Comments on: New Peanut Processing Plant Coming To Flomaton

By: Bran Dill

Bran Dill — Mon, 04 Apr 2016 21:44:04 +0000

These are very good people, And wont go bust my friend or they wouldn’t have made the move to expand. This family has been in this business for about 100 years and they don’t do business to hurt anyone nor take advantage of anything, They will give people jobs and treat those families like there own. I know them personally and have been doing business with them for years. when you here people say that’s good people the Brooks family are those people.

Bran Dill

By: Speaking Truth

Speaking Truth — Sat, 04 May 2013 04:16:52 +0000

So, just to clarify:
1. Yay for jobs (even if it is just for 6 people, something is better than nothing)
2. Not all migrant workers are Mexican (you do realize that there are immigrant workers from all around the world)–who cares where they come from, they are human beings.
3. If you don’t like what’s being proposed, then don’t complain come up with a better solution–its called community organizing.

By: David Huie Green

David Huie Green — Mon, 15 Apr 2013 02:45:20 +0000

CONTEMPLATING:
” why did these people decide to build near homes and a church??? I hope they go bust within the first year! It really is upsetting that there was no public input or our county commission didn’t let anyone know about this that lives nearby.”

People claim to oppose zoning but then get upset when someone else builds something where they didn’t want it built.

A peanut processing plant near a church????
If it were a brothel I could see the opposition but peanuts????

Such is humanity.

David for humanity
and boiled peanuts

By: Concerned US Citizen

Concerned US Citizen — Fri, 12 Apr 2013 20:39:12 +0000

Let’s not forget, American people don’t have to work. The government subsidizes them not to work. If American’s would work, migrant labor wouldn’t have to be used.

By: Farmer

Farmer — Fri, 12 Apr 2013 20:16:01 +0000

TO CW
You are wrong about that. In my experience with this peanut company in the past, most of the employee that will be hiring will be qualifed driver to operate 18 wheelers to pick up from farmer field and take it in there. It will be qualifed worker to do that. Not mexican.

By: CW

CW — Fri, 12 Apr 2013 15:08:53 +0000

Lets not forget these jobs will likely go to migrant workers from Mexico.

By: Local Yocal

Local Yocal — Fri, 12 Apr 2013 11:19:57 +0000

You people have no idea what you are talking about. Please get informed before you open your mouth and insert your foot.- “To seek the truth is to get both sides of a story “- Walter Cronkite…
If this was being built next to your home you would have a different outlook. I didn’t hear everybody jumping for joy when they wanted to place a dump in Repton.
A few minimum wage jobs so a guy can make a mint off of their labor really isn’t a great job boom and benefit for Flomaton.
Ask the homeowners in Huxford when they built the one on Butler Street what happened to their property values. Two very nice homes have been for sale now for several years, probably will never sale.
So.. You people go ahead and make your uninformed and snide remarks. There is a thing called Karma, and don’t be surprised when something similar or worse shows up on your door step!!

By: friction against the machine

friction against the machine — Thu, 11 Apr 2013 21:18:15 +0000

Flomaton is a natural site for jobs and industry. I’m glad they managed to pull this off! That Walmart was a rumor that never materialized.

By: Safebear

Safebear — Thu, 11 Apr 2013 20:52:20 +0000

Sounds to me like they didn’t buy Local Yocal’s property and he’s mad. Great news for the jobs it will create!

By: Elayne

Elayne — Thu, 11 Apr 2013 18:25:53 +0000

Thank God for much needed jobs!!!