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Thinking more off-topic as this is a gasoline price thread.Meat producer hutting shop and leaving California;
Meat-packing giant Smithfield Foods said Friday it will close its only California plant next year, citing the escalating cost of doing business in the state. The Farmer John meat-packing plant in Vernon, an industrial suburb south of Los Angeles, will shut down in February, with its 1,800 employees receiving severance and job placement support along with bonuses for those who choose to stay on the job until the closure, said Jim Monroe, vice president of corporate affairs. The company also said it is exploring ways to exit its farms in California and Arizona. Monroe said operating costs in California are much higher than in other areas of the country, including taxes and the price of water, electricity and natural gas. “Our utility costs in California are 3 1/2 times higher per head than our other locations where they do the same type of work,” he said.
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Pleasing to some people I suppose.
TSwizzle, you should start a "Rants - California Bitchin'" thread instead of trying to shoehorn your various gripes, grumbles and bellyaches into various existing threads.
Looking at the place on a map, I don't think it will stay vacant long.
Look at all that roof space. Shoulda went solar.