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Tue Feb 19, 2019, 02:23 AM Feb 2019

World View, beneficiary of $15 million in Arizona taxpayer funds, lays off workers

TUCSON — World View Enterprises, Inc. announced it laid off 10 employees last week in an effort to reorganize.

In a statement provided to KGUN News, World View claimed the company had “identified the need to retool our personnel to align our resources with skill sets we’ll need for the future.”

The company cited new and different challenges as its reason to examine every part of its business to better position the company for the future.

The timing of the statement was unfortunate for World View co-founder, Mark Kelly, the former astronaut and husband of former Congresswoman Gabby Giffords, who recently announced his decision to run as a Democrat for the Senate seat occupied by Republican Martha McSally next year.

Read more: https://arizonadailyindependent.com/2019/02/17/world-view-beneficiary-of-15-million-in-county-funds-lays-off-workers/

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