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Get it right wrote on Jan 26, 2009 1:12 AM:

" STP didn't "cut" 12 jobs. They laid off the people that were hired as temporary employees when the holiday season came to a close. Those employees were never promised a permanent position. The media needs to settle down and stop trying to make news happen where it doesn't exist. (EDITOR'S NOTE: In announcing the layoffs, company officials said the positions cut in the three cities were permanent jobs, not seasonal positions.) "

Cheyenne Guy wrote on Jan 19, 2009 9:12 AM:

" If you call $10.00 per hour "high end" you my friend are the one that is dead wrong, not I. "

sam wrote on Jan 18, 2009 3:01 AM:

" sierra is not that great of store really they don't have that many bargains and i hope they just plum close there doors it would be nice if they went to jackson... glad i never wrkd there.. they have religious problems i hear... interesting... "

gri wrote on Jan 15, 2009 4:13 PM:

" Nice to kick people when they are down. By the way how many businesses still have 60+ people in Cody. STP is committed to Cody even with reactions like this. Cheyenne guy, you are flat out wrong. Sierra has been one of the largest drivers of high end jobs in Cheyenne. You need to get your facts straight. "

Cheyenne Guy wrote on Jan 15, 2009 10:30 AM:

" STP did the same thing to Cheyenne. Promised high paying jobs and failed to deliver (still pays lower than the competing ditribution centers). On the other hand, STP does provide excellent insurance and incentive programs to their employees, and becsue of their store Cody has realized additional sales tax income that Cody would not have had otherwise. Of course, being from Jackson I think they should have placed the store there. "

Dewey wrote on Jan 15, 2009 8:46 AM:

" A couple of things to keep in mind for those of you who seem to have short term memories. Blackmail is a strong word, but the Sierra owners definitely used heavy strongarming to force the City of Cody to give them $ 150,000 outright towards property purchase, and a refund of $ 36,000 in utility work back in 2001, or else" we will take our Call Center to Powell...". Cody caved, even though same owner had just torn down a $ 300,000 house to build a new $ 450,000 house on Sunset Blvd. in Cody. Sierra hornswaggled the Chamber and economic development eladers by pomising they would create 240 jobs in Cody , put 101 new kids in school, and pay millions in taxes in five years ( 2006). Yeah , right...promises, promises. So before we go forward with Forward Cody and North Cody Land Development etc in bolstering new business, it might be really REALLY helpful if people recall this whole Sierra debacle , the unfulfilled promises, and how economic development really works. Don't get me wrong, I love the Sierra retail store. But when will Cody ever learn ? "

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