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I can tell you that the CCA, NRA, NWTF, BSA and QDMA are all extremely pleased with their partnership with Bass Pro.
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Exactly why I CAN'T buy at small tackle shops, they don't have stock of anything! Thus it is either BPS or WM.
Just an FYI, this is exactly what I was told by one of the guys in the department. Why are you so enamored by this? Sounds like you may have a vested interest here JJ? Everything I wrote was 100% accurate,when there is nothing in stock that I wanted, the staff did nothing! If you ask for something in the fishing department you get a song and dance, they will not order something that is not in stock when asked! Please, tell me which time I was in the store where you witnessed the conversation? Perhaps be a little more diplomatic with your responses, doesn't sit well.
Really? Really? I paid over $800 bones for a tallica25 2 speed and found the same one online for $699 retail! A spool of BB Momoi diamond for $144, online retail for $99!
I've been to more then a few Gulf Council meetings and don't remember ever hearing anyone from BPS.
James you might want to mention to them that sending a representative to speak on behalf of the company would go a long way towards building some good will with the Rec anglers.
Just a thought.
The last time is was in there a guy was looking at a Hobie Outback. The Mirage Drive (pedals) were installed backwards. I would have paid money to see him return it complaining it only went backwards.
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Technically (or literally) BPS isn't getting the 8 million. A private entity will be getting the monies to do the road(s) redevelopment.
Hopefully that entity will be local and put even more people to work :thumbup
My thoughts exactly, reminds me of Salt Life people who wear the shirt but between them and the shirt haven't been within 250 miles of saltwater.
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They also give a lot of money and supplies for disaster relief and do a lot of work to help get kids interested in fishing and the outdoors.
Maybe local government will hire and pay a local contractor to put up a sign on I-95 for my business.
How much sales tax do you generate for the county/state?
Never had a problem with the clothes from BPS even the Redhead. I'll head east coast to Gander Mtn soon to check out the archery.
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Technically and literally they are getting $8M.
If you decide to build a house in the woods where there is no access and the you tell the county that you can't build your house and pay property tax because you can't get to it, so they contract with a 3rd party to provide you with one , they are gifting you that money and you would be required to identify it as income on your tax return.
Suppose the county said no to you, but gave some guy from Missouri the money because he was going to build a bigger house than you and hire kids to mow his lawn and servants?
Is that fair?
Is the a wise use of tax dollars?
I would be curious to see what the recovery in tax revenue is projected for the infrastructure improvements.
I bet the Mom and Pops would like the county to provide turn lanes , new driveways, curb cuts and parking lots for their stores too.
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"All these forums, with barely any activity, are like a neglected old cemetery that no one visits anymore."- anonymouse
Is that fair? You've been on MSNBC or Rachel Maddow too much or something.
A person would have to wonder why so many BPS and Cabela's are welcomed into the communities.
If they are so evil............how,why are they still being built and not often shuttered?
8 million on road repairs (that area REALLY needed this done anyways; it was only a matter of time) is nothing, hell as I mentiioned, we spent what..........165 million for Glazer to make millions??
I don't know many communities that support BPS or Cabelas never having seen the latter. I don't think most people would care what goes in which shopping center as long as they, don't have to pay for it. There was a hell of a commotion in the local fishing community when Bass Pro announced in Ft. Myers, just like the objections we see here. Big boxes add nothing to a community but diminish its sense of community and culture by displacing local business.
Growth and development of every kind should be self supporting and responsible to provide whatever transportation and utilities infrastructure is necessary to establish and sustain it. Its simply good planning. A fiscally responsible government ensures that it is.
The $8M is not to fix potholes. It is for intersection improvements and additional lanage to accommodate the additional traffic volumes the store will attract.
I've spent enough time in Hillsborough to see the need for roadway improvement necessary for existing retail centers and residential neighborhoods, without adding more.
"Well Gary, the easiest way to look tall is to stand in a room full of short people." - Curtis Bostick
"All these forums, with barely any activity, are like a neglected old cemetery that no one visits anymore."- anonymouse
Not so much sales tax more as payments to other FL financial departments, but my sign would not cost 8M either.
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