Category Archives: Idaho

Business/Economics, Idaho

“Once again…been dealt a severe financial blow…” Idaho taxpayers pay extra for not making ObamaCare available for everybody! Major healthcare ObamaCare shutdowns! : U.S. Job Losses & Closings 18 – 19 October 2015

California: San Luis Obispo losing yet another mom-n-pop,  after 25 years Bali’s Yogurt shutdown, the owners admitted they were shutting down sooner than they thought, due to increasing competition.  In Los Angeles, iconic Los Chavos Restaurant shutting down in November. Local news reports say the owner sold-out, and the buyer refuses to comment.

Connecticut:  ObamaCare forcing the state to cut Medicare, which in turn forcing Day Kimball Healthcare to eliminate 23 jobs: “Once again, our organization has been dealt a severe financial blow from the state that has far-reaching repercussions. We have no choice but to be proactive in cutting costs…”-Robert Smanik, president and CEO

Idaho: Kaiser Family Foundation study says Idaho is one of dozens of states keeping low income people from affordable ObamaCare (called the Coverage Gap), and that it’s actually costing taxpayers more money as a result, saying the cost of healthcare in The Gem State went up 6.9%!  

Washington based electricity supplier Avista has won a settlement that will result in electric rates going up for Idahoan customers of Avista starting in January 2016.    

Potato growers are warning of lower crop yields this year, even though acreage is way up.   Analysts say this year’s spud harvest will be below the five year average: “We’ve had some unusual weather this year. Some growers were hit by cold, some by heat and some had a lot of water. And with the water came late blight.”-Frank Muir, Idaho Potato Commission

Now for some good news (hopefully), a 20 year lease to create a large solar power project on the property of the Pocatello Airport has been approved.  It will be run by Energy Partners-Pocatello Solar One and will sell the electricity to Idaho Power.   

Indiana: In Gary, charter school Thea Bowman Leadership Academy laid off seven people due to what I call Disappearing Students Syndrome, which caused a drop in federal taxpayer funding.

Iowa: In Davenport, Hancock Fabrics shutdown due to the greedy landlord selling out to a greedy property developer.

Kansas:  After 17 years Robuck Jewelers shutdown because the owners can make more money off their property management business.  It’s been revealed that 1-hundred years old (surviving the Great Depression and numerous recessions) Mercy Hospital shutdown last week, admitting they’ve lost a lot of money since Affordable Care Act went into effect. It’s proof that ObamaCare actually prevents access to healthcare in less densely populated areas (known as small town syndrome).

Kentucky:  AK Steel shutting down its Ashland plant, starting in December 940 people will be laid off over a six months period!  They blame cheap imported steel (which is an excuse I’ve heard since the 1980s).

Louisiana:  A surprise announcement; South Beauregard Health Center in Longville shutting down by the end of the month, blaming crashing patient volume caused by Affordable Care Act (ObamaCare)!

Minnesota:  In Knife River, the Lighthouse at Emily’s restaurant shutdown when a potential sale to non-profit North Shore Scenic Railroad fell through.   After only 26 months Lake State Credit Union shutting down their Duluth Technology Village fully automated office on 01 November.  It’s blamed on the merger with Members Cooperative Credit Union.  Cliffs Natural Resources threatening to shutdown due to future competition: “…if they [Essar Steel] go online, I will shut down a plant up there the same day.”-Lourenco Goncalves, ceo

New Hampshire: Valley Regional Hospital eliminated eight jobs in an effort to be “not quite break-even but…sustainable”, no thanks to ObamaCare.

New Jersey:  Japan based drug pusher Daiichi Sankyo eliminating 1-thousand 2-hundred jobs across the U.S. but mainly at their Parsippany operations!   It’s part of their global cutbacks begun earlier this year.  Cherry Hill based Too Big to Jail TD Bank began eliminating jobs across United States and Canada, in an effort “push efficiencies”.

New York:  County taxpayer funded Summit Park Hospital and Nursing Care Center shutting down after Xmas, due to a potential buyer backing out of the $32-million USD sale.  4-hundred jobs lost! 

Oregon:  In Newberg the more than 1-hundred years old (surviving the Great Depression and numerous recessions) SP Fiber paper mill shutting down, 2-hundred jobs lost before Thanksgiving!   The paper mill was recently taken over by WestRock, which is shutting down operations around the country.  ObamaCare killing off yet another affordable insurance co-op, this time it’s non-profit Health Republic.  The forced shutdown will affect 8-hundred Oregon businesses and 15-thousand individuals!

Pennsylvania: God refusing to stop the shutdown of ‘his’ 166 years old Saint Mary of the Assumption Church due to the loss of $142-thousand USD.  “For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.”-1 Timothy 6:10

16 – 17 October 2015:“We are in the throes of a deep depression, and nothing is changing!” 

WARN=Worker Adjustment & Retraining Notification

Former employees who receive severance are not counted as unemployed

The U.S. Department of Labor (DoL) no longer issues mass layoff reports: “On March 1, 2013, President Obama ordered into effect the across-the- board spending cuts (commonly referred to as sequestration) required by the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act, as amended. Under the order, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) must cut its current budget by more than $30 million, 5 percent of the current 2013 appropriation, by September 30, 2013. In order to help achieve these savings and protect core programs, the BLS will eliminate two programs, including Mass Layoff Statistics, and all ‘measuring green jobs’ products. This news release is the final publication of monthly mass layoff survey data.”

Business/Economics, Idaho

“I didn’t believe in my wildest dreams they would be shutting it all down!” “We are in the throes of a deep depression, and nothing is changing!” : U.S. Job Losses & Closings 16 – 17 October 2015

More proof of a growing food crisis in the U.S.: India based internet restaurant finding service Zomato eliminating 3-hundred jobs mainly within the United States!  The U.S. employees affected are those tasked with collecting data on U.S. restaurants.

Arkansas: Military subcontractor Actronix now chapter 11 bankrupt busted.  Administrators of the company that works for Lockheed Martin and British empire BAE say they have $2.3-million USD of debt versus $50-thousand in assets!

California: In Fresno, Club One casino now bankrupt busted with $9.5-million USD of debt!  It was revealed by an employee that storytelling app Flipagram laid off 17 people two weeks ago.

