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SPC Erich Guenther
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Born and raised in Wisconsin one of the largest reasons I left was the state did such a crappy job at urban and suburban planning and it was clear some politicians were on the take and on developers payrolls. Sad to see taxpayers now having to pay to fix that whole mess with infrastructure spending and flooding remediation, etc. Also, sadly I had to watch growing up as several large industries in Milwaukee packed up and left and abandoned their empty facilities, Pabst, Schlitz, Allis-Chamlers, AMC Motors, etc. Watched the hometown railroad "The Milwaukee Road" go bankrupt and pull up most of it's tracks. Politicians sat around and did nothing but wave them good bye as part of the past but had no real plan for replacements for the future. So it's a good sign when I read something like this and it shows maybe Wisconsin learned from the past and is now planning on the labor pool side?
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Sgt Steven Janke
Sgt Steven Janke
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Erich,
Thanks for the response and I understand your frustrations with politicians. This initiative has been 4 years in the making and it shows a real collaborative effort on behalf of multiple state agencies to breakdown silo's and move forward together. Recognizing the need for labor was just one part of what Wisconsin has been doing. Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation has taken huge strides in helping those companies already in the state to increase productivity so what happened in the past doesn't have to happen again. Our greatest resource in Wisconsin is the people living here and those companies that support those communities matter. To answer your question yes the state is addressing that issue in a unique and forward thinking way.
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