Post by boeslap on May 24, 2010 14:42:38 GMT -5
Missouri 2010 legislative session
FORD incentives KC plant
* It turned into a standoff:
Unless the House passed the pension bill,
the Senate
would refuse to pass a bill intended
to entice Ford Motor Co. to expand an assembly plant near Kansas City.
Nixon pulled out all the stops, persuading labor unions that represent state
employees to lobby for the bill reducing state pensions. Bradley Harmon,
representing the Communication Workers of America,
said unions were trying to save state jobs that
might be cut if the pension savings weren't realized.
But House members said the pension bill was flawed and needed reworking —
especially a provision pushed by Sen. Jason Crowell, R-Cape Girardeau,
to merge management of investments held by two state retirement funds.
In the driver's seat was Rep. Jason Smith, R-Salem.
In the end, he refused to take up the pension bill,
and both it and the Ford incentives died.
see entire article at link below
www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/stories.nsf/politics/story/5E431B4F5D403CA2862577240018AA2B?OpenDocument
FORD incentives KC plant
* It turned into a standoff:
Unless the House passed the pension bill,
the Senate
would refuse to pass a bill intended
to entice Ford Motor Co. to expand an assembly plant near Kansas City.
Nixon pulled out all the stops, persuading labor unions that represent state
employees to lobby for the bill reducing state pensions. Bradley Harmon,
representing the Communication Workers of America,
said unions were trying to save state jobs that
might be cut if the pension savings weren't realized.
But House members said the pension bill was flawed and needed reworking —
especially a provision pushed by Sen. Jason Crowell, R-Cape Girardeau,
to merge management of investments held by two state retirement funds.
In the driver's seat was Rep. Jason Smith, R-Salem.
In the end, he refused to take up the pension bill,
and both it and the Ford incentives died.
see entire article at link below
www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/stories.nsf/politics/story/5E431B4F5D403CA2862577240018AA2B?OpenDocument