Mercury given Wisconsin business award

Posted on 05 March 2010

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A special achievement award was given this week to Mercury Marine management, union leaders and local, state and county officials for the work of all involved in keeping Mercury Marine in Fond du Lac, Wis.

The award was presented at the Business & Industry Awards Dinner held at Marian University.

Wisconsin Gov. Jim Doyle gave the keynote address at the dinner, saying Mercury Marine should serve as an example of the direction the state needs to go.

Doyle gave kudos to the union and management, saying they both stepped outside their roles to reach a decision that bodes well for the state.

"The result was a good result for Wisconsin," he said. "It's not one that left everyone happy at the end of the day, but it was a good result."

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2 Wednesday, 10 March 2010 16:39

Wisconsin Gov. Jim Doyle gave the keynote address at the dinner, saying Mercury Marine should serve as an example of the direction the state needs to go.

This statement floors me - those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it.  If the entire Mercury/Union/Wisconsin debacle and the events surrounding it are indicative of "the direction the state needs to go" then Wisconsin is even more doomed than I initially thought.

1 Sunday, 07 March 2010 13:21

The award is silly.  There was blackmail by both sides, and why should the regular taxpayer be left holding the bag?  Everyone should have the same tax liabilites.  It is like Congress having their own health plan.  And, poor Oklahoma that did nothing wrong.

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