Colorado:  Even high tech can’t stop ObamaCare from killing healthcare services as Datu Health shutdown their Boulder HQ, 42 jobs lost.  It’s the result of its computer programs being consolidated under the control of Saint Joseph Health.

Florida:  In Naples, Estates Country Stores shutting down two of their Golden Gate Estates stores after selling the properties to convenience store giant 7-Eleven.

Failed State Hawaii: In Honolulu, after 30 years popular Bubbies Homemade Ice Cream & Desserts  (known for ‘R’ rated ice cream names) shutdown its Varsity Center store, shocked customers reacted with “Oh my Gaawwdd!”  The owner said they will now focus solely on wholesale production of mochi ice cream.

Homeless families in tent cities on Hawaii’s beaches, hurting tourism, the real reason for the state of emergency declaration.

For proof Hawaii has failed, the governor just declared a state of emergency due to rampant homelessness (the highest in the U.S. of A., per capita)!  The martial law governor admitted his plan is to round up the homeless: “We are making sure that we have options for those who are homeless to move into an emergency shelter….”-David Ige

Idaho: Local news media proudly boasted of Idaho’s personal income ‘growth’ making The Gem State number 8 in the country.  Hate to burst your bubble but 1.1% is not growth, it’s stagnation! And what does that say about the rest of the country?  Let’s break it down to reveal just who’s getting that 1.1% increase in personal income; utilities, landlords-property owners-property developers-real estate, banks and insurance companies.  Yep, if you’ve been paying attention to my Job Losses reports those are the very people jacking up costs to everybody! Gee, the 1% of Idaho are the ones getting the 1.1% increase in personal income, go figure.

Failed State Illinois: After 61 years Gillenberg’s Furniture shutting down because the owner said “I am tired, I want to do some traveling.”  Oak Brook based McDonald’s in deeper trouble than first thought.  According to Business Insider, franchise operators are fed up with corporate policies that include not offering financial help to 30% of franchise owners who admit they are broke: “We are in the throes of a deep depression, and nothing is changing!  Probably 30% of operators are insolvent.”-Mark Kalinowski, analyst

Louisiana:  CHI Aviation shutting down its Galliano operation after Xmas, 74 jobs lost due to the collapsing oil industry.

New York:  The Bon Ton shutting down their Syracuse store by February 2016, 43 jobs lost.  Due to the pending shutdown of New York Presbyterian Hospital Family Medicine Center (caused by ObamaCare) Hunter Ambulette-Ambulance lost their contract, 113 jobs lost after Xmas!  Watertown’s New York Air Brake laid off 20 people and warned more layoffs will take place if sales do not improve, no severance either.

Ohio: What construction industry recovery?  WestRock shutting down their Coshocton operation two days after Thanksgiving, 225 jobs lost!  It’s the result of two mergers in the past five years.

Pennsylvania: Allegheny Technologies warned of mass layoffs at it Pittsburgh HQ, no numbers given.

Tennessee:  Hutcheson Medical Center laid off 70 more employees and eliminated the Chickamauga clinic, the Battlefield Lung Specialists, and the Multi-Family Practice Clinic on Battlefield Parkway and the intensive care unit! Local news reports say the hospital with 179 beds now has a “skeleton crew”, an employee said don’t waist your time going there because you’ll be sent to another hospital.  So much for Affordable Care Act increasing access to healthcare!  Rail company CSX laid off an additional 3-hundred people as they suddenly shutdown their Erwin rail yard, Unicoi County Mayor Greg Lynch exclaimed “I knew Wednesday that something was going on, but I didn’t believe in my wildest dreams they would be shutting it all down! …it’s the worst thing that’s happened here in my nine years as mayor.”

Texas:  Oil company Schlumberger warned of even more layoffs, no number given.

Virginia: In Williamsburg, The Inspired Bride shutdown ironically because the co-owners got divorced!

Washington:  Virginia Mason Hospital and Medical Center warned of job cuts in 2016, “because we anticipate a short-term reduction in patient volumes” caused by Affordable Care Act (ObamaCare).  India based restaurant locating service Zomato shutdown their Seattle office without warning, it’s part of their plans to eliminate at least 150 U.S. jobs! 

Orwellian double speak for Think Like a Thief!

Wisconsin:  University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire laid off 11 people blaming state funding cuts.  More proof Apple is a hypocritical thief (after accusing Samsung of stealing their patents) as a jury of the U.S. District Court ruled that Apple ripped off the patents of the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation.  Apple must pay WARF $234-million USD in damages.

14 – 15 October 2015: Factory says America is broke, will move to Russia!

WARN=Worker Adjustment & Retraining Notification

Former employees who receive severance are not counted as unemployed

The U.S. Department of Labor (DoL) no longer issues mass layoff reports: “On March 1, 2013, President Obama ordered into effect the across-the- board spending cuts (commonly referred to as sequestration) required by the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act, as amended. Under the order, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) must cut its current budget by more than $30 million, 5 percent of the current 2013 appropriation, by September 30, 2013. In order to help achieve these savings and protect core programs, the BLS will eliminate two programs, including Mass Layoff Statistics, and all ‘measuring green jobs’ products. This news release is the final publication of monthly mass layoff survey data.” 

Idaho, International

Idaho woman dies after selling herself to foreigners for gestational surrogacy! Idaho turns to now deadly Baby Farming for economic survival!

17 October 2015 (14:56 UTC-07 Tango 01)/25 Mehr 1394/03 Muharram 1436/05 Bing-Xu (9th month) 4713

“Parents from all over the world are coming to The Gem State to have children.”-KTVB, Boise, Idaho

“American women are being paid to put themselves at significant physical risk every day in this country to produce babies for others.These mostly low income women are injected with powerful hormones and other drugs to maximize chances of pregnancy, virtually without government oversight. Women didn’t get this far to be treated like breeding animals.”-Jennifer Lahl, Center for Bioethics and Culture Network

According to Surro Sisters for Brooke the Burley, Idaho, woman was gestating twins for a couple from Spain when she died from “a rare medical complication” on 08 October 2015.  This was not the first time she sold herself to be a surrogate fetus carrier (for legal reasons they now avoid the term surrogate ‘mother’).

