Menards blames Obama for pulling out of plans for O'Fallon, Mo location

[Sherman A1]

O’FALLON, Mo (KMOV.com) -- The city of O’Fallon Missouri will lose potential tax revenue after the home mprovement store Menards pulled out of plans to establish a location in the area. The company is blaming the Obama administration for the project’s failure.

Menards, which is based in Wisconsin, is moving into the St. Louis market with stores opening in Manchester, O’Fallon Illinois and St. Peters in the next six months.

A Menards spokesperson says the company no longer plans on adding a store in O’Fallon, Missouri because of the President’s economic policies.

“We are on schedule to open our new stores in O’Fallon, IL and St. Peters, MO this Spring, 2013. For O’Fallon, MO, I’m very sorry, but we are a family owned business and with the Obama Administration scaring the dickens out of all small businesses in the USA at present, we have decided not to risk expansion until things are more settled. Thank you for your patience and understanding.”

http://www.kmov.com/news/local/Menards-blames-Obama-for-pulling-out-of-plans-for-OFallon-Mo-location-182906641.html

Reading the comments posted with the article are rather "enlightening". I suspect that Menards did themselves no favor with this statement.

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[msongs]

1. oh no, what will their living-wage paid workers do next? nt

[JI7]

2. fuck them

[Jackpine Radical]

3. Funny--I'm in John Menard's back yard, so to speak.

He bought the land for a 3rd store in his hometown area about 7 or 8 years ago & it's still sitting vacant.

Word is that it dawned on his accountants that the store wouldn't be sufficiently profitable due to the economic slowdown & bursting of the housing bubble.

[muntrv]

4. Menard's is a small business compared to Lowes and Home Depot.

[rucky]

5. Save big money. Don't shop at Menard's.

[Sherman A1]

7. Indeed

and I believe an email to Menards just might be in order, telling them that point. I believe I will also suggest that since things are sooo very scary they should reconsider their expansion plans and not come to Missouri.

[donco]

6. Of course it couldn't

be the fact that, St. Peters, MO ,and O’Fallon, MO, are next to each other and JUST MAYBE someone in management ****ed up.