Wednesday, August 22, 2012

The Walker Budget Keeps On Working! Part CXLII

Oh, look! Scott Walker has trained his laser-like focus on job creation on Chippewa Falls! Those poor people!
The closing of longtime plastics manufacturer Pactiv and the resulting layoff of 170 workers in January will deal a major blow to the Chippewa Falls economy, city economic development officials say.

On Tuesday the company announced it will close its Chippewa Falls plant at 1500 W. River St. at the beginning of next year.

The plant's workforce had dropped from about 300 to 170 in recent years, and Tuesday's announcement is dire news for Pactiv's remaining employees, said Charlie Walker, director of the Chippewa County Economic Development Corp.

"That's a major hit for us," Walker said of the company's closure.

Chippewa Falls Mayor Greg Hoffman echoed that sentiment, saying losing a manufacturer of that size will be difficult to absorb.

"Anytime you have a manufacturing plant close down, it has a huge impact on the community," Hoffman said.
Tell us again, Mr. Walker, how it's working.

12 comments:

  1. Walker should simply have that public/ private hybrid money laundering corporation known as the WEDC give out some public money to keep the operation open.


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    1. No, just give the money to PACUR.

      Then PACUR can "create jobs" by buying the old plant.

      And use the WEDC to make the purchase on behalf of PACUR plastics.

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  2. Here's another one for you: http://host.madison.com/wsj/business/pedro-s-restaurant-on-far-west-side-closes/article_7d97858e-eca2-11e1-950a-001a4bcf887a.html

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  3. Perhaps a huge billboard advertising sign placed on the expressway leading downtown could really show Walker's great "success story" (failure). Show actual job progress toward the 250,000. Show public sector losses and private sector progress. Show pay rate for jobs as compared before the financial meltdown. And show how many tax dollars were used to get to the measly number of jobs (net jobs gained), as well as the tax money spent per net job gained.
    It's all about free speech, which can be used to get rid of the Walker regime.

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    1. Oh, and I forgot to mention another great statistic. Ranking among states for success in job creation since 2011.
      Scott is dead last!

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  4. And yet another knock to the unemployed. Starting 9/4/12 to "create efficiencies and reduce costs, various weekly notices will be discontinued" It then list the web address and the 1-800-494-4944 number "for information regarding your claim status"

    You know the same phone number that has inadequate staffing in general and is so bad that after tying up your line for 15 min entering relevant information will automatically kick you out of the system on Mon. and Tues. w/out the opportunity of leaving a call-back number. Those of us without internet access rely on these mailed notices to know our claim status.

    It is obvious to me that it is yet another effort to "reduce costs" by screwing claimants out of their rightful benefits by making it EVEN MORE DIFFICULT to know one's account status and to provide timely information responses to any questions that might delay or deny benefits.

    Of course I immediately contacted my state senator and legislator but they are going to have to "research" it to find what the basis of this latest insult/injury is. I asked them whether it was a legislated or administrative decision as we needed to know how best to address this. Do we have a union of unemployed people in this state yet? Off to google that right now.

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    1. I know it's odd to reply to one's own post but I have more answers. I was contacted by a very nice (didn't catch her name:( DWD lady who told me lots of other claimants supposedly complained about this waste of taxpayers' money to tell them the status of their account. So the state only listened to those persons who are lucky enough not to need the mailed notices as a basis to cut the rest of us off,without even asking ALL OF US if we were served by the notices or not. There is no opt-in or opt-out option, which would have been both cost-saving AND THOUGHTFUL.

      We also had a discussion about the phone staffing levels which are horrible and very stressful on all parties. She also told me the computer system and programming is so antiquated that it likely would not support a dial-back or leave message for those of us unlucky enough to be kicked out of the system. I thanked her for being so polite and thoughtful and pointed out that yet again my contact with state employees confirmed what I already knew:

      It is not an ineptitude nor inefficiency on the part of Wisconsin state government employees BUT RATHER OF CURRENT POLICY AND ADMINISTRATION that fails to serve the citizens of our state.

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    2. Wait until government runs your healthcare.

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    3. they do a pretty damn good job with medicare for our seniors amous. i can't wait any longer,been waiting since teddy roosevelt proposed it 110 years ago.

      the eagle.

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    4. SO Medicare is solvent. How clueless I am to not know all we greedy 99%ers have to do is take even more from others who've earned it.

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    5. Medicare has been going broke for the past 60 years according to the Republicans. Yet it never has. And if you're worried about it, just lift the cap on the Medicare tax and all your worries will go away. After all, why should I pay the tax on 100% of my income, but someone making 200K doesn't? How is that fair?

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