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a kennedy

(29,658 posts)
Tue Apr 12, 2016, 08:24 AM Apr 2016

Another reason not to shop at Menards.......

Menards refuses to build store in Ohio while Obama is president!!

Menards, the home improvement giant found in violation of federal labor laws two weeks ago, has announced that it's not building an Ohio store as planned. The reason: President Barack Obama.

"We are a family owned business and with the Obama Administration scaring the dickens out of all family businesses in the U.S.A at present and with no certainty if the next administration will be any better, we have decided not to risk expansion until things are more settled," Menards spokesperson Jessie O'Mara told the New Philadelphia Times-Reporter in an email.

The Eau Claire-based chain's owner, John Menard, is intensely anti-union.

Seth Goldstein of the Office and Professional Employees International union Local 153 in New York filed eight complaints with the National Labor Relations Board against Menards last year, five of which were found to have merit. He sees a connection between the NLRB decision and the decision to postpone the New Philadelphia store.

"I don't think it's a coincidence that within days of the board finding merit on numerous violations that John Menard has now decided that he's not happy with the Obama administration," Goldstein said in an interview last Thursday.

Full article here: http://host.madison.com/ct/news/local/menards-refuses-to-build-store-in-ohio-while-obama-is/article_90d75c33-8ff7-59c7-8a6f-c31d4027a15d.html

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Another reason not to shop at Menards....... (Original Post) a kennedy Apr 2016 OP
There is nothing worse than Mamby-Pamby, whiny little bilionaires taking their toys & going home Kip Humphrey Apr 2016 #1
He's too late to threaten. peace13 Apr 2016 #2
John Menard: "Im scared of that scarey black president!" Funny thing is - Im now suddenly too Kashkakat v.2.0 Apr 2016 #3
No worries Jimbo S Apr 2016 #8
Thanks Obama ! Yes you 'scared' Menards oh my Person 2713 Apr 2016 #4
Ohio is Saved! Praek3 Apr 2016 #5
did not need another reason dembotoz Apr 2016 #6
He should be expanding Jimbo S Apr 2016 #7

Kip Humphrey

(4,753 posts)
1. There is nothing worse than Mamby-Pamby, whiny little bilionaires taking their toys & going home
Tue Apr 12, 2016, 08:33 AM
Apr 2016

when caught cheating.

 

peace13

(11,076 posts)
2. He's too late to threaten.
Tue Apr 12, 2016, 09:20 AM
Apr 2016

Findlay, Ohio....Marion, Ohio...those stores are already up and going. Who knew?

Kashkakat v.2.0

(1,752 posts)
3. John Menard: "Im scared of that scarey black president!" Funny thing is - Im now suddenly too
Tue Apr 12, 2016, 10:15 AM
Apr 2016

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scared to walk into a Menards, any Menards - that creepy tv Menards Guy with the white hair might be there and he scares the dickens out of me! I just cannot bring myself to set foot in there - ever again .

Praek3

(149 posts)
5. Ohio is Saved!
Tue Apr 12, 2016, 02:48 PM
Apr 2016

Since John Menard won't expand in Ohio it will save the state from discovering him disposing of toxic, hazardous materials in a curbside dumpster.

He is an asshat.

Jimbo S

(2,958 posts)
7. He should be expanding
Wed Apr 13, 2016, 10:26 AM
Apr 2016

The U-3 and U-6 the lowest it's been in six years, more people now working and spending under the Obama recovery.

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