Please note that Brooke’s own home town news media failed to mention that her pregnancy was not ‘hers’ but was a way of making money.

The Huffington Post is the one who found out about Brooke’s role in what is being called Baby Farming in Idaho.  The article pointed out that in Spain (where the paying parents are from) it is illegal to be a surrogate mother. Despite being paid to carry twins for the Spanish couple, a fund raiser was held to pay for her funeral!  It was through that fundraiser that the Huffington Post reporters discovered the Baby Farming deal.

A post by Jennifer Block reveals the downside of being a surrogate, and even reveals that women can make between “…$15,000 to $30,000 – for a job that is high-risk, 24/7, and lasts about a year, maybe more…” (THE OTHER SIDE OF SURROGACY. WHAT GESTATIONAL SURROGATES REALLY GO THROUGH.)

The Huff’ Post article estimates an 89% increase in U.S. women becoming surrogate gestators, primarily due to economic reasons.  Hard and fast data is not available because apparently Baby Farming is supposed to be ‘hush hush’.

Business/Economics, Idaho

Idaho loses jobs, record number of people in workforce, yet unemployment rate remains the same? Blame immigrants!

17 October 2015 (14:10 UTC-07 Tango 01)/25 Mehr 1394/03 Muharram 1436/05 Bing-Xu (9th month) 4713

Local news media continue to be confused by conflicting data from the Department of Labor, thinking an unchanging unemployment rate is good.

Here are some reasons it’s bad: A net of 5-thousand jobs added in September but those were mainly the usual education jobs that happen at the start of every school year, so they can’t be counted as a sign of ‘growth’.  1-thousand construction jobs lost in September, this is interesting because at the same time the Dept. of Labor says job growth in the construction industry increased.  The Department also stated that the number of people in The Gem State’s workforce hit a record high of 800-thousand 800 (in a state that has a population between 1.5 million and 2 million), yet stated that only 1-hundred people were newly unemployed and yet also stated that the labor participation rate (as well as unemployment rate) was “unchanged” from the previous three months, and apparently 22% of unemployed people getting unemployment assistance dropped out!

The so called ‘Republican conservative’ Red State is among the most “welcoming” to migrants! Yet another reason why it’s a Right to Work (you citizens over) State!

This data comes after the University of Idaho reported a 6% increase in people moving to metro areas to look for work (basically the Boise area is the only metro area) because they can’t find any in the rural areas, and an admission by the Depart. of Education that the immigrant population has become so big that taxpayers will now pay for their English classes!  

Even the Catholic Church encourages immigration to Idaho!

Mmmm, immigrants, is that why there’s now a record number of people in The Gem State’s workforce and an unchanging unemployment rate despite the fact people are struggling to find jobs (Like me, in the past five months I’ve gotten five rejection emails saying I didn’t “have the qualifications” they were looking for, and they were all ‘entry level’ jobs! Is it my age or my ethnic status?  Way to go Bannock County! )?  (Blind Bat News does not make any money, I am not paid to write this stuff and I’m not the owner of Blind Bat News.  The owner has been paying out of their pocket to maintain this site because they believe in the ‘message’.  In the past advertisers have ripped the owner off, and now nobody wants to click on the relatively new Donate button and donate!)

Business/Economics, Idaho

Obama Homie Town Lottery Broke! Swiss company screws U.S. taxpayers! Another hospital openly blames Obama! Factory says America is broke, moving to Russia! : U.S. Job Losses & Closings 14 – 15 October 2015

“No one should be surprised from soft numbers in the industrial economy, regional or national.  Just as the downshift in capex in the oil sector began to ease, the strong dollar and the slowdown in China’s industrial economy have bitten, hard, and likely will inflict more pain over the next few months.”-Ian Shepherdson, Pantheon Macroeconomics, reacting to the latest comments by the Federal Reserve

Failed State Alabama: Back in May, Walter Energy laid off 4-hundred people at its Brookwood Mine, now they will eliminate an additional 129 jobs!  The company went bankrupt in July.

Arizona: Washington DC based Living Social suddenly laid off 180 people at its Phoenix call center!

Ontario, California, Arrowhead water bottler. It doesn’t come from a mountain spring, it comes from the U.S. taxpayer!

California:  The U.S. Forest Service has been hit with a class action lawsuit accusing it of illegally giving Switzerland based food producer Nestlé taxpayer owned water in the drought stricken state! It was used for the Arrowhead brand bottled water.  If you buy Arrowhead you’re contributing to the plight of California’s farmers!  In Costa Mesa, after 26 years Scott’s upscale restaurant shutting down in January because the owner decided it wasn’t worth it to renew the lease.  The only bank in the town of Upper Lake, Westamerica Bank, shutdown.  In Burbank, the Helping Hands for Animals Thrift Store shutdown due to a sudden increase in rent, the owner swore “I didn’t see it coming.”   The 8 Ball ‘retro shop’ shutting down due to losing its lease.   Not A Burger Stand eatery shutdown due to landlord issues.

Colorado:  After four years the Booknook in Louisville shutdown due to ever increasing costs of operations.

Connecticut: Fontana Bridal Shop shutdown without notice and now people are mad.  The owner says it’s because his wife suddenly went into a coma.

Delaware: In Wilmington, after ten years Black Lab Breads suddenly shutdown due to the lease not being renewed.  The owner is hoping he can find a new affordable location.

Florida: In Neptune Beach, after five years Lillie’s Coffee & Bar shutting down at the end of the month because of the greedy landlord.

Idaho:  The state Department of Education has revealed it is using taxpayer money to create a new department for migrants!  State Right to Work (you over) administrators admitted there are so many migrant workers who don’t speak English that they feel compelled to rape taxpayers in order to provide migrants English classes. 

