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| Iowa Prison Industries has a captive customer base |
| By qctimes.com- Mike Wiser |
| Published: 03/17/2014 |
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DES MOINES — Bob Simonsen says the state froze him out. Simonsen is the longtime sales manager at RJ Thomas Manufacturing in Cherokee, Iowa. Founded in 1959, the 65-employee company makes campground equipment — the kind you see when you arrive, such as a picnic bench or flip-top grill, not the kind you carry in — and sells it across the country. But it doesn’t sell to Iowa’s state parks. “We used to, but then we were told the waiver process became too long and too frustrating for the state campgrounds and parks, so they just weren’t going to do it any longer,” Simonsen said. Read More. |
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