications lays out a game plan for getting 150 supporters in orange T-shirts to pack the council chambers Tuesday when the City Council is set to vote on whether to reconsider a Home Depot store on Foothill Boulevard.

The two-page memo sheds new light on the high-stakes, behind-the-scenes orchestrations of companies seeking to sway city leaders and win approval for their projects.