Just last week I revealed that Idahoans are being forced to spend at least $187-million USD towards illegal migrant workers!  This comes as the University of Idaho’s McClure Center for Public Policy Research discovered that since 2009 the population in the metro areas of The Gem State increased by 6% while rural areas flatlined.  Researchers say it’s because it’s harder to find good paying jobs in the rural areas.   In Idaho Falls, presidential candidate Carly Fiorina has gained the support of the Mormon owned snake oil salesman, I mean personal care product maker Melaleuca, so much so that company administrators forced their mainly Mormon employees to attend a speech given by Fiorina!    The Idaho Supreme Court upheld Boise’s plan to use hotel room taxes to pay bondholders via a series of one-year leases to fund the expansion of the city’s convention center (for some reason they choose to use the British empire spelling of Centre).  Pumpkin farmers south of the Boise area reporting a shortage of pumpkins: “It’s been a rough year. It’s probably been the roughest year I’ve had with pumpkins since we’ve been doing it, and we’ve been doing it a long time.”-Fred Schreffler, owner of The Berry Ranch

NOT ANYMORE!

Failed State Illinois: Last month state Lottery administrators said they could not honor jackpots of $25-thousand USD or more, now they’ve announced they can’t pay jackpots of only $6-hundred or more, because they’re broke! Despite this Lottery tickets are still being sold!  Pumpkin farmers report massive losses, Illinois normally grows 90% of the pumpkins in the United States!  Peoria based heavy vehicle maker Caterpillar shutting down their Electro-Motive Diesel rail office in London, Ontario (Canada).  50 jobs lost right after Xmas.  Because of the crashing economy Caterpillar is consolidating all its operations.

Maryland:  Bethesda based taxsucker Lockheed Martin will eliminate 250 jobs in its Missiles and Fire Control division, right after Thanksgiving!  Umami Bistro of Pikesville shutting down due to landlord issues.

Massachusetts: Too Big to Jail evil British empire bank Barclays eliminating 25 jobs in Boston Weak.  The Boston Globe laying off ten employees, more than a dozen accepted voluntary quit bribes (buyouts).  And after 43 years iconic Medieval Manor restaurant theater shutdown due to crashed and burned sales.  A survey revealed many Bostonians thought the place had shutdown a long time ago!

Failed State Michigan: Oakdale based Imation warned of more job cuts, possibly due to its $7.5-million takeover of Connected Data.  The only movie theater in Newberry is shutting down.  The owner of Great Depression era TahquaLand Theatre says he can’t afford to convert to digital.

Minnesota: PM Beef is shutting down its Windom meat plant right before Xmas, 260 jobs lost!  Windom City administrators say they will lose almost half of their revenues from lost taxes and fees!   After 14 years Minneapolis French cuisine Vincent A Restaurant shutting down after Xmas, so the owner can “move on with my life”.

Mississippi:  In Fulton, after 58 years Bob Steele’s Flowers and Gifts shutting down after Xmas.

Missouri: East Saint Louis laid off eight cops and in a sign of a Failed State warned that local taxes will be increased.

New Hampshire: Keene base food supplier C&S Wholesale Grocers laid off an undisclosed number of employees due to the gigantic collapse of A & P (Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company) grocery stores across the eastern U.S.  Monadnock Community Hospital laid off six people and eliminated vacant jobs, directly blaming ObamaCare: “This is largely as a result of the changes in the Affordable Care Act, which really got into full swing in 2014.”-Laura Gingras, vice president of philanthropy and community relations

New Mexico: In Albuquerque, Flying Star Cafe shutting down its ten years old restaurant on Silver and 8th Street.  It’s the third Flying Star to shutdown since the company went bankrupt.  It’s been revealed that Halliburton laid off an undisclosed number of people in Hobbs, last month.

New York: Semiconductor maker GlobalFoundries warned of mass layoffs at its Luther Forest Technology Campus.  Administrators said they’d have more details about just how many people will be let go by the end of the month.  The California based company is also killing jobs in Germany.  Bankrupt busted Organic Avenue shutting down all its juice bars! Administrators refused to say how many people will become unemployed.  Local news reports say sales crashed and burned last year.

North Carolina:  Tin Tin Box and Noodles shutting down at the end of the month, apparently because of the greedy landlord because the owner of the Japanese restaurant said he’s looking for a new location.

Says the money is in China and Russia, will abandon U.S.A.

Ohio: TerraSource Global shutting down its Cuyahoga Falls machine factory right before Xmas, 53 jobs lost.  Administrators say their U.S. sales have crashed and they’re forced to move to where the money is; Russia and China!   Health insurance company Assurant shutting down their two years old Dayton call center, 150 jobs affected!  Two years ago the company promised to employ 2-hundred people, in anticipation of increased demand due to ObamaCare forcing people to buy health insurance, but guess what, it didn’t happen.  The overwhelming majority of people on ObamaCare are people who already had insurance, meaning the rest of us are flippin’ ObamaCare the ‘bird’!

Pennsylvania: Too Big to Jail evil British empire bank Barclays eliminating six jobs in Philadelphia, right after Xmas.  Iconic music venue North Star Bar shutdown, its being replaced with a restaurant.

Vermont: Semiconductor maker GlobalFoundries warned of mass layoffs at its Essex Junction and Hopewell Junction fabs.

Virginia: What automotive industry recovery?  In Sterling, after only two years Advance Auto Parts shutdown. Local news reports say it was the fifth auto parts store to try to set up shop in town.

Washington DC: Living Social suddenly laid off 30 people at its headquarters.  Administrators warned that another hundred employees will soon be let go, saying the bad economy is forcing them to reorganize their ‘daily deals’ offerings.

Wisconsin: Kimberly Clark laid off 70 IT employees, blaming the bad economy for forcing them to become even more efficient.  Texas based Hi-Crush Proppants shutting down its plant in the city of Augusta, 27 jobs lost.  Maryland based U.S. Silica laid off an additional 16 people in Sparta.

13 October 2015: Sales to students have crashed by 44% from last year! 

WARN=Worker Adjustment & Retraining Notification

Former employees who receive severance are not counted as unemployed

The U.S. Department of Labor (DoL) no longer issues mass layoff reports: “On March 1, 2013, President Obama ordered into effect the across-the- board spending cuts (commonly referred to as sequestration) required by the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act, as amended. Under the order, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) must cut its current budget by more than $30 million, 5 percent of the current 2013 appropriation, by September 30, 2013. In order to help achieve these savings and protect core programs, the BLS will eliminate two programs, including Mass Layoff Statistics, and all ‘measuring green jobs’ products. This news release is the final publication of monthly mass layoff survey data.” 

