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2,000 Grand Canyon Workers Said Stranded Without Food, Money To Leave
Oct 8, 2013 22:01:24   #
bmac32 Loc: West Florida
 
GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK, Ariz. (UPI) — The government shutdown has stranded about 2,000 workers in Grand Canyon National Park with little food and insufficient funds to leave, officials say.

The workers are being aided by area food banks and resort officials, The (F**gstaff) Arizona Daily Sun reported Tuesday.

The closure of the park during the federal government shutdown has had a “devastating” effect on workers, said Jerry Brown, a spokesman for St. Mary’s Food in Phoenix that delivered 600 boxes of food to the park Tuesday.

About 2,200 people are still inside the park, about 1,800 of them employees of resorts and other concessionaires.

Some of those employees work for Forever Resorts, which operates a concession on the North Rim that wasn’t scheduled to close for two weeks.

“We’re trying to help them as much as we can, but our revenue is struggling too,” said Scott Gold, the company’s regional vice president.

One employee contacted the company because he couldn’t afford to leave the park and find work elsewhere.

“He said ‘I don’t know what to do. I have less than $100. I was relying on my last week’s pay to get out of here,’” Gold said of the worker.

Forever Resorts announced Monday it was losing $250,000 a day because of the shutdown.

The park’s largest contractor, Xanterra, says it continues to feed its employees three meals a day, but only one meal a day to workers’ families. Other park employers don’t provide any food to their workers.

St. Mary’s said it plans to continue providing food through next week, but Brown said it’s running low on supplies too.

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Oct 8, 2013 22:16:39   #
betty Loc: Arizona Mountains
 
bmac32 wrote:
GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK, Ariz. (UPI) — The government shutdown has stranded about 2,000 workers in Grand Canyon National Park with little food and insufficient funds to leave, officials say.

The workers are being aided by area food banks and resort officials, The (F**gstaff) Arizona Daily Sun reported Tuesday.

The closure of the park during the federal government shutdown has had a “devastating” effect on workers, said Jerry Brown, a spokesman for St. Mary’s Food in Phoenix that delivered 600 boxes of food to the park Tuesday.

About 2,200 people are still inside the park, about 1,800 of them employees of resorts and other concessionaires.

Some of those employees work for Forever Resorts, which operates a concession on the North Rim that wasn’t scheduled to close for two weeks.

“We’re trying to help them as much as we can, but our revenue is struggling too,” said Scott Gold, the company’s regional vice president.

One employee contacted the company because he couldn’t afford to leave the park and find work elsewhere.

“He said ‘I don’t know what to do. I have less than $100. I was relying on my last week’s pay to get out of here,’” Gold said of the worker.

Forever Resorts announced Monday it was losing $250,000 a day because of the shutdown.

The park’s largest contractor, Xanterra, says it continues to feed its employees three meals a day, but only one meal a day to workers’ families. Other park employers don’t provide any food to their workers.

St. Mary’s said it plans to continue providing food through next week, but Brown said it’s running low on supplies too.
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this is shamefull no excuse for this..

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Oct 8, 2013 22:33:02   #
bmac32 Loc: West Florida
 
The really sad thing is Obama doesn't even know this crap is happening but he did appoint the people around him so it falls in his lap.


betty wrote:
this is shamefull no excuse for this..

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Oct 9, 2013 05:50:14   #
Miss Brandi
 
bmac32 wrote:
GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK, Ariz. (UPI) — The government shutdown has stranded about 2,000 workers in Grand Canyon National Park with little food and insufficient funds to leave, officials say.

The workers are being aided by area food banks and resort officials, The (F**gstaff) Arizona Daily Sun reported Tuesday.

The closure of the park during the federal government shutdown has had a “devastating” effect on workers, said Jerry Brown, a spokesman for St. Mary’s Food in Phoenix that delivered 600 boxes of food to the park Tuesday.

About 2,200 people are still inside the park, about 1,800 of them employees of resorts and other concessionaires.

Some of those employees work for Forever Resorts, which operates a concession on the North Rim that wasn’t scheduled to close for two weeks.

“We’re trying to help them as much as we can, but our revenue is struggling too,” said Scott Gold, the company’s regional vice president.

One employee contacted the company because he couldn’t afford to leave the park and find work elsewhere.

“He said ‘I don’t know what to do. I have less than $100. I was relying on my last week’s pay to get out of here,’” Gold said of the worker.

Forever Resorts announced Monday it was losing $250,000 a day because of the shutdown.

The park’s largest contractor, Xanterra, says it continues to feed its employees three meals a day, but only one meal a day to workers’ families. Other park employers don’t provide any food to their workers.

St. Mary’s said it plans to continue providing food through next week, but Brown said it’s running low on supplies too.
GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK, Ariz. (UPI) — The gove... (show quote)


Sounds like a good reason to go to The Grand Canyon. Take along food and water and let's see who will be turned away.

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Oct 9, 2013 08:49:18   #
bmac32 Loc: West Florida
 
By air maybe but it's nowhere the same effect as being on the ground. Place is sealed off as if Obama owned it.



Miss Brandi wrote:
Sounds like a good reason to go to The Grand Canyon. Take along food and water and let's see who will be turned away.

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Oct 9, 2013 10:35:51   #
vernon
 
bmac32 wrote:
GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK, Ariz. (UPI) — The government shutdown has stranded about 2,000 workers in Grand Canyon National Park with little food and insufficient funds to leave, officials say.

The workers are being aided by area food banks and resort officials, The (F**gstaff) Arizona Daily Sun reported Tuesday.

The closure of the park during the federal government shutdown has had a “devastating” effect on workers, said Jerry Brown, a spokesman for St. Mary’s Food in Phoenix that delivered 600 boxes of food to the park Tuesday.

About 2,200 people are still inside the park, about 1,800 of them employees of resorts and other concessionaires.

Some of those employees work for Forever Resorts, which operates a concession on the North Rim that wasn’t scheduled to close for two weeks.

“We’re trying to help them as much as we can, but our revenue is struggling too,” said Scott Gold, the company’s regional vice president.

One employee contacted the company because he couldn’t afford to leave the park and find work elsewhere.

“He said ‘I don’t know what to do. I have less than $100. I was relying on my last week’s pay to get out of here,’” Gold said of the worker.

Forever Resorts announced Monday it was losing $250,000 a day because of the shutdown.

The park’s largest contractor, Xanterra, says it continues to feed its employees three meals a day, but only one meal a day to workers’ families. Other park employers don’t provide any food to their workers.

St. Mary’s said it plans to continue providing food through next week, but Brown said it’s running low on supplies too.
GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK, Ariz. (UPI) — The gove... (show quote)


if they cant leave someone owes them a days pay for every day they are there.and sence its obama that locked them up its on him.

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