United Furniture Shuts Down

Discussion in 'Other News' started by mjd4277, Nov 22, 2022.

  1. gentleroger

    gentleroger Road Train Member

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    I grew up a little east of you, and I assume that any and all elected officials in Illinois are taking kick backs. Toss in both the Duchisois and Pritzker clans involvement and shenanigans are almost guaranteed. Not saying the casino didn't benifit Elgin, just that pockets got lined.
     
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  3. Opus

    Opus Road Train Member

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    Well, what's choice 'B'?
    Seriously
     
  4. REO6205

    REO6205 Trucker Forum STAFF Staff Member

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    CF took a page from PIE's book on how to shut down a company except PIE sold off it's tanker division a little while before they shut down the freight. We knew something was going on but nobody expected PIE to fold up completely. They'd been there forever and when you got a job there you had a career. Oh well.
    No non-union replacement for PIE either. Those of us on tankers thought they might start back up and run gyppo but they sold out to Matlack instead. Matlack was willing to take everybody in at the bottom of their seniority list if we'd transfer to the Bay Area, L.A. or Lansdowne Pennsylvania.
     
  5. Opus

    Opus Road Train Member

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    Trucking is an ugly, ugly business.
    The sooner the noobs figure it out, the better off they'll be.
     
  6. Grumppy

    Grumppy Trucker Forum STAFF Staff Member

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    Bring it back any way... I gotta get back to the yard to get my vehicle to go home. But, If I could get a little extra for bringing back... if they think there's a chance they'll have to send a wrecker after it, they may just give a driver a little sump'm to bring it back.

    Don't hurt to bluff a little.....
     
  7. bzinger

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    This didn't take long , a sheriffs dept in Mississippi already caught a ufi driver unloading his load into a parking lot .
    He's in jail now .
     
  8. Iron Maiden

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  9. mjd4277

    mjd4277 Road Train Member

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    Well the casino happened back when Jim Edgar was the governor,having opened in October of 1994(I was a senior in high school at that time). Elgin was competing with about 3 other communities to get (at that time) the last casino license to be issued by the state.
    About 7.5 percent of the casino’s revenue goes to Kane County,some of it goes to the Grand Victoria Casino Board. The city gets their share and in turn senior citizens living in the city get a tax rebate. When the casino came online, the city abolished it’s vehicle city sticker tax,which was $25. Also, the revenue from the casino allows the city to allocate funds for housing restoration.
     
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  10. Opus

    Opus Road Train Member

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    Man, I remember seeing Celedon trucks parked on the side of the road when they went under. It was pretty bad
     
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  11. mjd4277

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    Some of their drivers came to work for us when they shut down.
     
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