Business/Economics, Idaho

Idaho abandons California! Target kills 3,100 jobs! God reveals the true god is money! : U.S. Job Losses & Closings 12 October 2015

Nielsen TDLinx reports that since 2004 more than 10-thousand bars/pubs have shutdown across the United States! 

Flagship Food Group’s Meridian, Idaho, HQ. They’re about to kill 123 jobs in California!

California: Once Los Angeles based but now Idaho based Flagship Food Group issued a shutdown WARN for their Chatsworth food factory, 123 jobs lost before the U.S. Thanksgiving! To show you that corporate America sees no recovery in the near future, in Los Angeles Packaging Advance issued a shutdown WARN for May 2016, 192 jobs lost!  Menzies Aviation continues to eliminate jobs, this time 51 jobs lost before Xmas.  San Diego Sports shutting down right after Thanksgiving, 123 jobs lost!  In Emeryville, MobiTV laying off 57 people right after Thanksgiving.  China owned solar power company SunEdision issued layoff WARNs for 62 Californians beginning right after Thanksgiving.  Fireman’s Fund Insurance issued a layoff WARN for their Novato office, 73 jobs lost before Xmas.  Khol’s department store shutting down their huge store in Santa Clara, 119 jobs lost by the end of January 2016!  In Palo Alto, British empire Canada owned U.S. tax-sucker Space Systems Loral (SSL) laid off 90 people without warning, notifying state employment administrators five days after the fact.

Georgia: Suddenly restaurant Rosebud shutdown “effective immediately” because of “unforeseen circumstances”.

A busy loading dock, yet mail handlers were told they were let go "Due to lack of work"!

A busy USPS Pocatello Gateway loading dock, yet we Mail Handlers were told we were let go “Due to lack of work”! (that’s what it says on my written layoff notice)

Idaho: Six months after I lost my job at the Pocatello Gateway Postal Processing Center, due to plant shutdown, the ‘elected’ officials of Pocatello and Chubbuck are pushing the USPS to re-open the center.  I posted many articles in the last few weeks of my USPS Mail Handling job (and afterwards, I even tracked a package to see how long it now takes for mail to come into east Idaho) primarily because I was shocked at how many east Idahoans were unaware there was a mail processing center here.  Now the mail gets processed out of state in Utah.  The local johnny come lately public administrators want public input regarding the efforts to re-open the Gateway processing center on Flandro Drive in Pocatello (go to www.oldtownpocatello.com).

Idaho Power’s gas fired Langley Gulch Power Plant, built in 2011, now to be run by Germany’s Siemens.

 Major electricity supplier Idaho Power has signed a 20 year deal to contract out maintenance work on its gas fired plants to Germany based Siemens.  But get this, Idaho Power refuses to say how much the contract is worth, and, is selling $21.9-million USD of equipment to Siemens as part of the deal, sounds like Idaho Power is hurting for cash.

Failed State Illinois: In Gary, the 21st Century Charter School laid off seven employees due to crashing enrollments.  News reports said one pissed-off teacher “destroyed” her classroom before leaving.   That Which Cannot Be Named refuses to stop the shutdown of the Mayer Kaplan Jewish Community Center.  The strange thing is they’re still registering children for next year’s programs and claim they will be setting up shop in a new undetermined location.
Maryland: In Baltimore, the Sports Legends Museum shutting down due to a lease dispute with the property owner.

Target HQ in Minnesota, job killing has become their forte!

 Minnesota: More proof corporations don’t see any future recovery as Minneapolis based retailer Target announced it will kill-off 3-thousand 1-hundred jobs (layoff 1,700 people and eliminate 1,400 vacant jobs) over the next two years!  

Oklahoma:  Oil industry company Continental Resources announced it is cutting pay for employees under the guise of trying to prevent mass layoffs.

Pennsylvania: Philadelphia based FMC announced it will eliminate 850 jobs blaming currency wars!  God refuses to stop the shutdown of ‘his’ Saint Joseph the Worker Church due to lack of money, proving that the real god is money!  After three years non-profit ‘tech incubator’ Seed Philly being forced to shutdown due to the new property owner terminating the lease early.

Failed State Tennessee: In Nashville, Khan’s Desserts shutting down because “…the rent has gone up greatly, and without partnership or investment, we are unable to move to another location.”

Texas: In Tyler, busy bug killer Center Chemical shutting down by the end of the month. The owners say they want more time with their grandchildren.   Round Rock based Dell just made the biggest tech takeover deal ever ($67-billion USD).  Now the administrators of Dell/EMC hinted at mass layoffs: “Of course when we do this we want to make sure we do this in a way that’s very attractive to the EMC shareholders and a fair deal…”-Joe Tucci, EMC ceo

11 October 2015: Entire school district shuts down!

WARN=Worker Adjustment & Retraining Notification

Former employees who receive severance are not counted as unemployed

The U.S. Department of Labor (DoL) no longer issues mass layoff reports: “On March 1, 2013, President Obama ordered into effect the across-the- board spending cuts (commonly referred to as sequestration) required by the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act, as amended. Under the order, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) must cut its current budget by more than $30 million, 5 percent of the current 2013 appropriation, by September 30, 2013. In order to help achieve these savings and protect core programs, the BLS will eliminate two programs, including Mass Layoff Statistics, and all ‘measuring green jobs’ products. This news release is the final publication of monthly mass layoff survey data.” 

Business/Economics, Idaho

Idaho burdened by $187-million worth of illegal immigrants! Entire school district shuts down! Chicago asks Obama to declare martial law, even the Boy Scouts are leaving! : U.S. Job Losses & Closings 11 October 2015

HP has definitely become hazardous to your tech career!

California: Business Insider is reporting that Palo Alto based Hewlett Packard (HP) laid off yet more employees, last week, and is estimating that HP could increase its total number of job cuts to 85-thousand (since 2012)!  Sacramento based publishing company McClatchy rumored that it’s about to collapse!  One of McClatchy’s respected reporters has gone public and stated they are shutting down all their foreign news bureaus!  If that doesn’t stop the financial hemorrhaging then the company which publishes 30 newspapers is going bust.  After nine years foster home Sonoma County Children’s Village shutting down next week due to lack of money.

