Skip to comments.
Mayor of Flint, Michigan wants city-run assembly plant
AFP via Yahoo ^
| Fri Jan 20, 10:18 AM ET
Posted on 01/21/2006 4:53:44 PM PST by Simmy2.5
click here to read article
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-20, 21-25 next last
1
posted on
01/21/2006 4:53:45 PM PST
by
Simmy2.5
To: Simmy2.5
Sounds like another spending program that's doomed to failure.
To: Simmy2.5
Socialized manufacturing plants. They have worked every time they are tried.
NOT!
3
posted on
01/21/2006 4:58:07 PM PST
by
Blood of Tyrants
(G-d is not a Republican. But Satan is definitely a Democrat.)
To: Simmy2.5
It'll get him re-elected, which is all he cres about.
It'll also cost far more than it brings.
It'll also become a government entitlement, therefore virtually impossible to shut down.
More inefficient allocation of tax dollars to help a politician stay entrenched. We are a pathetic electorate.
To: Simmy2.5
The northern Michigan town's population peaked in the 1950s at 200,000.
Northern Michigan? Not really.
5
posted on
01/21/2006 5:03:21 PM PST
by
Mark was here
(How can they be called "Homeless" if their home is a field?.)
To: Simmy2.5
How about cutting taxes? Reducing government employment and spending?
...no, he's probably planning a big new billboard campaign telling everyone what a great place it is... that ought to fix things.
6
posted on
01/21/2006 5:03:57 PM PST
by
Bon mots
To: Simmy2.5
They should name it "20th Century Motors". :=)
7
posted on
01/21/2006 5:06:55 PM PST
by
Bob
To: Blood of Tyrants
Socialized manufacturing plants.Isn't there a line about what happens when government socializes the desert? I think the answer is: Nothing for ten years, then there is a shortage of sand. I mangled the quote, but I think you get my drift.
To: Simmy2.5
Flint, Michigan is a joke. The city should just dissolve ot merge with another municipality in the county.
To: Simmy2.5
Communism: "The People" owning the means of production. Want a raise? You have to vote your boss in. Want to change your schedule or lunch hour? Have to vote your boss in.
Lefties are worried about Halliburton and the "industrial military complex"? They don't seem to have a problem with this. Their own Marxist ideology MANDATES it.
10
posted on
01/21/2006 5:09:36 PM PST
by
Tzimisce
To: Simmy2.5
Yeah sure a good plan except it will cost 20 to make 10 Brilliant!!
11
posted on
01/21/2006 5:12:14 PM PST
by
Steveone
(Liberalism is a brain tumor!)
To: Simmy2.5
Gee that would mean I'd have to buy the 2008 model now without even knowing if I'll like it and wait until 2030 for delivery, and have it for repair 30 days after taking delivery but never get it back becuase there's no maintenance parts available.
Wasn't that the Soviet model for state run factories?
12
posted on
01/21/2006 5:13:11 PM PST
by
SandRat
(Duty, Honor, Country. What else needs to be said?)
To: Simmy2.5
"It's a period of adjustment and I don't think we really have a clear idea as to what Michigan will be like....![](http://www.dradio.de/dlf/sendungen/feldpost-stalingrad/img/stalingrad-43.jpg)
... It's unsettling to people."
13
posted on
01/21/2006 5:23:24 PM PST
by
Leisler
("For English, please press two.")
To: Simmy2.5
The northern Michigan Huh? I've NEVER heard Flint referred to as "Up North."
14
posted on
01/21/2006 5:27:46 PM PST
by
Dan from Michigan
("What does a guy have to do to get fired around here?" - Darryl Rogers, former Lions Coach)
To: Simmy2.5
Nowhere is there mention of the destruction of manufacturing caused by the UAW.
Mayor: will your plan allow non union employees? If yes, you have a chance at success.
15
posted on
01/21/2006 5:29:20 PM PST
by
eleni121
('Thou hast conquered, O Galilean!' (Julian the Apostate))
To: Simmy2.5
Riiiighhhhhttttttt
...a city-run assembly plant.SNICKER...
16
posted on
01/21/2006 5:29:44 PM PST
by
B.O. Plenty
(Islam, liberalism and abortions are terminal..)
To: Blood of Tyrants
Thats just what the US auto idustry needs to return to its former glory.....state management....socialism!
Well, don't laugh. Socialism produced the Yugo, the Seat, the Skoda and the Zil. All famous makes and well recieved on the world market.
thats what a Russian told me.
To: DemforBush
Regrettably, I have very little sympathy for this decrepit city...and for the underskilled who will be penalized by these much-needed closures.
In the early 60's, I drove to Flushing, MI. (outside Flint) with my family from Newport, Rhode Island for Christmas with my aunt and uncle. I was attending Naval War College, as a Lcdr. at the time.
