Fly On The Wall

"Wisconsin lawmakers to meet with NewPage CEO
By Diana Marrero
Friday, Sep 19 2008, 04:15 PM

Several members of Wisconsin's congressional delegation plan to meet next Wednesday on Capitol Hill with NewPage Corp. CEO Mark Suwyn. The Miamisburg, Ohio-based company shut down its Kimberly mill earlier this month, ending 600 jobs.

The lawmakers requested the meeting to discuss future plans for the Kimberly mill and the possibility that another company could purchase the 119-year-old mill, which has served as a major employer in the small Wisconsin town. Reps. Tom Petri (R-Fond du Lac) and Steve Kagen (D-Appleton) as well as Sens. Herb Kohl and Russ Feingold, both Democrats, plan to attend the meeting.

"From everything I've heard, the Kimberly mill has every prospect of being successful if a company can be found that wants to run it," Petri said in a statement. "NewPage should be open to selling the mill and letting everybody get back to work."

In a statement, Kohl said members of the delegation want to pursue "every option for getting the Kimberly mill workforce employed again."Lawmakers also want to figure out how to keep jobs at NewPage’s other Wisconsin facilities and how lawmakers can help improve market conditions for domestic paper companies, he said.

"Working together, I hope we can make some progress," Kohl said.

The company shut down its Kimberly mill, saying there was too little demand for its products and they couldn't compete with lower-priced paper from China." Wisconsin lawmakers to meet with NewPage CEO - All Politics

I would give anything to be a fly on the wall in this meeting. After all the dribble from the Wisconsin politicians, can you just imagine,

Someone from New Page could say the following, "you guys screwed your voters and the workers in Kimberly and Niagara with your stupid ass laws and now you want us to bail you out for your election!"

"Don't try to screw us, I want tax deductions for the paper industry to get us to sell the Kimberly plant!"

Can anyone tell me why the Niagara plant is left high and dry? Everything is for Kimberly and squat for Northern Wisconsin.

People of Niagara Wisconsin,

You got SCREWED!

And this is from the Democrats you vote for?

Will you dems ever learn!