Finger-pointing over Oscar Mayer doesn`t help anybody

If you’re one of the one thousand workers about to lose a job at Oscar Mayer, congratulations. You’re now officially a political billiard ball.

Last week it was reported that officials at Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce, the state’s largest, oldest and most hidebound business lobby, got wind that Oscar’s parent company might close a plant in Wisconsin, though not the one in Madison. When folks at the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation, Wisconsin’s most useless and quite possibly corrupt quasi-public economic development agency, heard about this they asked WMC if they should contact the company. WMC said there was nothing to see there.

Now Madison Mayor Paul Soglin has attacked both the WMC and the WEDC for not knowing in advance that Kraft-Heinz was getting ready to shutter its Madison plant and so not trying to do anything to stop it.

This is all ridiculous....

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Ken Notes: Do I get credit for saying this first?? By the way do not forget I did suggest we go out now and shake EVERY hand NOW and ask how can we help your business grow! I will blame anyone that does not take this proactive advice because it is easy to do!!! I need a taller soap box.