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PITCHFORKS AND
TORCHES - THE POLITICAL SNITCH
Tyrants' Tea Party
The Arrogant Aristocracy Of
Money And
Power In SA, Bexar County
And Beyond
The Great Toyota Truck Wreck
Of 2008
SAL POLITICAL SNITCH |
As San Antonio and Texas
politicos try to assure the populace that all is
right with the world, the Lightning has learned
from insiders that as many as 200 more company
employees could be headed for the exit door, and
as many as a 1,000 jobs with Toyota suppliers
await a similar fate.
Toyota became the second major
company to "shock" the bureaucrats and
political royalty of San Antonio by announcing a
shutdown of the struggling truck factory for
"about" 3 months, beginning in August.
Earlier this summer AT&T pulled
its corporate offices from SA and made a hurried
exit to Dallas, taking 700 high-dollar executives
with it.
Now Toyota, which has already cut
200 temporary workers, says it will have no
further layoffs.
Some employed at the plant and its
myriad of suppliers aren't buying that, in much
the same way as Americans aren't buying the
bloated Tundra and its gas swilling appetite.
Of course, the big business hypes
and government types like County Judge Nelson
Wolff, Mayor Phil Hardberger and Governor Rick
Perry are trotting out the "silver
lining" scenarios, trying their best to
paint lipstick on the swine.
Hardberger is especially rattled.
He has been pursuing a City Charter
change that would give more time at the trough to
"experienced" politicians.
As pointed out in this space many
times, the most experienced people in local
government are the ones who keep getting caught
unaware by events that a blind hog would have
spotted.
As for Toyota and its partners we
will see if the promises made by the truck giant
are honored, or if there are more surprises in
the offing.
More to follow.
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