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Glad I Left 
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Posted on: Mar. 28 2013,8:52 am |
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Hey wildchild go back to the Mankato Forum 
Just to correct him a little, it is not 4 lane on HWY 60 all the way to I-90 yet. There is a 12 mile or so stretch of 2 lane between St. James and Butterfield still but I think that is getting started on this spring.
I also read an article in the Free Press where the Economic Developer Coordinator or whatever his title is expects that because these jobs will pay between 10-12/hr that local employers may have to raise their wages in order to compete for workers and/or retain their own.
In my experience from living in AL, this would disqualify Wal-Mart for location there as the idiots in charge like low paying jobs in town it seems.
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After we screw up health care reform, let's take on the initiative of unscrewing the education system (gov't education)
Tacitus: (c. 56 AD-c. 117) "The more corrupt the state, the more it legislates."
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Blaze
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Posted on: Mar. 31 2013,5:31 pm |
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Owatonna has public utilites. Albert Lea has Alliant.
If a town has public utilities they can probably give incentives that Albert Lea can't.
Just a thought.
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wildchild
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Posted on: Apr. 05 2013,8:40 am |
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LOL - yes, I live at Mankato Chat but always like to stop down and visit my forum neighbors.
I am familiar with the automation of warehouses/facilities. When I've been involved in setting things up it is not with a bunch of people making $10-$12 an hour. It's the Engineers, Technical Mechanics, Computer Programmers, Upper Management, Network Technicians, etc. I guarantee you not one of them was making less than $20 an hour. I am sure there will be plenty of $12 an hour jobs there but there will also be plenty of good paying $20+ jobs.
A place this large is almost always in a state or flux. A cooler need to be expanded or moved, warehouse racks need to be realigned, crap just breaks, etc. Some of these are fly in and leave jobs, but more and more are permanent.
I probably short changed the AL labor pool. Obviously an employer this large would draw plenty of interest from people in Austin & Owatonna.
I also agree with the leadership comments. Shoddy city/county leadership will send a major player like Wal-Mart looking elsewhere quick. They don't NEED Albert Lea, hell, they don't NEED Mankato.
It will be interesting to see how this rolls out, the city put in a massive amount of infrastructure, more than they did for River Hills.
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dualheart
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Posted on: May 22 2013,2:46 am |
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you guys are awesome and how can i get a job right in there
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