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McDonnell to visit IP today
Published Tuesday, February 9, 2010
FRANKLIN—Gov. Bob McDonnell is planning to meet and greet workers at International Paper Co.’s Franklin mill today and to hold a roundtable discussion with community leaders later in the afternoon.
According to a statement from the governor’s office, McDonnell will arrive at the mill at 2 p.m. and will attend a presentation on services being offered to dislocated employees. He is then scheduled to meet and greet mill workers at around 2:45 p.m.
It will be McDonnell’s first visit to Franklin since his inauguration as governor on Jan. 16.
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Posted by chuck (anonymous) on February 9, 2010 at 10:56 a.m. (Suggest removal)
sure would be nice if he were coming to town to announce the new auto plant coming to IOW county...
Posted by billyboy (anonymous) on February 9, 2010 at 12:09 p.m. (Suggest removal)
The Richmond Times-Dispatch reported this morning that McDonnell is coming today to tour the mill with a company bidding on it for a wood fired electricity plant.......
Posted by chuck (anonymous) on February 9, 2010 at 2:30 p.m. (Suggest removal)
this would make the region's loggers happy.
Posted by MyHometown (anonymous) on February 9, 2010 at 3:16 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Thanks Billyboy
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Former gubernatorial candidate Mcauliffe is apparently making a bid for the mill. Sounds like a big operation. We will see.
Posted by wolfman148 (anonymous) on February 9, 2010 at 9:52 p.m. (Suggest removal)
I saw the caption in the paper about the company bidding on the IP Mill. I really wish the media would address these type of issues correctly, because it sends false hope to already confused employees. The Mill will not be ready for any kind of sale for at least 2 years and possibly as much as 5 yrs. This has been conveyed to everyone from IP top officials many times. There is a date, to be announced soon, that their will be no more IP employees working at the plant. Some have not even started looking for jobs yet thinking something like this could happen, but it is not. All closed IP mills have been set up like this for sale and very few ever get sold. I have lost my job at the Mill also, but had to face the reality that there is not going to be any jobs saved there and we all need to look elswhere for employment and face the reality that life at this Mill will soon be over for us all. But I have found one good thing. There is life and opportunity outside IP and a good one at that.
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