Maybe you have heard of the Tillamook Cheese Factory.
It is a producer of cedar cheese on the Oregon coast and a tourist stop.
Tillamook and the surrounding area are
not growing in population.
It is no longer a major port for the timber industry (almost dead).
Head Start, etc., programs are being cut back due to cuts in funding.
Right now, work is under way to expand Runway 13-31 at the Tillamook Airport
(federal and state money) to accommodate large freight transports.
This multi-million $ construction is only to accommodate the Tillamook Cheese Factory.
Now this:
The Oregonian
Lori Tobias
January 06, 2012
Announcement of cuts at Tillamook Cheese Factory jolts coastal community
Quote:
News that the Tillamook Cheese Factory will eliminate 50 positions
has left the community for which it is named shocked and angry.
Now, the rural hamlet known for its dairy farms and pastureland must figure out
how to cope with the decision that will be felt by far more than the soon-to-be unemployed.
"I think it's just going to have a profound impact," said Tillamook County Commissioner Tim Josi.
"There are very few family wage jobs in Tillamook. It's going to have a ripple effect."
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"Not one word of this came down to me," said Josi,
who was raised on a dairy farm and whose brother still farms.
"They should have at least talked to us.
The Tillamook County Creamery Association is really Tillamook based.
The impact to the community should be a real big factor in whatever they decide to do.
It feels like they are acting like a big business like Boeing."
The association is made up of 110 dairy farm families that own the association, according to its website.
It was formed in 1909 to ensure the quality of cheese coming from the area. <snip>
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Adak will certainly find a way to justify this waste of corporate welfare.
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