foolmenot.comOK, which is it? Does she have a plan, or doesn’t she? The Gov keeps talking about the plan that is, without ever articulating it; and yet she runs around the state saying she’s on a “brainstorming tour” and “going out and talking to people” to gather input… Input for the plan she already has??? This gets muddier and muddier…
In Flint she’s telling workers she “has aggressive plans to save, nurture and grow jobs in Michigan.” Well, she has not saved any jobs since becoming governor. Nurturing? What the heck is that??? I suppose it has something to do with her growing strategy… Anyway, she AND Michigan are stuck in the mud of bureaucratic ineffectiveness… Nurture that!
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Granholm tells GM workers she has aggressive plan to save jobs in Michigan
FLINT
THE FLINT JOURNAL FIRST EDITION
Wednesday, February 01, 2006
By Todd Seibt
tseibt@flintjournal.com • 810.766.6315
FLINT - Gov. Jennifer Granholm brought her state-of-the-state barnstorming tour to the Flint Truck Assembly Plant today, telling workers she has aggressive plans to save, nurture and grow jobs in Michigan.
"Since last week, we have been going out and talking to people," Granholm told hourly and salaried workers in a meeting room at the plant.
The workers had watched a tape of last week's State of the State speech just before she arrived at the Van Slyke Road plant, which is General Motors' sole source for heavy-duty crew cab pickups and medium-duty commercial trucks
"Oh my goodness, so that makes 10 people who watched it," she said, drawing a laugh.
Turning serious, she said Michigan has short, medium and long-term goals for the state and its residents.
Short term, she said the state is offering up to $600 million in personal property tax cuts to encourage General Motors and other manufacturers to stay in the state, or consolidate operations here.
Mid-term, she said, Michigan must continue to encourage its auto industry workers, the ones who went straight from high school to the factories, to seek out new training for new jobs coming down the pike.
That generally means new training for a new skilled trade, such as a lineman, auto mechanic, welder or electrician, she said.