WEDC-backed Kestrel Aircraft now rehiring staff in Maine

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the company has promised to create 600 jobs in Superior with help from the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation, that Scott trotted out for a for photo op is using the 4 million it received from the WEDC will be used to rehire employees at the Brunswick Landing facility in that state — not to fund operations in Wisconsin.

ANOTHER BROWN BAG CLUSTERFUCK WALKER MOVE.

The story of WEDC-backed Kestrel Aircraft has taken another turn with the announcement that a new foreign investor will help bankroll the venture.

But a report from Maine says the investment will be used to rehire employees at the Brunswick Landing facility in that state — not to fund operations in Wisconsin."As we have funding, we bring people back and say, 'Here's the next thing we need to get done,'" Kestrel CEO Alan Klapmeier told the Bangor Daily News this week. Kestrel had promised to build an airplane manufacturing plant in Maine before it announced in January 2012 a move to Superior based on financial incentives from the Wisconsin Economic Development Corp.

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Kestrel officials have declined to comment on this and previous reports. The latest news from Superior says the company has fewer than 65 employees and has been cutting staff.


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1. Brunswick’s Kestrel Aircraft struggling to pay workers, rent

http://bangordailynews.com/2013/09/25/business/brunswicks-kestrel-aircraft-struggling-to-pay-workers-rent/