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« Thread Started on Oct 27, 2007, 10:13am » | |
We are going to start with a general topic of discussion for the 2008 primaries with individual subjects below it. For example, this subject is on the state senate primary (Larry Martin's seat).
After the candidates file and we see which offices are contested, we are likely to reformat the board.
Post your comments on the upcoming state senate primary (Larry Martin's seat) here.
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diamonddave
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« Reply #1 on Nov 15, 2007, 1:30pm » | |
Well, folks, I said I was going to make use of this when the talk about Neil Smith & council somehow drifted to Larry Martin, but I was waiting for somebody else to start something. I suppose y'all were waiting for me to start things? Well, Ive been driving past the Foster Mill, you know, LM's company, & I can't help notice that lately, they've been operating every other week, closed every other week. Could something be up? They've already closed 3 mills when this started happening, & always when it did, they just had to get LM to put in his 2-cents worth. Now tell me this, in all the years that LM's been going to Columbia with a textile company signing his paycheck, has Pickens County been getting enough industrial development to offset the jobs lost when the textile mills closed? Hwys 123 & 153 sure do get crowded with outbound traffic between 6 & 9 o'clock in the morning for some reason. Could it just be that the folks that were signing LM's paycheck wanted to have control over their workers before they closed those 3 mills? Was the closing of Elljean the end of it? There are still 2 left, & they are into the business of importing textile products from China. Do we want this to go on for another 4 years?
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« Reply #2 on Jan 16, 2008, 4:10pm » | |
Well, folks, it's Jan. 16 & it's been 2 months & a day since I made the above post. I read today's news, & I guess something really was going on at Foster Mill after all. Could all that press about OWT & Dayco be something to get folks to forget about Foster closing & vote for LM? With OWT's reputation for getting help from south of the border & the likelyhood that Dayco just night bring in workers from north of the border, what really are the odds of somebody that lives in Pickens County getting work at either place? Here something else to praise LM for, all those new-job investment tax credit giveaways that Dayco gets probably apply to the jobs that will be given to those that move south from Canada, & they WILL be given 1st choice over anybody that lives in Pickens County! What'd'ya say we vote LM in for another 4 years of helping Farley look like he's worth that extra $30,000 a year that Jen Willis was so generous to give him!
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« Reply #3 on Jan 16, 2008, 4:16pm » | |
Farley found out yesterday morning, I think. Not before. His job is to recruit NEW industry, not babysit old ones. In that context, we can debate whether he's overpaid. (I'll probably agree with you on that one, for what it's worth.)
Dave, I can really appreciate your frustration with Martin, but do you have any suggestions regarding what you'd like him to do in Columbia, as a state senator, to reverse this trend? Is there anything the S.C. Legislature can do that China will to with anything other than laughter and disdain?
It's very easy to second-guess anybody. What do you want him to do, other than resign from office to soothe your hurt feelings over whatever it was he did to you, then hang himself? 
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« Reply #4 on Jan 16, 2008, 5:22pm » | |
Gerald, I absolutely cannot beleive that Farley only learned about it yesterday. Foster started curtailing over 2 months ago. When something like this is up, every HR director & all management personnel in the Pickens Area knows about it faster than the speed of light. Ever heard of PAPA? Not only that, they stay informed about what kind of industrial recruitment is going on in Columbia at the same speed. There is no more vivid example of this than the fact that all Pickens Area HR & manufacturing operations bigwhigs knew about Caroll Campbell courting BMW almost immediately after he took the governor's office, & they were literally scared to death that it could locate near Anderson, with tier 1 suppliers locating in Pickens Co, or even northern Anderson Co. And, they all breathed a collective sigh of relief when BMW chose to locate in Greer, meaning that with a 30 mile limit for tier 1 suppliers, it is unlikely that any tier 1 suppliers would come to Pickens Co. Just to show how much concern this caused,; Pickens is 28 miles from Anderson, meaning that fully half of Pickens Co would have been within 30 miles of an Anderson location, Likely, the owners of the area textile mills wanted none of that around their plants, imcluding Buddy McKissick. Now. just how do the Pickens area plant management people get hold of such information? Could Mr Safety Director have anything to do with that? I'll settle for a chance to vote for a change, something that hasn't happened in 16 years.
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