tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5583157134881112619.post2450689913299429841..comments2024-03-10T23:44:30.359-05:00Comments on Racine Post: City seeks 'subsidy of rent' to lure jobs to Memorial DriveDustin http://www.blogger.com/profile/10717778498642473701noreply@blogger.comBlogger47125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5583157134881112619.post-62539612892693102712009-12-31T08:48:31.156-06:002009-12-31T08:48:31.156-06:00http://www.maforests.org/Facts.pdf
So Racine the ...http://www.maforests.org/Facts.pdf<br /><br />So Racine the Green City is going to give Tax $$ to a company who will pollute worse then a coal plant! Par for the courseAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5583157134881112619.post-23069464491460604572009-12-02T18:38:40.444-06:002009-12-02T18:38:40.444-06:00Graham: Your language is atrocious. Stifle.Graham: Your language is atrocious. Stifle.Petehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17542901376907047448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5583157134881112619.post-88393570840243053892009-12-02T18:36:17.858-06:002009-12-02T18:36:17.858-06:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Grahamnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5583157134881112619.post-79047330853446830112009-12-01T20:56:23.945-06:002009-12-01T20:56:23.945-06:00Run Shakoor, run Bob...and take all your cronies w...Run Shakoor, run Bob...and take all your cronies with you. We need some NEW ideas in office, not more of the same.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5583157134881112619.post-73553570915345525742009-12-01T16:37:29.535-06:002009-12-01T16:37:29.535-06:00If its only 40K then the Mayor should write the ch...If its only 40K then the Mayor should write the check himself and show leadership. Oh this is Racine, Mayors here only do what's best IMHO for them and there pals. <br /><br />Run Bob run!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5583157134881112619.post-75775370466535945082009-12-01T15:32:05.573-06:002009-12-01T15:32:05.573-06:00Bob learn how to speak English before any thoughts...Bob learn how to speak English before any thoughts of running for Mayor.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5583157134881112619.post-80280345414145015492009-12-01T13:56:32.649-06:002009-12-01T13:56:32.649-06:00I am all for attracting business to our town by wa...I am all for attracting business to our town by way of tax incentives or free land, but long term rent subsidy? I know it is only $40k but what if we were to give them say $200k and we could do so without utilizing the sewer credits? It is very simple, we fire Oconnel and Friedl and give what would have been wasted on their salaries and benefits to this company! These two city employees cost us lots of money and have yet to prove their worth!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5583157134881112619.post-13489115087799914832009-12-01T12:40:17.069-06:002009-12-01T12:40:17.069-06:00Run Shakoor, run!Run Shakoor, run!OrbsCorbshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08195806840368262235noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5583157134881112619.post-39303124833565897972009-12-01T12:32:43.685-06:002009-12-01T12:32:43.685-06:00ummm...Turner IS a good old boy.ummm...Turner IS a good old boy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5583157134881112619.post-50520757634659256422009-12-01T11:48:16.087-06:002009-12-01T11:48:16.087-06:00Lets have a man for Mayor. Bob Turner! clean house...Lets have a man for Mayor. Bob Turner! clean house of the hacks and those who only want to enrich the good old boys. <br />10:58 the only thing Dickert understands IMHO is lining his own pocket! <br />Is John still looking for a phone to call Obama? He so loves to claim he is such good friends.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5583157134881112619.post-62686487226864805152009-12-01T11:31:27.724-06:002009-12-01T11:31:27.724-06:00Run Bob Run! We need you more than ever. Clean hou...Run Bob Run! We need you more than ever. Clean house of the Nazis. Discrimination and racism must come to an end.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5583157134881112619.post-42734402993800015352009-12-01T11:26:19.259-06:002009-12-01T11:26:19.259-06:00Conservatives have completely lost their minds. T...Conservatives have completely lost their minds. This is essentially a tax break for a small business. This is what you morons have been shouting from the rooftops that we need and every problem will magically go away.<br /><br />And now a prospective small business employer potentially gets one of these tax incentives and you cry about that too.<br /><br />Attention conservatives. F-off. You have no solutions to anything - even the misery that is your own life apparantly.<br /><br />I'll side with the people that are actually trying to do something over you pathetic whiners any day. What a disgrace.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5583157134881112619.post-61514482224100902722009-12-01T11:18:40.682-06:002009-12-01T11:18:40.682-06:00We need an independent. Could a new mayor get rid...We need an independent. Could a new mayor get rid of the city admin position, or are we locked into $600,000 of our money being fed to a crony? Long after our mayors are gone, Racine keeps paying for their blunders. <br /><br />$40,000 for a chunk of tin in Uptown while people go hungry within spitting distance. Party on, you criminals!OrbsCorbshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08195806840368262235noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5583157134881112619.post-55026613752668689152009-12-01T11:16:25.789-06:002009-12-01T11:16:25.789-06:00Update here ... Mick Burke at the JT had the deal ...Update here ... Mick Burke at the JT had the deal laid out in his last article about American Tire. He reports the rent subsidy will cost about $40,000. <br /><br /><a href="http://www.journaltimes.com/news/local/article_7a1aa0d0-d9ef-11de-8c2d-001cc4c002e0.html" rel="nofollow">See the story here.</a>Dustin https://www.blogger.com/profile/10717778498642473701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5583157134881112619.post-86897817974131118122009-12-01T11:05:34.352-06:002009-12-01T11:05:34.352-06:00God, not Turner. Not another party hack. Isn'...God, not Turner. Not another party hack. Isn't there anyone decent out there who cares about Racine and isn't owned by the Downtown Mafia?OrbsCorbshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08195806840368262235noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5583157134881112619.post-61169651138661157722009-12-01T10:58:25.868-06:002009-12-01T10:58:25.868-06:00Turner cannot even speak the English language. I c...Turner cannot even speak the English language. I can't understand a word he says. You need a mayor who can express himself articulately amongst many other qualities.