[tje]

They should consider Texas.

[pepsionice]

I think I’d go the extra step and manufacture them in Mexico. Once you start any talk of environmental issues...it’s a no-go in most of the fifty states.

[Myrddin]

We'll take them in Pocatello. Our switch yard is the largest rail switch yard west of the Mississippi. We have rail connectivity, air connectivity and two major freeways for truck traffic. There is a large base of railroad people with the experience to do the job. The only reticence I have is that the last Japanese company, Hoku, that built a facility here for making silicon photovoltaic cells decided to jump ship before finishing the job.

[eyeamok]

Maria Elena Durazo, who heads the Los Angeles County Federation of Labor, the region’s largest union voice, said in an interview that Kinkisharyo will violate its contract with Metro if it takes any jobs out of state. She added that the firm has “done nothing but treat [labor] as if we were outsiders.”

Out and Out LIE, there is NO REQUIREMENT in their contract to produce ANYTHING in California, there was a lengthy article outlining this recently on this site.

Kinkisharyo refused a request for a “card check agreement,” demanded by the thug union known as IBEW. That is what ended it. They are Moving

[Vigilanteman]

Arizona is close, has nice golf courses and less competition for workers.

[who_would_fardels_bear]

It's Palmdale! There's probably more chemicals going into the ground due to illegal meth labs than will ever go there from this plant.

In this case, however, anything that puts another crimp into the plans for a train to nowhere is OK in my book.

[marron]

Unions and EPA are a one-two punch. If you want to get past the environmental impact process and all the myriad environmental groups trying to shut you down, you need union-backing.

Thats how it works. Play ball with the unions, and they’ll get you through it. Don’t play ball and the greens will chew you up and spit you out.

[Jimmy Valentine]

And to think that for years we were the leader in rail technology and construction.

Quite depressing actually.

[DannyTN]

[morphing libertarian]

I wonder who advised them to try Cal in the first place?

[hinckley buzzard]

They will the next time, for sure.