Posted on 09/29/2004 8:06:55 PM PDT by Robert Drobot
Note: I’m copping with some difficult medical issues, and had a disastrous crash of my hard drive twice in succession (worm). This is the reason I’ve didn’t have the opportunity to address this serious issue on FR.
It remains an issue today, because the San Jose Army National Guard will be conducting another 'Open House' in November. I think we are obliged to get behind an effort to show our men and women in uniform our gratitude for their service, without their getting a glove across the face for ‘trespassing’ on private ( COSTCO ) property.
On Saturday, September 11, 2004, I was returning home after participating in a Pro-America 9-11 Remembrance at Stevens Creek Road and Winchester Boulevard, when I decided to stop at COSTCO, Santa Clara to run an errand.
As I approached the entrance, I noticed three smartly dressed uniformed members of Company C, 1st Battalion, 185th Infantry representing the San Jose Army National Guard. They were assigned to distribute a flyer addressing an 'Open House' at the Hedding St Armory being held that weekend. I thanked them for their service to our country, took a flyer and planned to visit them the following day.
As I entered the COSTCO facility, four or five of the COSTCO staff walked past me, surrounded our men in uniform. One of them told the Guard they must stop distributing their flyer. He said this was COSTCO policy, and further told the Guard that they were trespassing on private property.
The Guard members, wisely rejected a public confrontation, withdrawing quietly befuddled.
The following day my son and I went to the Armory. I asked those present if they were aware of the shameful action by COSTCO. They somberly responded they were aware of it, but chose to put an optimistic face on the incident by relating the positive response and welcome they received at the Great Mall in Milpitas, California.
The bottom line is San Jose Army National Guard was given the boot by COSTCO!
I’m asking you to help change this cock-eyed Un-American COSTCO policy ( if one actually exist ), and demand:
A) A letter of apology be sent to the Guard’s 185th Infantry in San Jose from the founder and chairman of COSTCO Jeffrey Brotman.
B) Take a minute to let the local print media - The San Jose Mercury News know how you feel toward the action COSTCO Santa Clara took against the men of our armed forces.
....and drop a word or two of support to:
C) Call and or write to:
COSTCO’s Corporate mailing address is: Head Office:
Jeffrey H. Brotman, Founder and Chairman COSTCO Wholesale Corp.
999 Lake Drive
Issaquah WA USA 98027
Phone: 425 313-8100
Toll Free:
Fax: 425 313-6593
Email: investor@COSTCO.com
Community Relations / Charitable Donations
Kim Cross
Community Relations & Administration
Phone: (425) 313-6182
Email: kcross@COSTCO.com
Annual Sales:
For the 52-week fiscal year ended August 29, 2004, the Company reported net sales of $47.15 billion, an increase of 13 percent from $41.69 billion during the prior fiscal year. By comparison, COSTCO's 1999 sales reached $27 billion 13% from the previous fiscal year.
COSTCO currently operates 288 warehouses, including 218 in the United States, 58 in Canada, seven in the United Kingdom, three in Korea, one in Taiwan, and a recently opened warehouse in Hisayama, Japan; and 16 additional warehouses in Mexico with a joint venture partner. The Company also operates COSTCO Online, an electronic commerce web site, at www.COSTCO.com.
Typical piece of garbage Washington State-based pinko-commie leftwing if-it-feels-good-do-it extremist corporation.
Your response in Post# 133 is total nonsense. Once again, you owe it to me, and FReepers generally, to expand on your innuendo in Post# 126.
I don't believe you represent anyone on FreeRepublic except yourself. Therefore, I will be direct. I don't owe you a thing. My point was stated clearly. If you don't understand what I stated the problem is yours and yours alone.
Bwahahahahaha.
Thanks for the info Tamsey. Sam's Club it is then for my school supplies. It's further away, but worth the drive.
Definitely good to know. I didn't hear about the cook-out. I haven't shopped at a Wal-Mart in several years. The last time I went to the one close by, most of the signage was written in Spanish. Turned me off to the store.
