Huge Illinois Business Leaves for Indiana

Visit Pontiac ^ | Aug 22, 2011 | Scott McCoy

[KeyLargo]

Huge Illinois Business Leaves for Indiana

by Scott McCOY for State Representative of the 106th House District in Illinois Mon Aug 22, 2011 at 10:10 pm CST

Tomorrow (Tuesday), Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels is expected to announce that Indiana will welcome a new business that will bring 240 new jobs to Indiana — all thanks to Illinois’ Governor Quinn, the Illinois Democrats, and the major hike in Illinois’ taxes the Democrats put on Illinois businesses.

Modern Drop Forge, of Blue Island, Illinois, is expected to move its operation to Merrillville, Indiana. They are also expected to make a $7 million investment to improve the new property, according to NWI Times news of Indiana.

“The Democrats just don’t get it,” said Scott McCoy, a businessman and candidate for Illinois State Representative of the newly formed 106th House District in Central Illinois. “The Democrats caused this with their huge tax hike on Illinois businesses. Now, Illinois businesses are looking for more business friendly states and I can’t blame them. Illinois is doing this to ourselves. I hope the people in our state figure it out before we look around and see no businesses or jobs left in Illinois.”

McCoy says Illinois’ business climate of regulations, high taxes, and an over-controlling state government has put Illinois in a very bad place.

“Governor Quinn and the Democrats are going to continue down this path for the next year and a half until we can elect conservative leaders into the Illinois House and Senate,” McCoy explained. “Then it’s two more years until we have a chance to elect a conservative governor. It’s going to be a very hard and painful several years here in Illinois.”

Scott McCoy says Illinois needs strong, conservative leaders who will stand up to the Democrats and win the people over to a more conservative direction. He said the Republicans and the TEA Party need to press hard from now until election day to change the course.

“How many more businesses and jobs will we lose from now until then,” McCoy asked. “Once they leave, don’t expect them to come back.”

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For more on this story:

http://www.nwitimes.com/business/local/article_ca97a596-5735-55b0-817d-96a688797769.html

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Video news report

http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=news/local&id=8321272

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ABC7 CHICAGO NEWS VIDEO REPORT

http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=news/local&id=8321272

[Ann Archy]

We just moved from Chicago to sarasota....what a DIFF in taxes!!!

[ScottinVA]

Well, democrats, here’s the fruit of your misdeeds. Make things tough for business... and business will make things tough for you.. by leaving.

[Eric in the Ozarks]

It would be hard to think of a worse place than Blue Island.

[CaptainAmiigaf]

I would truly appreciate an HONEST reply from someone. Is ANYONE surprised or SHOCKED, SHOCKED at this?
Does ANYONE think that this is the last company to “abandon a sinking ship?”
Does ANYONE think the Demonrat Governor and/or legislature will act in a “sane” or realistic way to this.
Also, does ANYONE in Illinois even THINK?

[KeyLargo]

the times

Forging company expected to bring 240 jobs to Merrillville location

By Matt Saltanovitz matt.saltanovitz@nwi.com, (219) 933-4089 | Posted: Monday, August 22, 2011 5:15 pm

MERRILLVILLE | Gov. Mitch Daniels is expected to join executives from the Blue Island, Ill.-based company Modern Drop Forge on Tuesday to announce the company will be moving a major operation to Merrillville, resulting in about 240 new jobs.

On Monday afternoon, Merrillville Town Councilman Richard Hardaway confirmed that Modern Drop Forge will be coming to Merrillville, following the Town Council’s passage of a 10-year tax abatement for the company in May.

Hopefully this will result in a significant economic boost for Merrillville,” Hardaway said. “We’ve been looking for some time for some type of home run. But up until now we’ve only had nibbles.”

He credited a team effort by elected and other town officials for attracting the company to Merrillville.

....The Republican governor has said he expects more Illinois companies will come to Indiana without IEDC assistance because they are attracted by the state’s minimal government regulation on business and lower taxes.

Read more: http://www.nwitimes.com/business/local/article_ca97a596-5735-55b0-817d-96a688797769.html#ixzz1VrCj5tXd

[grumpygresh]

Excellent. We do need to punish these blue states for punishing free enterprise. Maybe the people will wake up and blame the Dems.

[bcsco]

Also, does ANYONE in Illinois even THINK?

Sure! But we're outgunned and outvoted by the crooks in Chicago and other socialist havens...

[Dr. Ursus]

Has Obama and Holder’s people approved the move?

[Lurker]

Back in the day Blue Island had a thriving manufacturing base, was solidly blue-collar and middle class. Now it’s like driving through a war zone.

And it was done quite on purpose.

[nodumbblonde]

Can you elaborate, please? I’m not familiar with Blue Island.

[traderrob6]

I do, and I have a beautiful house with 2 acres on a tremendous bass lake and I’m seriously considering moving.

[traderrob6]

I do, and I have a beautiful house with 2 acres on a tremendous bass lake and I’m seriously considering moving.

[KeyLargo]

RAHM EMANUEL AND GOV PAT QUINN I assume will be getting new federal shovel ready jobs when they start the process of building a moat around the state of Illinois.

Posted 8/22/11 1:53 p.m.

WLS Radio’s Bill Cameron Reports

CHICAGO (WLS) - Some Chicago companies are avoiding some city and county sales taxes by locating their legal point of sales in Kankakee where the sales tax is lower.

This nets Kankakee some badly needed money, but Mayor Rahm Emanuel says that’s not right.

“People are practicing a way of cheating the system. And there are people in the business of helping people cheat the system,” Emanuel said.

So the mayor says the city will sue and there are also efforts in Springfield to make this illegal.

http://www.wlsam.com/Article.asp?id=2267689&spid

[thepatriot1]

Omg do I hate this state. My current personal situation precludes me from being able to move but if not for that I would be gone in a heartbeat.

[stars & stripes forever]

The only hope for Illinois.

2 Chronicles 7:14

[bgill]

How’s Hussein support working out for you, Illinios?

[thepatriot1]

Its not even:

“take from the rich and give to the poor”

anymore its

“take from the ‘barely scraping by’ and give to the ones who don’t care to work and just want to live off the rest of us”

[woodenickel]

It’s OK, there not green jobs. It’s just one of those real jobs that make money, and don’t require a govmint hand-out.