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In case you haven't heard, Dell has picked Winston-Salem for its new assembly plant.
What does this mean for you? Guilford County and Greensboro taxpayers are off the hook for the combined $12.4 million their governments offered the company. But if you're in Winston-Salem or Forsyth, get ready to shell out $30 million in incentives. The city-county utility commission there will donate about $7 million in land.
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Way to break the story, Mark. Yours was the first feed to show up with the story. (Still is at the moment and currently at the top of the list at Greensboro101.com).
BTW, did I miss your report on electronic voting or are you still working on it?
Posted on December 22, 2004 3:49 PM
Thanks Roch.
I'm still working on e-voting. Frankly, it's taken a back seat, for the moment, to feeding the beast over the holidays. If things are quiet next week, I'll be working on it with an eye toward Jan. 2.
Posted on December 22, 2004 4:09 PM
To me, High Point and Kernersville are the big winners here. Winston pays a ton of money to attract Dell to its eastern edge. High Point and Kernersville pay nothing, but will get the spinoff development in the form of fully taxed homes and other businesses for Dell's workers.
It just shows how ridiculous the whole thing is. If the leaders of the various cities could have put aside their egos, you could have had Greensboro, Winston and High Point all chip in a proportional amount (a few million) and share the benefit.
Next time I hear some local official talking about regional cooperation, I'm going to completely ignore it because there's no such thing here.
Posted on December 23, 2004 11:41 AM
Then cover your ears if you see a Dell story come on the TV today. That's the message o' the day from the folks on the loosing end of the stick.
Posted on December 23, 2004 12:15 PM