I work around the corner from this Costco and I am telling the bias in this area is awful. and the MSM wants to attack Walmart/Sam Club all the time yet I go into my local Walmart in Hayward CA and there are signs of support for our great military. Let me tell you this my neice has been in Iraq and so has her husband and the MSM is not reporting all that is going on. The Bay Area is a vast group of left wing nuts and that is why I continue to hear my Republican friends LEAVE THIS STATE
Most welcome... my sentiments, also. We do all our bulk shopping at Sam's now and get smaller household-ish stuff from Wal-Mart. After seeing what a company like Progressive Insurance can use their profits for, I'm now extremely careful which businesses I give my money to.
James Sinegal, CEO and President of Costco, just political contributions for this year's cycle...
SINEGAL, JAMES
BELLEVUE,WA 98004
COSTCO/EXECUTIVE
5/30/2003
$500
Dicks, Norm
SINEGAL, JAMES
ISSAQUAH,WA 98027
COSTCO
3/31/2003
$1,000
Dodd, Chris
SINEGAL, JAMES
ISSAQUAH,WA 98027
COSTCO
3/31/2003
$1,000
Dodd, Chris
SINEGAL, JAMES
ISSAQUAH,WA 98027
COSTCO
5/6/2003
$2,000
Murray, Patty
SINEGAL, JAMES
ISSAQUAH,WA 98027
COSTCO
6/3/2003
($1,000)
Murray, Patty
SINEGAL, JAMES
ISSAQUAH,WA 98027
COSTCO
6/3/2003
$1,000
Murray, Patty
SINEGAL, JAMES
ISSAQUAH,WA 98027
COSTCO
1/23/2004
$2,000
Murray, Patty
SINEGAL, JAMES
ISSAQUAH,WA 98027
COSTCO
1/30/2004
($1,000)
Murray, Patty
SINEGAL, JAMES
ISSAQUAH,WA 98027
COSTCO
1/30/2004
($1,000)
Murray, Patty
SINEGAL, JAMES
ISSAQUAH,WA 98027
COSTCO
1/30/2004
$1,000
Murray, Patty
SINEGAL, JAMES
ISSAQUAH,WA 98027
COSTCO
3/15/2004
$1,000
Dodd, Chris
SINEGAL, JAMES
ISSAQUAH,WA 98027
COSTCO WHOLESALE
6/1/2004
$2,000
Farmer, Nancy
SINEGAL, JAMES
ISSAQUAH,WA 98027
COSTCO WHOLESALE/PRESIDENT & CEO
2/24/2004
$1,000
McCarthy, Carolyn
SINEGAL, JAMES
ISSAQUAH,WA 98027
COSTCO WHOLESALE/PRESIDENT/CEO
2/23/2004
$1,000
Barbieri, Donald K
SINEGAL, JAMES
ISSAQUAH,WA 98027
COSTCO WHOLESALE/PRESIDENT/CEO
5/14/2004
$1,000
Barbieri, Donald K
SINEGAL, JAMES
ISSAQUAH,WA 98027
COSTCO/PRESIDENT
8/29/2003
$1,000
Larsen, Rick
SINEGAL, JAMES
ISSAQUAH,WA 98027
COSTCO/PRESIDENT
5/12/2004
$1,000
Larsen, Rick
SINEGAL, JAMES
ISSAQUAH,WA 98027
COSTCO/PRESIDENT
5/12/2004
$1,000
Larsen, Rick
SINEGAL, JAMES
ISSAQUAH,WA 98027
COSTCO/PRESIDENT & CEO
8/19/2003
$2,000
Dean, Howard
SINEGAL, JAMES
ISSAQUAH,WA 98027
PRICE COSTCO/CEO
10/20/2003
$2,000
Smith, Adam
SINEGAL, JAMES
ISSAQUAH,WA 98027
PRICE COSTCO/CEO
4/5/2004
$2,000
Smith, Adam
SINEGAL, JAMES
ISSAQUAH,WA 98027
PRICE-COSTCO/PRESIDENT & CEO
2/18/2003
$1,000
McDermott, Jim
SINEGAL, JAMES
ISSAQUAH,WA 98027