My uncle was the plant engineer of the large Fisher Body plant there in Flint. And, at the time, he was probably grossing 100K./annum, plus.
We got into a discussion about the unions and wages on night over after-dinner coffee. It turned out that the unskilled sweepers in the plant were paid well over my wages as a Commander selectee, with flight pay -- and two graduate degrees.
I was stunned to learn of this wage inequity -- and have begrudged buying American automobiles ever since. For years I drove bugs and VW wagons...until they were phased out of the system. *S*
POX on GM and FORD -- purveyors for years of junk cars!
(Standing by for flames. *S*)
18
posted on
01/21/2006 5:42:10 PM PST
by
dk/coro
To: Simmy2.5
An accident of birth was as responsible for the birth of the Detroit auto industry as was Detroit's location; Henry Ford, John and Horace Dodge were all born in Michigan near Detroit.
Today new auto plants are springing up in the south where the climate is better, distribution is simpler and the people are eager to work.
Motor City will never rise again.
19
posted on
01/21/2006 5:42:42 PM PST
by
Old Professer
(Fix the problem, not the blame!)
To: Simmy2.5
Hey send them this article: This was a Rochester NY city venture 50 million lost in first year. Now they want to dig a deeper hole!!! Oh the new Democrat Mayor who replaced the old democrat Mayor Johnson. Duffy: Failed ferry won't sink port Brian Sharp Staff writer (January 21, 2006) Mayor Robert Duffy urged Charlotte merchants to look beyond the failed ferry venture Friday, reminding them of the $157 million in public money invested in the port over the past decade. "You look around, the changes here have been profound," Duffy said, pointing not just to the terminal but also to road improvements and the O'Rorke Bridge. "(The ferry decision) in no way suggests a lack of support for this area. We're going to be right there with you." The Harbor Merchants Association invited Duffy and his top advisers to address concerns after his Jan. 10 decision to pull the plug on the ferry and begin digging the city out of the $42 million debt incurred by the ferry itself and its operations. Duffy and his senior staff spent two hours fielding questions, at times drawing applause. While at the terminal, city administrators ripped down no-parking warnings taped to the front doors that one worried merchant said gave the impression that the building was closed. The officials promised to tear out pay-to-park boxes so people can park for free. They pledged to improve snow plowing. And they asked for suggestions for events to bring people to the area in the coming weeks and months. Millions more in public and private dollars are anticipated, with consultants drafting a master plan for future housing and commercial development. Efforts are under way to reuse the old firehouse, open a new Charlotte Village and Transportation Museum and extend the Genesee Riverway Trail to Petten Street. Duffy and Deputy Mayor Patty Malgieri met this week to discuss how shutting down the ferry might affect the city's capital improvements plan. Malgieri said the discussion focused on some reuse of the terminal staging area, which can accommodate 200 vehicles, on parking and on the possibility of additional marina space. City Council this week approved hiring Steve Gibbs and the Gibbs Marine Group as operator and manager of the new River Street Marine. Along with 112 boat slips, there is a building with restrooms, showers, laundry, lockers and a small office. The marina opens April 15, offering wireless Internet as well as dockside power and cable TV hookups. "The port needs one of two things," Gibbs, who lives in Greece, said in a phone interview. "That's either a major attraction and that would be a regional attraction to bring people down to the port or it needs housing and a community there to keep people down at the port, kind of like they did at Corn Hill Landing." Already, it seemed Friday, some merchants were doing what Duffy asked moving beyond thoughts of the ferry. "Let's face it," said Lee Selover, president of the Harbor Merchants Association. "The ferry never got up and running. A couple months here, a couple months there. Nobody ever understood what the impact could be." During his terminal visit, Duffy had a quiet conversation with two Bay Ferries employees whose final workday was Friday. With the shutdown, Bay Ferries and the Rochester Ferry Co. are cutting staff to five or six people who will stay on until the ship is sold. The total number of employees affected was not immediately available. As the mayor later prepared to return to City Hall, he shook hands with ferry terminal shop owners and promised to return. Then he reconsidered leaving, turned and directed the five staffers with him into the empty Quiznos for an early lunch. "I would rather have a more short-term solution so we all survive through the winter," said Quiznos owner Kiran Patel, estimating that business has slowed to fewer than 25 customers a day. "Usually, I'm all by myself here. When I see a customer, I get delighted." Related articles: Mayor open to gambling at port Dumb and Dumber> What's next Mayor Robert Duffy will bring his first City Hall on the Road, a public session with city staff to the ferry terminal building the evening of Feb. 1. Advertisement
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-20, 21-25 next last
Disclaimer:
Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual
posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its
management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the
exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson