More plans, more jobs promised; Let time be the judge

700 jobs, 500 jobs, hiring 200 more workers. All well and good, but how many are full time?

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You failed to mention most of the 700 jobs will only pay min wage,even if they increase it to 9.00 an hour that is still not a livible wage so it only creates more working poor!!!

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When these gas jobs left up in the Dakotas everything else went too, board up hotels, stores and everything else but the rent came down!

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Two things, I wonder how much in tax dollars is being used to expand private enterprise (where is all the complaining from the right) and it is funny reading these stories about the gas industry now then say 5 years ago, my how times have changed. Where are all those good paying jobs anyway??

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Talk about crazy logic fueling blind optimism! What a ridiculous position you took Mr. Troisi! I'll bet your family wouldn't be expanding their store if we were still fortunate enough to have it! I don't care many millions big oil has spent on plans, those plans have clearly been put on hold. I find it interesting that the Sun-Gazette recently came out in favor of coal fired electric plants. Coal happens to be the biggest competitor of natural gas, and you can't have it both ways. Bottom line: Until the current price of natural gas at least doubles, new gas exploration and all the people involved will not be back. And thus, Big Oil does view the situation through the crucible of the present as evidenced by the very obvious slowdown. It could be years before they're back, so building more hotels now makes zero sense.

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