Pigs at the trough — Guns are big business (who gets rich?)

These are the dicks who abandoned Colorado. Hey, at least Cheyenne will get 80 jobs for its $15 million dollar investment. Hoodwinked much?

Commission approves Magpul loan and grant – Wyoming Tribune Eagle Online

The loan is for $5 million, and the grant is for $8 million. …

Bendel added, “In light of the substantial offers being made by other states, the only way that Wyoming can successfully attract Magpul is with this large, $13 million grant and loan package.”

The grant funds would be used by Cheyenne LEADS to buy a temporary manufacturing facility for Magpul. Cheyenne LEADS plans to use up to $1.5 million of its own funds to rehabilitate the temporary facility to meet Magpul’s needs, Bendel said. …

Magpul’s relocation will bring about 80 new jobs to the county in the first year…

Despite the positive economic impact of the relocation, not everyone at Tuesday’s County Commission meeting supported bringing Magpul to town.

Ed Heffern asked the commissioners to deny the loan and grant requests on the basis of the products Magpul makes.

Heffern said the community should not support an industry that makes products whose “main purpose is to harm other people.”

“Cheyenne is worried about its image,” Heffern said. “We have to ask ourselves if this is the image we want.”

Commission approves Magpul loan and grant – Wyoming Tribune Eagle Online

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