Comments on: Take the Money and Run http://clawback.org/2008/07/28/take-the-money-and-run/ Thu, 02 Feb 2012 18:53:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: sloper http://clawback.org/2008/07/28/take-the-money-and-run/#comment-234 Tue, 05 Aug 2008 16:04:26 +0000 http://clawback.wordpress.com/?p=187#comment-234 Jack Roberts:

Maybe it would be better if corporations worried about a “Fatal Attraction” response when they abandon communities that subsidized them. Instead, they get to act like a cross between Bluebeard and Henry VIII, disposing of mates at will, with economic development officials and site location consultants serving as the royal procurers.

Phil Mattera

]]> By: Carl E. Person http://clawback.org/2008/07/28/take-the-money-and-run/#comment-232 Tue, 05 Aug 2008 04:45:38 +0000 http://clawback.wordpress.com/?p=187#comment-232 Eugene OR should appoint a town attorney general, to obtain relief for the town. See my website at http://www.townattorneygeneral.com, and to obtain a free electronic copy of my book, Saving Main Street and Its Retailers, go to
http://www.lawmall.com/lawmall/mx07endx.pdf and for a copy of the cover of the book go to
http://www.lawmall.com/lawmall/cover3thumb.jpg

]]> By: Jack Roberts http://clawback.org/2008/07/28/take-the-money-and-run/#comment-231 Mon, 04 Aug 2008 22:01:00 +0000 http://clawback.wordpress.com/?p=187#comment-231 As the author of the op-ed piece referenced above, the analogy to a husband ditching his long-term wife for a “trophy wife” is hardly apt. Hynix, which is trying to hang on in a terrible memory chip market, is shutting plants in Oregon, China and Korea. They aren’t closing these plant so that they can open a more profitable plant elsewhere. They are trying to stay in business.

Just as the tax breaks we offered Hynix were not forever, we didn’t expect Hynix–or any business–to be here forever. Even after factoring in the tax breaks they received, they were by far the largest taxpayer in Eugene. They also provided great jobs and a lot of support for our community. There is a difference between being appreciative and being deferential.

On the other hand, I’m sure the author of this post could have given lessons to Glen Close in Fatal Attraction on how to get even when a relationship goes sour. Is it any wonder communities around the country don’t take this website seriously?

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