[SkaredShtles]

Figure since Florida has a dedicated fuck-up thread... Utah should have one too.

http://www.sltrib.com/home/4952414-155/outdoor-retailer-convention-leaving-utah

Well done, Mr. Governor. Well done indeed.

And you KNOW that Colorado is going to get all that convention business.

 

[Kevin]

What a bunch of Utahrds...

 

[jonKranked]

i know that patagonia and arc'teryx had pulled out of the show, but this i wasn't expecting so soon.

 

[Pesqueeb]

Good.

"It shows how a political agenda, rather than reason or merit, seems to have captured the decision-making at the Outdoor Industry Association."

That's right, spokesman assface. Your governor's political agenda totally fucked Utah, and it has captured people's decision making. Almost as if actions and words have consequences.

 

[Adventurous]

I'm sure some other place will be more than happy to find a home for those 45 million dollars.

 

[jonKranked]

Good.

"It shows how a political agenda, rather than reason or merit, seems to have captured the decision-making at the Outdoor Industry Association."

That's right, spokesman assface. Your governor's political agenda totally fucked Utah, and it has captured people's decision making. Almost as if actions and words have consequences.

they're using the one thing that republicans love more than towing the party line..... money.

 

[boostindoubles]

Utahs outdoor recreation defines the state Imo, you know, if you overlook all that momo stuff.

Governor dude is trying hard to keep up with the Trumps'es.

 

[kidwoo]

Meanwhile Scott Sports, Backcountry.com, Enve, Specialized, 4frnt skis, Black Diamond and a zillion other companies happily enjoy those good wholesome republican tax breaks they get for locating there............

Principles. They're a bitch but only when you can't use idealism as a marketing ploy

http://business.utah.gov/programs/office-of-outdoor-recreation/companies/

 

[jonKranked]

Meanwhile Scott Sports, Backcountry.com, Enve, Specialized, 4frnt skis, Black Diamond and a zillion other companies happily enjoy those good wholesome republican tax breaks they get for locating there............

Principles. They're a bitch but only when you can't use idealism as a marketing ploy

http://business.utah.gov/programs/office-of-outdoor-recreation/companies/

wonder if any of them are considering relocating.

and specialized is headquartered in california dude.

 

[SkaredShtles]

Meanwhile Scott Sports, Backcountry.com, Enve, Specialized, 4frnt skis, Black Diamond and a zillion other companies happily enjoy those good wholesome republican tax breaks they get for locating there............

Principles. They're a bitch but only when you can't use idealism as a marketing ploy

http://business.utah.gov/programs/office-of-outdoor-recreation/companies/

A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of a little mind.

 

[Nick]

Colorado will take everything east of the 15, Nevada can have the rest. Boom. Problem solved.

 

[rideit]

Arizona will take everything south of I70. Except Moab, Colorado will fight for that.

 

[kidwoo]

wonder if any of them are considering relocating.

and specialized is headquartered in california dude.

No shit sherlock it's 3 hours from my house.......that's headquarters. But they have a yUge facility around salt lake....for a reason.

I don't know if you've been to salt lake recently (more like just south of salt like) but EVERYONE is there. Adobe, amazon, sports companies galore. Can't fault them for the tax incentives in conservo-land but you gotta remember what that means. Utah is strip mines and a few purty parks down south. I know it's not the companies necessarily deciding to pull out of the show but it is a bit hypocritical.

 

[AngryMetalsmith]

Hey Utah, North Carolina says hi.

 

[jonKranked]

No shit sherlock it's 3 hours from my house.......that's headquarters. But they have a yUge facility around salt lake....for a reason.

I don't know if you've been to salt lake recently (more like just south of salt like) but EVERYONE is there. Adobe, amazon, sports companies galore. Can't fault them for the tax incentives in conservo-land but you gotta remember what that means. Utah is strip mines and a few purty parks down south. I know it's not the companies necessarily deciding to pull out of the show but it is a bit hypocritical.

Last I was in SLC Utah was '12. I could see the Rio tinto from the plant. It reminded me of LA but without a beach and more meth heads.

 

[kidwoo]

Actually the meth heads are worse there

 

[jonKranked]

Actually the meth heads are worse there

I never saw a meth head in target when I lived in the south bay.

 

[kidwoo]

Salt lake man! Focus!

 

[JohnE]

"We have higher recreation..."

Hmmm...wonder which peak they are referring to?

 

[Pesqueeb]

Moar Political Agenda. Take that Outdoor Retailers!

 

[AngryMetalsmith]

Moar Political Agenda. Take that Outdoor Retailers!

A Republican Governor more interested in re-election and lining his own pockets than the economic prosperity of his constituents while blathering away about job creation ? Willing to sacrifice millions of dollars of future revenue and employment to hold fast to their "principles". Shocking, just shocking I say.

 

[kidwoo]

The parks in utah are rad. But what's contained in the boundaries of that national monument, the remoteness, the absolute other worldly canyons are without exception, some of the most unique areas anywhere.........fuck that asshole. That's one of the coolest plots of public land on earth.