PRICE-COSTCO/PRESIDENT & CEO
7/31/2003
$1,000
McDermott, Jim
SINEGAL, JAMES D
ISSAQUAH,WA 98027
COSTCO
4/22/2003
$8,000
Democratic Senatorial Campaign Cmte
SINEGAL, JAMES D
ISSAQUAH,WA 98027
COSTCO
6/4/2003
$1,000
Boxer, Barbara
SINEGAL, JAMES D
ISSAQUAH,WA 98027
COSTCO
9/24/2003
$1,000
Knowles, Tony
SINEGAL, JAMES D
ISSAQUAH,WA 98027
COSTCO
10/7/2003
$1,000
Daschle, Tom
SINEGAL, JAMES D
ISSAQUAH,WA 98027
COSTCO
10/7/2003
$1,000
Daschle, Tom
SINEGAL, JAMES D
ISSAQUAH,WA 98027
COSTCO
12/9/2003
$10,000
Democratic Senatorial Campaign Cmte
SINEGAL, JAMES D
ISSAQUAH,WA 98027
COSTCO
6/30/2004
$25,000
Democratic Senatorial Campaign Cmte
SINEGAL, JAMES D
ISSAQUAH,WA 98027
COSTCO WHOLESALE CORP./PRESIDENT &
12/4/2003
$5,000
Victory Campaign 2004
SINEGAL, JAMES D
ISSAQUAH,WA 98027
COSTCO WHOLESALE/CEO
8/28/2003
$1,000
Kennedy, Patrick J
SINEGAL, JAMES D
ISSAQUAH,WA 98027
COSTCO WHOLESALE/CEO
4/6/2004
$1,000
Kennedy, Patrick J
SINEGAL, JAMES D
ISSAQUAH,WA 98027
COSTCO WHOLESALE/CEO
4/6/2004
$1,000
Kennedy, Patrick J
SINEGAL, JAMES D
ISSAQUAH,WA 98027
COSTCO WHOLESALE/CEO
5/25/2004
$1,000
Kennedy, Patrick J
SINEGAL, JAMES D
ISSAQUAH,WA 98027
COSTCO/CEO
3/11/2003
$4,000
Edwards, John
SINEGAL, JAMES D
ISSAQUAH,WA 98027
COSTCO/CEO
4/4/2003
($2,000)
Edwards, John
SINEGAL, JAMES D
ISSAQUAH,WA 98027
COSTCO/PRESIDENT & CEO
3/4/2003
$2,000
Lieberman, Joe
Sinegal, James D Mr
Issaquah,WA 98027
Costco Wholesale
5/31/2004
$2,000
Kerry, John
Sinegal, James D Mr
Issaquah,WA 98027
Costco Wholesale/Businessperson
5/31/2004
$23,000
DNC Services Corp
SINEGAL, JAMES MR
ISSAQUAH,WA 98027
COSTCO/PRESIDENT & CEO
10/21/2003
$2,000
Alben, Alex
SINEGAL, JAMES MR
ISSAQUAH,WA 98027
COSTCO/PRESIDENT & CEO
4/20/2004
$2,000
Alben, Alex
SINEGAL, JIM
BELLEVUE,WA 98004
COSTCO WHOLESALE/RETAIL SALES
6/1/2003
$2,000
Lieberman, Joe
I live in D and use the Costo in Va. I have never seen anyone solitiitng there--undoubtedly that is beause the law here is as I desribed. I have always had wonderful luck with what I purhase there. If you are unhappy feel free NOT to shop there. OTOH don't ask people to join in a boycott without a good reason, and I don't think this is one.
I didn't ask anyone to join in a boycot, fifi. I replied to your erroneus statement and voiced my opinion, based on my experience with Costco.
I've often said people are what they write. You are a classic example of that maxim.
Thank you. I have been told I am a classic.
You might be well served to examine fully the meaning of innuendo.
Hang in there saying things often. Once in a while you might hit upon a jewell.
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