Business Owner Facing Backlash For Urging Employees To Vote Romney
http://sacramento.cbslocal.com/2012/11/09/davis-business-owner-facing-backlash-for-urging-employees-to-vote-for-mitt-romney/DAVIS (CBS13) – A small business owner in Davis asked her employees to vote for Mitt Romney. Not only did he lose, but now she’s dealing with the backlash.
“That’s not good at all, to start trying to coerce people for votes,” said Osagie Edebiri.
Edebiri was so outraged that he returned a key he just bought as a matter of principle.
“I feel like employees might get the wrong idea and feel like, maybe if they don’t vote the right way, their jobs may be in jeopardy,” said Edebiri.
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way, their jobs may be in jeopardy," said Edebiri
Gee, ya think?
Not only did he most likely break the law, and certainly lose some customers, he did it for nothing.
What did he think, he could get CALIFORNIA to vote Republican? 
Her business will go to her competitors, and when theirs picks up, they'll be the ones hiring. Short-term pain for her her employees could lead to long term gain if they land in another hardware store not owned by an assboss. 
I'm guessing because she didn't threaten to fire anybody if they didn't vote they way she preferred. She instead said she wouldn't be able to hire more people.
Now, thanks to her letter, business is slow and she won't be able to hire more people. BUT with people taking their business elsewhere, her competitors *will.* And she wouldn't return phone calls for comment!
