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Houston furniture store owner opens stores to Harvey victims
ABC News ^ | 30 August 2017

Posted on 09/01/2017 8:03:00 PM PDT by Lorianne

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; US: Texas
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1 posted on 09/01/2017 8:03:00 PM PDT by Lorianne
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To: Lorianne

What a blessing that man is.


2 posted on 09/01/2017 8:11:21 PM PDT by McGavin999 ("The press is impotent when it abandons itself to falsehood."Thomas Jefferson)
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To: Lorianne

Mac and JJ Watt are 2 of the best Houstonians I know


3 posted on 09/01/2017 8:11:48 PM PDT by Undecided 2012
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To: Lorianne

Jim “Mattress Mack” McIngvale is a businessman and philanthropist from Houston, Texas. He is known for owning and operating the Gallery Furniture retail chain.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_McIngvale


4 posted on 09/01/2017 8:12:52 PM PDT by conservative98
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To: conservative98

Oh, yeah, Mattress Mack is always out front in any emergency.


5 posted on 09/01/2017 8:17:52 PM PDT by bgill (CDC site, "We don't know how people are infected with Ebola.")
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To: Lorianne

Any remember the post about the muzzie woman who was blaming Trump for her sister not finding any bread at her grocery store at the last minute last Friday? Well, there was a baker in Houston who baked bread for victims until he could bake no more.


6 posted on 09/01/2017 8:20:00 PM PDT by bgill (CDC site, "We don't know how people are infected with Ebola.")
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To: conservative98

I wonder if ABC neglected to find out that Mattress Mack is a Tea Party guy.

God bless him, and I can see him having a Harvey clearout sale after all this and people flocking to his store.


7 posted on 09/01/2017 8:23:21 PM PDT by JudyinCanada
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To: conservative98

He also owned a very successful racehorse named Runhappy who retired about a year ago. That is how I first became familiar with his name.


8 posted on 09/01/2017 8:32:25 PM PDT by ConservativeStatement ("Silence is violence.")
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To: Lorianne

Second picture has a huge “Made in America, Not in China” sign in the store.

https://consumerist.com/2017/08/28/owner-of-houston-furniture-stores-turns-them-into-shelters-for-residents-stranded-by-hurricane/


9 posted on 09/01/2017 8:53:24 PM PDT by Southern Magnolia
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To: Southern Magnolia

Nice!


10 posted on 09/01/2017 9:38:34 PM PDT by Romans Nine
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To: Lorianne

This sounds wonderful at first, but I’m not a big fan of one person taking on this large a portion of the problem on his own. Even if he can supposedly afford it...

Speeding relief is great, but I’d like to see him get his costs covered by the government/insurance companies.

Not looking for him to make a profit, but he should be compensated one way or another.


11 posted on 09/01/2017 9:52:43 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (Exempting Trump and his team, our media and government have adopted the Zoolander management style.)
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To: Undecided 2012

Amen!


12 posted on 09/01/2017 10:25:53 PM PDT by buffyt (Humane Societies are proudly No Kill. When will Planned Parenthood be No Kill!??!?!!?!?!?!)
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To: DoughtyOne

Mattress Mack would refuse that payback. When I returned to Texas after 16 years in California, I was glad to see that he was still going strong. Even his radio ads include something inspirational. “Your altitude is determined by your attitude” - true even in these days of Harvey.


13 posted on 09/01/2017 10:37:51 PM PDT by Moonmad27
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To: Moonmad27

I hope folks don’t think I was going negative on the guy.

I have this theory about wealth in the right hands. I want most of it to remain there.

I appreciate the guy that much. He’s and asset to the community.


14 posted on 09/01/2017 10:45:43 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (Exempting Trump and his team, our media and government have adopted the Zoolander management style.)
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To: JudyinCanada; MinuteGal

Mattress Mack, bless your soul.


15 posted on 09/01/2017 10:56:58 PM PDT by flaglady47 (TRUMP 45. How sweet it is. )
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To: Lorianne

Bless you, sir!


16 posted on 09/01/2017 11:04:24 PM PDT by snarkytart
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To: Lorianne

Great guy.


17 posted on 09/02/2017 12:01:33 AM PDT by RushIsMyTeddyBear
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Wow. That’s awesome. That’s love.


18 posted on 09/02/2017 12:09:33 AM PDT by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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