Wisconsin`s jobs agency will not alter its policies to make public a contract between the state and Foxconn before the deal is signed, Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation CEO Mark Hogan said Tuesday.
"We won’t be changing our process relative to when the contracts are available," Hogan told members of the Legislature`s audit committee. "Any contract that WEDC signs is available to the public (once it is signed)."
Rep. Melissa Sargent,
D-Madison, had requested the document be made available for public
review before it is executed. Sargent questioned Hogan and other WEDC
officials as to whether the agency could effectively execute a contract
as significant as the one with Foxconn.
Ken Notes: This may be a huge mistake because there are brilliant minds in this state and few of them are in politics. Years ago when we lent millions to kestrel, I had read an article in Aviation Week that suggested that the new aircraft was pretty cool, but that it would be a very tough sell against other manufacturers like Gulfstream and that the tool up to produce the new plane was probably beyond the small startup. WEDC failed to get past the cool part of the story. Oh and for the record I am just well read, nowhere near brilliant...
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