Iconic Post Register sold off, will probably be chopped up.

Idaho: Reports say illegal immigration to The Gem State  skyrocketed 30% from 2009 to 2012, and is costing legal state taxpayers $187.4-million USD per year!  (read my article Immigration a False Flag op to make corporations richer!)   In Idaho Falls, troubled family-employee owned Post Register has managed to find a buyer.  Minnesota based Adams Publishing Group buying the Idaho Falls Post Register and weekly newspapers Challis Messenger, Jefferson Star and Shelly Pioneer.  Adams Publishing Group has been buying up troubled newspaper ops across the country, don’t be surprised by massive layoffs and shutdowns as a results, guaranteed they’re going to consolidate (like everybody else).

Failed State Illinois shuts down Operation CeaseFire!

Failed State Illinois: In Obama’s homie town of Chicago, despite a 20% increase in violence since last year Operation CeaseFire was shutdown. Local news says Chicago is experiencing a “financial meltdown”!   And if that’s not bad enough, administrators of Operation PUSH are demanding that Obama declare a federal State of Emergency (martial law, essentially)!   Even the Boy Scouts are getting the hell outta Dodge, the Chicago area Pathway to Adventure Scout Council is reporting crashing enrollment and as a result they’re shutting down there scout camps in neighboring Wisconsin!  It’s been revealed that the true reason Chicago restaurant Japonais by Morimoto is shutting down is due to a massive lawsuit because the owners haven’t paid any rent for the past year!  More proof Obama’s homie town is a failed state!

Missouri:   J Buck’s restaurant and its twin Joe Buck’s both shutting down at the end of the month, the owner blaming jacked up rents and other “rising operational costs”!  At one point there were five J Buck’s-Joe Buck’s restaurants!

Ohio: In Dayton, Olive an urban dive restaurant shutdown due to difficulties with the property owner: “We tried everything we could to find another feasible way to keep Olive in Dayton, but now that the decision is made, we’re announcing the close….” 

Pennsylvania:  In Media, after 65 years restaurant D’Ignazio’s Towne House shutting down after Xmas.  The property is being sold to speculators.

Entire school district shuts down!

Failed State Tennessee: The entire Clay County School District shutdown due to lack of money!!!  The exalted school board failed to create a required budget!

Washington DC: More proof Obama is a liar.  After stating in a speech back in August that there should be no cuts to federal alternative energy research, it’s been revealed by the Washington Post that 15 U.S. Energy Department’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory employees were laid off last week.  The Washington Post article went on to say that job cuts had become routine as Congress cuts the funding for the program every year.

Wisconsin: The American Red Cross shutting down nine of their 19 offices across the state, by 2017.  Some buildings have been sold while others will be leased to companies that can make the greedy property owners more money.

09 – 10 October 2015: “we haven’t been making money”

WARN=Worker Adjustment & Retraining Notification

Former employees who receive severance are not counted as unemployed

The U.S. Department of Labor (DoL) no longer issues mass layoff reports: “On March 1, 2013, President Obama ordered into effect the across-the- board spending cuts (commonly referred to as sequestration) required by the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act, as amended. Under the order, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) must cut its current budget by more than $30 million, 5 percent of the current 2013 appropriation, by September 30, 2013. In order to help achieve these savings and protect core programs, the BLS will eliminate two programs, including Mass Layoff Statistics, and all ‘measuring green jobs’ products. This news release is the final publication of monthly mass layoff survey data.” 

Business/Economics, Idaho

Massive restaurant shutdown hits one city! 1,000+ Healthcare jobs gone! Burger King dethroned in Costa Rica! 2,000+ coal jobs gone! : U.S. Job Losses & Closings 06 October 2015

The Oprah Winfrey created Dr. Phil show has been conducting layoffs and is slashing pay for everybody else. Reports indicate the show is the top rated, making $70-million USD per year, yet layoff whistleblowers say there’s been no reason given for the job and pay cuts.

California: After four years the British empire’s upscale snooty Tamarind of London shutdown their Newport Beach restaurant without warning.  Local news says management refuses to comment.  After 20 years, popular (reports say it was always packed during big games) Zeke’s Bar and Grill shutdown due to the lease not being renewed.

One of 29 Costa Rica Burger Kings going down.

Florida: Miami-Dade based Burger King calling it quits in Costa Rica, all 29 restaurants shutting down, 434 jobs lost!    

Georgia:  In Atlanta, ten restaurants suddenly shutdown!  Here to Serve Restaurants shutdown its Prime, Strip, Noche, Twist, Smash Kitchen, Coast Seafood, Shucks Oyster and Wine Bar, and others.  On top of that employee final paychecks are being issued without the automatic tax payments, meaning employees will have to pay the taxes themselves, AND not all employees will be getting their final pay because the company is broke!

Zebra Chip: What the Liberibacter bacteria does to your spud.

Idaho:  The Idaho Education News has revealed that “Almost every district and charter in Idaho is out of compliance with state laws created to promote transparency in spending, contracts and long-term strategic planning.”  Something we taxpayers in Bannock County have known about for decades!  A disease affecting potatoes has been discovered in four farm fields in three counties.  It’s called Zebra Chip (Liberibacter bacterium) and could put a damper on what was expected to be a good year for spud farmers. Zebra Chip first showed up in the Pacific Northwest in 2011, it makes a fresh potato look like it’s rotting on the inside.  This bad news comes as the Big Idaho Potato (propaganda) Truck just returned to The Gem State after a costly ($700-thousand USD) multi-state tour.

 

Iowa: “Power management company” Eaton eliminating 71 jobs right after Thanksgiving.  The revelation was made by employees who told local news media.

Massachusetts: Sporting goods retailer City Sports bankrupt busted. Administrators said their previous job cutting, I mean “cost cutting” was not enough to offset crashing sales (which they actually blame on the weather).  They will now shutdown eight stores and try to sell the rest.  If no buyer is found then the remaining 18 stores will shutdown as well.

Michigan: Waterford Regional Fire Department laying off 39 firefighters.  If that’s not enough then they’ll shutdown Williams Lake Road fire station.  This is what happens when your local administrators rely on Department of Homeland Security bribery, I mean federal grants to run your local services.

