{"id":8519,"date":"2014-04-18T10:42:07","date_gmt":"2014-04-18T14:42:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/?p=8519"},"modified":"2014-04-18T10:42:07","modified_gmt":"2014-04-18T14:42:07","slug":"happy-anniversary-macerata-wheels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/2014\/04\/18\/happy-anniversary-macerata-wheels\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy Anniversary, Macerata Wheels!"},"content":{"rendered":"

It was about a year ago that there was a big announcement that promised 101 new jobs over the next three years. I bet you know where this is going…<\/p>\n

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\nWheels spin to bring new jobs to Danville <\/a><\/h3>\n

Yeah! Forget all the Job Busts before, because this is real! This job announcement has no chance of failing because you can see from the photos that they have wheels that look like the ones that will be made in Danville.<\/p>\n

And hey, the City of Danville went ahead and vouched for them to the Tobacco Commission and got them a big ol’ check for $600,000. That’s a lot of money to help put all that fancy wheel making equipment in that big ol’ warehouse that they’ve got. Now now now… don’t be concerned with the plan that they’ve got to import wheels from China to get started. We all know how reliable Chinese companies are when it comes to Danville<\/a>! This announcement has got to be real because they have a they have a banner that says these wheels are going to be made in Danville!<\/p>\n

One year after this announcement, let’s take a look at what they have gotten accomplished. You know what looks like a wheel? The number zero, that’s what. Zero movement on this product, zero real progress, zero anything. However, there were lots of zeroes on that check for $600,000. I wonder how many of those zeroes have been used?<\/p>\n

I’m seriously smelling Yet Another Job Bust here, folks. I’m not the only one who believes that Macerata Wheels has four flat tires.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It was about a year ago that there was a big announcement that promised 101 new jobs over the next three years. I bet you know where this is going…<\/p>\n

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