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Stupid law, to begin with

Yep. I just read the article. The law is inapropriate and should be scrapped. And they have NO busines entering private property without a warrant. This one matters to me because I have 32 acres and it is mostly above the valley from where you enter. You have absolutely no idea what I am doing up there unless you trespass. If you hear gunfire it means I could be shooting deer or target shooting.

Another Illinois business escaping from Illinois

Indiana site may lure suburban Chicago manufacturer
EAST CHICAGO, Ind. — Officials in northwestern Indiana say a nearly $70 million project is planned at an abandoned factory site where a manufacturer might move operations from suburban Chicago.

By The Associated Press
Posted Apr. 2, 2014 @ 6:57 am

EAST CHICAGO, Ind. — Officials in northwestern Indiana say a nearly $70 million project is planned at an abandoned factory site where a manufacturer might move operations from suburban Chicago.

East Chicago officials say several new industrial buildings are planned for the former Union Tank Car Co. property.

City attorney Joseph Allegretti tells The Times of Munster that Harvey, Ill.-based steel processor LB Steel is looking to move to the site and employ about 400 workers.

Mayor Anthony Copeland is proposing 75 percent of new property taxes from the redevelopment go toward paying project debt as long as the company employs at least 200 East Chicago residents.

Union Tank Car once employed more than 600 workers but the factory closed in 2008.

Other factory and warehouse space is also planned at the site.