New York: For-profit prison medical Corizon Health shutting down in the Anna M. Kross Center prison and eliminating 1-thousand 147 healthcare jobs right after Xmas, due to loss of contract!

North Carolina: Nursery supplier BFN Operations eliminating 250 jobs due to Home Depot canceling their contract!  Colony Theatres in North Raleigh shutting down before Xmas. The owners are consolidating resources so they can remodel their more popular movie theaters.

Texas: A-hole county administrators killed off Legacy Vintage Store in Williamson County with their Business Personal Property tax: “Why is it right for me to pay taxes on what I don’t own, just because I can?”-Melissa Fiero, pissed off cause the Business Personal Property tax would cost her $3,000 per year on top of all the other taxes and fees she pays

Idaho has a similar tax, and the dumb-head Right to Work (you over) state administrators can’t seem to understand why they have such a hard time attracting businesses.

Vermont: In Burlington, the South End Kitchen shutting down right before Xmas. The owners admitted they bit off more than they could chew when they opened the restaurant.

West Virginia: Patriot Coal up for sale, resulting in more than 2-thousand jobs gone, when you include the layoffs from the past few months!  (according to local news reports that’s just in the state of West Virginy)

03 – 05 October 2015: No time “to properly manage the store.”

WARN=Worker Adjustment & Retraining Notification

Former employees who receive severance are not counted as unemployed

The U.S. Department of Labor (DoL) no longer issues mass layoff reports: “On March 1, 2013, President Obama ordered into effect the across-the- board spending cuts (commonly referred to as sequestration) required by the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act, as amended. Under the order, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) must cut its current budget by more than $30 million, 5 percent of the current 2013 appropriation, by September 30, 2013. In order to help achieve these savings and protect core programs, the BLS will eliminate two programs, including Mass Layoff Statistics, and all ‘measuring green jobs’ products. This news release is the final publication of monthly mass layoff survey data.” 

Business/Economics, Idaho

No time “to properly manage the store.” Massive job killing TPP agreement! : U.S. Job Losses & Closings 03 – 05 October 2015

The job killing but profit making Trans Pacific Partnership trade deal has been agreed to.  Laborers in all affected countries have protested it as it will result in job killing, but corporations are now in heaven.

Solar power parts company SunEdison (with HQ in both California and Missouri) eliminating 730 jobs! It might be connected to the takeover of Vivint Solar.

Failed State Alabama: East Alabama Medical Center shutting down their baby shop in December. Administrators blame it on the lack of people making babies.

California: Making your products in the U.S.A. does not guarantee success as Los Angeles based American Apparel is now chapter 11 bankrupt busted.  In Berkeley, 2bella clothier shutting down due to crashing sales caused by their main customer (college students) being strapped for cash.

Connecticut: After 44 years Chuck Wagon Restaurant shutting down this weekend, the owner has been trying to sell it but so far nobody wants to buy.

 

Florida: Jacksonville based Southeastern Grocers revealed they eliminated 250 administrative jobs! 

Georgia: Atlanta based Delta Airlines warning of mass layoffs, mostly administrative jobs. Electronic machine maker Sparton shutting down its Lawrenceville factory by June 2016, 82 jobs lost.  ‘Optimizing facility footprint’ is the new term for consolidation.

Idaho: It’s been revealed that Lewiston’s non-profit Saint Joseph Regional Medical Center is up for sale to a for-profit op out of Tennessee. 

Illinois: After 31 years iconic Ed Debevic’s diner shutdown due to the property owner wanting to build a 22 story apartment complex! In Chicago, after six years the Birchwood Kitchen shutting down this weekend, the owner is trying to sell it.

Indiana: In Fort Wayne, after 58 years restaurant Rib Room shutdown without warning.  The family owners said they can’t continue operating the popular eatery.

Louisiana: Oil industry servicer Trinity Marine issued a shutdown WARN for its Madisonville operation, 336 jobs lost in December!

Maryland: In Bel Air, after ten years HeartBeat clothier shutdown because the owners didn’t want to renew the lease.

Minnesota: In Bemidji, Ben Franklin Crafts shutdown due to crashing sales: “We decided to give it six months to weigh the finances overall, and the sales were declining instead of evening out…..We had been in this location for five years, so we had a very good gauge of where our sales should be and where they weren’t. That was the determining factor.”

New Mexico: The city of Santa Fe imposing austerity as it jacks up taxes and cuts services for residents. Incompetent administrators realized they are short $15-million USD!

New York: NYC based Nylon Media laid off 13 people despite reports that employees were promised by the new owners there would be no layoffs (be there experienced that many times).  ORAFOL Display Optics issued a shutdown WARN for their Rochester facility, 27 jobs lost right after Xmas.  Patina Restaurant Group issued a shutdown WARN for their NYC Brasserie Restaurant, 68 jobs lost right after the Gregorian New Year.  New York Skyline also issued a shutdown WARN, the loss of 90 jobs are being blamed on the greedy property owner.  Too Big to Jail British empire based Barclay’s bank eliminating 38 jobs in February 2016.

Oklahoma: Local news reports say ConocoPhillips laid off about 170 Bartlesville employees today!

Pennsylvania:  Texas based oil industry service company Cudd Energy issued a WARN saying 89 people will become jobless after the U.S. Thanksgiving.

Rhode Island: Rhode Island Blood Center laid off 37 people due to skyrocketing costs of blood test.

Vermont: MIddlebury based Woodchuck Hard Cider laid off eight employees, administrators blame competition.

Virginia: In Richmond, Bella Rosa Bridal and Special Occasions shutting down sometime at the beginning of 2016, no details given.

Wisconsin: Horney Goat Brewing shutting down their restaurant this weekend.   In La Crosse, Three Rivers Outdoors shutting down in November, if nobody buys it.  The owner says he doesn’t have the time “to properly manage the store.”

