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Smurfit-Stone Container

Smurfit-Stone Container

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Search complete. 7 mentions across 3 episodes found for "Smurfit-Stone Container".

Oct 29, 2026

Aaron FlintGUEST
7:42
But yeah, the Missoula County Sheriff, elected as a Democrat, Jeremiah Peterson, what a good guy.
Aaron FlintGUEST
7:48
His dad actually worked back at Smurfit Stone back in the day, and my wife's uncle worked with his dad at Smurfit Stone back in the day.
Aaron FlintGUEST
7:56
But at the end of the day, I think the reason why I'm getting incredible support, I've got an overwhelming majority of sheriffs in this district who have come out and publicly endorsed me.
Aaron FlintGUEST
8:06
It's not just because I'm sitting down and talking to them and supporting law enforcement and back in the blue and making sure they're going to get the resources they need to protect the population, but it's also because I think they know my opponent's record.
Pamela WellnerGUEST
30:26
And to tell us that the Spanish ambassador of Spain, Honduran ambassador...
Pamela WellnerGUEST
30:35
in Spain, was making a deal with a notorious businessman, but Stone Container was going to build a big chip mill in La Mosquitia area of Honduras.
Pamela WellnerGUEST
30:50
And so at the time I got in contact After that call, I said, who else can I talk to about that? And I got a Honduran environmentalist contacted me and started telling me all about what was going on.
Pamela WellnerGUEST
31:04
And again, Stone Container, they're no longer around.
Pamela WellnerGUEST
31:08
They changed their name at some point to Smurfett, but they were based in Chicago.
Pamela WellnerGUEST
31:13
And somehow we got a copy of the contract.
Pamela WellnerGUEST
31:16
And even without being a lawyer, you could see so many holes in it that basically Stone Container would have access to almost every single tree in Honduras.
Pamela WellnerGUEST
31:27
So I went down there.
Josh SmithHOST
81:02
to drop them off and drove right past that mill that was 15 minutes away.
Josh SmithHOST
81:06
And Missoula, Montana has lost Smurfit Stone, which was a paper mill.
Josh SmithHOST
81:13
My wife's aunt worked there.
Josh SmithHOST
81:14
It took a lot of the junk timber.

17 MINS LATER

Aaron FlintGUEST
98:42
It goes back to Sealy lakes, French town,
Josh SmithHOST
98:44
French town, see the lake French.
Josh SmithHOST
98:45
When I moved to French town, French town high school was considered like a wealthy high school because they had so much tax revenue from Smurfit stone.
Aaron FlintGUEST
98:53
No, sure.

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