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5583157134881112619.post-70369365590620586842009-12-01T10:55:02.023-06:002009-12-01T10:55:02.023-06:00Please Bob run! Lets get this guy out of office.Please Bob run! Lets get this guy out of office.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5583157134881112619.post-82817161582426272892009-12-01T10:48:47.527-06:002009-12-01T10:48:47.527-06:00Well, it is good thing that Bob Turner is going to...Well, it is good thing that Bob Turner is going to run again. I don't think that Mr. Dickert will stand a chance this time around. He has proven his incompetence during his short stay as our Mayor.Turner4Mayornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5583157134881112619.post-43225090960756445872009-12-01T10:45:16.829-06:002009-12-01T10:45:16.829-06:00This post is way to vague. Much more detail needs ...This post is way to vague. Much more detail needs to be provided. Incentives are a good thing for new business but they should come in tax breaks not city spending. What would be the limits of those breaks? We need the jobs of any kind but the breaks should be equitable to the compensation of those jobs. NOT AT TAX PAYERS EXPENSE.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5583157134881112619.post-60678787077695023072009-12-01T10:45:12.912-06:002009-12-01T10:45:12.912-06:00This post is way to vague. Much more detail needs ...This post is way to vague. Much more detail needs to be provided. Incentives are a good thing for new business but they should come in tax breaks not city spending. What would be the limits of those breaks? We need the jobs of any kind but the breaks should be equitable to the compensation of those jobs. NOT AT TAX PAYERS EXPENSE.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5583157134881112619.post-8327388494162345282009-12-01T09:45:20.357-06:002009-12-01T09:45:20.357-06:00You know we have a group of everyday folks who are...You know we have a group of everyday folks who are starting a business in composting food garbage and other products using Vermicomposting. The operation would in the first year create 2 or three Green jobs paying about $12.00 Hr. <br />Of course the City of Racine did not support the effort. All Racine County Composting Co-op wanted from The City was use of empty brownfields, I think Racine has a few. <br />Must be I guess if you want City help you have to bring in low income housing or allow The City to pratice land speculation.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5583157134881112619.post-43091788496996415492009-12-01T09:32:43.441-06:002009-12-01T09:32:43.441-06:00http://www.florenceminingnews.com/newsread.asp?ID=...http://www.florenceminingnews.com/newsread.asp?ID=845Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5583157134881112619.post-29110476736798754252009-12-01T09:09:51.034-06:002009-12-01T09:09:51.034-06:00"City Development Director Brian O'Connel..."City Development Director Brian O'Connell said Wednesday that a potential buyer, which he declined to identify, has offered to purchase that property and rent it to American Tire and Recycling."<br /><br />That buyer had better not be the City of Racine!<br /><br />"American Tire and Recycling is a recent start-up..."<br /><br />This company doesn't even have a track record. Dickert and Igor (I mean O'Connell) are gambling with city funds!<br /><br />"Dickert said the new company has indicated it would not reach the 88-job level immediately, but "very soon" after starting operations."<br /><br />Get it in writing and insist that it only hire Racine residences (but you know that won't happen).<br /><br />"O'Connell said the city initially planned to buy the property, rent it to American Tire and Recycling for about three to five years and then sell it to the company at the city's cost."<br /><br />There it is again! The city buying the property. More real estate speculation out of city hall. Look at the last several deals in the newspaper and on the RP about the real estate deals the city ventures into. In each and every case it is a LOSS!!!! This will be no different.<br /><br />This is bad business. In fact, this is anti-business! Since when did local government start paying the rent for businesses? They project a cost of ONLY $40,000.00 (which you can be sure will double before it's all over), and then they have the gall to call it SAVING!!!<br /><br />OK, Mr. Mayor, I'm currently unemployed, living on a shoestring and I want to open a new business here in town. Are you going to pay my rent and lessen my taxes until the business is profitable? Yeah, I thought not.<br /><br />This is another reason why Dickert should not get re-elected, and further evidence as to why O'Connell should have been fired long ago. Keep digging the hole you're forcing the taxpayers into and we'll soon pull you down with us!Grahamnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5583157134881112619.post-2592051982270445092009-12-01T06:56:34.464-06:002009-12-01T06:56:34.464-06:00Prospective employers ask about taxes, police, and...Prospective employers ask about taxes, police, and road maintenance. They are told about art colonies, on-staff corridor development experts and trips to other planets to court new business (while in effect trying to chase the ones here). They don't have to read negative comments on blogs to be turned off. <br /><br />Business owners here feel like the City and County are Time Warner - only new people get deals while the old, faithful customers pay full price as well as increases.<br /><br />Does anyone who throws around the terms "naysayers" etc. actually believe that those people want Racine to fail? We all want Racine to thrive! However, it is difficult to look through the mismanagement, corruption, and sophomoric visions for our future.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5583157134881112619.post-77890441365450252262009-12-01T06:52:12.859-06:002009-12-01T06:52:12.859-06:00It seems that Mayor Dickert has alot in common wit...It seems that Mayor Dickert has alot in common with the Nazi's of WW2, pick and chose which business to support and which to bring down through opression.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com