02 October 2015: Hundreds of jobs lost means hundreds of horses slaughtered!

WARN=Worker Adjustment & Retraining Notification

Former employees who receive severance are not counted as unemployed

The U.S. Department of Labor (DoL) no longer issues mass layoff reports: “On March 1, 2013, President Obama ordered into effect the across-the- board spending cuts (commonly referred to as sequestration) required by the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act, as amended. Under the order, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) must cut its current budget by more than $30 million, 5 percent of the current 2013 appropriation, by September 30, 2013. In order to help achieve these savings and protect core programs, the BLS will eliminate two programs, including Mass Layoff Statistics, and all ‘measuring green jobs’ products. This news release is the final publication of monthly mass layoff survey data.” 

Business/Economics, Idaho

Hundreds of jobs lost means hundreds of horses slaughtered! Haggen gives up the Ghost, shuts ’em all down! CEO doubles bonus by killing jobs! : U.S. Job Losses & Closings 02 October 2015

What housing construction industry recovery?  A major west coast builder has merged with a major east coast builder.  Standard Pacific and Ryland Group now known as CalAtlantic Group and their first order of business is to kill about 280 jobs across 17 states!

For the third month in a row unAmerican corporate America failed to produce the number of jobs needed create a strong economy.  For September only 142-thousand jobs were created, according to the U.S. Department of Labor.  Economists have long warned that for true economic recovery monthly job creation needs to be a minimum of 200-thousand.

Failed State Alabama:  15 state controlled booze (Alcoholic Beverage Control) ABC stores being shutdown due to lack of money.

California:  In San Francisco, the Exploratorium laid off 30 employees due to lack of money.  Unionized employees blame the managment for the lack of money.  Sunnyvale based AMD (Advanced Micro Devices) eliminating 5-hundred jobs, apparently before their fiscal year of 2016 begins!  Administrators essentially said there ain’t no recovery.  In San Luis Obispo, after 21 years Crazy J’s clothing store shutdown after the owner realized it wasn’t worth it to remodel the store or the brand.  Japan based upscale convenience stores FamilyMart-Famima! shutting down all their remaining California stores by the end of October!

Georgia: Affordable Care Act (ObamaCare) forced bankrupt Hutcheson Medical Center to layoff 58 people.  The FDIC shutdown the Bank of Georgia.  Ivy Preparatory Academies shutting down all their high schools blaming what I call Disappearing Students Syndrome.  Apparently their high schools now have only 90 students each.  Only ten students graduated during the 2014-15 school year.

Idaho: Court ruling shuts down horse race betting venue Double Down Betting, Sports Bar and Grill in Idaho Falls, 70 jobs lost.  the Idaho Supreme Court banned instant horse racing gambling machines.    Taxpayers screwed over again, this time it’s education: “This case presents an Idaho taxpayer challenge to the illegal expenditure of Idaho public funds to the Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium, on the grounds that the consortium is an illegal interstate compact not authorized by the U.S. Congress.  The Idaho Constitution recognizes that the U.S. Constitution is the supreme law of the land. The membership of Idaho and other states in the consortium violates … the United States Constitution, together with other provisions of federal and Idaho law. The use of Idaho taxpayer funds to support the consortium, an illegal interstate compact, therefore constitutes an unconstitutional expenditure subject to challenge by Idaho taxpayers.“-Idaho taxpayers suing their state ‘lawmakers’ in federal court

Illinois: Historic horse racing track Balmoral Park shutting down for the 2016 season due to no races being scheduled by state regulators.  Horse racing track Maywood Park is also shutting down for the same reason.  Local news reports say not only will hundreds of jobs be lost but hundreds of horses will be killed!  “I would say 75% to 80% responsibility for the situation…..is the inability of the state to pass a law that would allow video gambling at the racetracks. In every state where they have allowed casino gambling at the tracks, horse racing has flourished.”-Gerald Hanson, Harness Racing Association

Iowa: Sears Holdings revealed they’re shutting down the Belvidere Kmart, 67 jobs lost right after Xmas. 

Kansas: Overland Park based Sprint warned of more layoffs in an effort to cut costs by $2.5-Billion USD!  Hows that for faith in a recovering economy?

Louisiana: Tango Transport has been sold to vulture capitalist Celadon Group who is now eliminating 80 jobs.  

New York: After 158 years (surviving the Great deflationary Depression and numerous recessions) the YMCA shutting down in Amsterdam. Administrators say they are $75-thousand USD in debt and they are cash broke! In NYC, McDonald’s at 427 10th Avenue shutting down after Xmas, 65 jobs lost. 

North Carolina: Thai Pan restaurant shutting down in Greensboro after 10 years of yummy food.  The owner blames her husband because he’s retiring and wants to move.  

Pennsylvania: Drug delivery system company Unilife eliminating 50 jobs, and as a result the evil CEO is getting a $420-thousand USD bonus because stockholders like it when jobs are destroyed!  After seven years the award winning Supper restaurant shutdown, it’s now a private party and catering only op.  The Leggett & Platt mattress factory in Delano Township shutdown. As with many companies they are consolidating operations to other factories.

Texas: Willacy County eliminated 25 jobs and is cutting work hours for five judges.  County administrators blame it on crashing revenues from their evil prison which was forced to shutdown seven months ago and eliminate 4-hundred jobs!

Washington: Bellingham based Haggen Foods has told the bankruptcy court of its intent to shut down all its grocery stores!

Wisconsin: Dairy Farmers of America shutting down their Plymouth Borden cheese factory in January 2016, 3-hundred job lost! Administrators said it wasn’t worth it to upgrade the old factory and will instead contract out the work!  Littelfuse shutting down their Hamlin circuit protection maker HQ in Lake Mills, layoffs begin before Xmas.  Local news reports say at one time Hamlin had 2-hundred employees in Lake Mills.

01 October 2015: “the bottom fell out…” “It’s bullshit….!”

WARN=Worker Adjustment & Retraining Notification

Former employees who receive severance are not counted as unemployed

The U.S. Department of Labor (DoL) no longer issues mass layoff reports: “On March 1, 2013, President Obama ordered into effect the across-the- board spending cuts (commonly referred to as sequestration) required by the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act, as amended. Under the order, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) must cut its current budget by more than $30 million, 5 percent of the current 2013 appropriation, by September 30, 2013. In order to help achieve these savings and protect core programs, the BLS will eliminate two programs, including Mass Layoff Statistics, and all ‘measuring green jobs’ products. This news release is the final publication of monthly mass layoff survey data.”