Senator Tomassoni Invites Volkswagen to Move to Minnesota

[Omaha Steve]

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Minnesota State Senate
NEWS STATEMENT
Senator David Tomassoni
317 Capitol, St. Paul, MN 55155
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[phone]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
February 12, 2014

Senator Tomassoni Invites Volkswagen to Move to Minnesota

ST. PAUL, MINN. – Chattanooga, Tennessee-based Volkswagen workers are taking a vote today through Friday to join the United Auto Workers (UAW) union. The vote has created a backlash by anti-union forces and Tennessee Republican legislators who are threatening to withhold future business incentives from the company. State Senator David Tomassoni (DFL-Chisholm), Chair of the Senate Economic Development Committee, invites Volkswagen to consider Minnesota as a place for expansion in the future.

“We’d be more than happy to have Volkswagen in Minnesota. Just this fall Minnesota was ranked the 8th best state for business by Forbes Magazine. This past session we added millions of dollars in business incentives, passed an upfront sales tax exemption on capital equipment purchases and cut unemployment taxes by more than $346 million, none of which would be leveraged against a company because of its business model. Not only has our state created business-friendly conditions, we welcome unionized work forces.”


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[idendoit]

1. We can just plug 'em in to the closed Ford plant. Win-win.

Wonder what VW would start people at?

[muntrv]

2. Meanwhile in Michigan...

Wed Feb 12, 2014 at 08:40 AM PST.

The Mayor of Lansing, Michigan hilariously trolls Tennessee over UAW crackdown


http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/02/12/1277015/-The-Mayor-of-Lanisng-Michigan-pulls-a-Rick-Perry-on-Tennessee?detail=facebook

[okaawhatever]

3. Another issue with the VW plant that is probably going unnoticed is a gun law that TN passed

and VW fought against that allows people to bring their guns onto the property of their work place. Not inside, just the parking lot, but still...Where are the property rights of the business? 22 states have passed the law, I'm not sure if Minnesota is one of them.

Also, the VW plant was brought to Tennessee under a Democratic Governor, Phil Bredesen. Senator Bob Corker was the mayor of Chattanooga at the time, but it was Bredesen's work that made it happen. Bredesen is also one of the investors in the solar farm at or near the plant.

[idendoit]

5. That issue came up when concealed carry was passed and...

....not only did the majority say not in my yard, but bar owners and churches weighed in. Property rights trumped gun rights and this is a big hunting state.

[malaise]

4. Very good

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