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hymiebravo 
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Posted on: Apr. 13 2016,8:29 am |
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I was reading about drought in the western part of Minnesota a few years ago. I was wondering how long it was going to be before another hog plant was started up in this area again.
2,000 jobs on the surface in theory would translate to what; 10-15,000+ extra residents?
It does all sound a bit too good to be true though.
Stink certainly is concern I would say. If you need a refresher course in hog stink. Stop over and visit Austin. They used to say that was the smell of money. But now that the pay and benefits aren't as good. People just think it stinks.
Mason City seems to be doing fairly well without it at this point.
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hymiebravo
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Posted on: Apr. 13 2016,8:36 am |
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I have a question: I keep hearing about Mason City already having gone through this. Did they have a hog plant before? Or did the Jello plant stink?
Also to all these people who keep bringing up crime:
1. Growth is going to increase crime no matter what. Rochester doesn't have a hog plant.
2. When the prohibition ends on things like pot and prostitution you'll end a lot of the so called 'crime'.
Take a look at this:
http://northiowatoday.com/
Go to the part that says Jails. They have pictures. Are they all from Chicago and Milwaukee? lol
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grassman
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Posted on: Apr. 13 2016,9:11 am |
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Armour Foods was there for years and years.
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hymiebravo
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Posted on: Apr. 14 2016,8:48 am |
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I've heard TREET isn't as good as SPAM.
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Posted on: Apr. 14 2016,10:59 am |
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^^ they're both pretty nasty.
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hymiebravo
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Posted on: Apr. 14 2016,12:34 pm |
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Yeah people are pretty particular about their Vienna sausage preferences as well.
Yesterday if you were on the west side of 'the plant' area you couldn't really smell a thing plant related. I guess a strong north south wind is your best friend in a situation like that.
Also in regard to the traffic concerns brought up in Mason City:
Austin has, according to WIKI, has 4,200 people in the hog business there. And there was no sign of clogged up I90 or local streets with truck traffic.
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Posted on: May 04 2016,6:40 am |
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MASON CITY -- In a stunning turn of events, the City Council early Wednesday morning rejected Prestage Foods of Iowa's proposal to build a $240 million pork processing plant in Mason City.
Take your low wage jobs and shove them where the sun don't shine...You're not raising our taxes to subsidize slave labor!
http://wcfcourier.com/busines...06.html
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Posted on: May 04 2016,8:59 am |
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^^ yeah! You'd rather have a depressed area will lots of folks on welfare. 
You tell 'em 
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