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Originally Posted by Bucco
Out of my element on this but how does this story from December play intot this....
"BATAVIA, Ill.-- The announcement to invest $20 million in capital funding for Fermilab was made Friday.
Governor Pat Quinn says the investment is part of his Illinois Jobs Now! initiative and that the money will be used for the construction of a new building. Additionally, 200 new high-tech jobs will be created from the expansion.
Ground was broken Friday on the new facility, which will be part of Fermilab's Illinois Accelerator Research Center Complex.
Governor Quinn says the new addition to the facility will put Illinois in the forefront of world technology. "
http://www.centralillinoisnewscenter...135747218.html |
How odd. I looked on the company's website and saw the same info in a press release. @VK, it is state and federal funding.
"The Illinois Jobs Now! capital bill provided $20 million to the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity to fund a grant for the design and construction of a new building that will form part of the IARC complex...
"The DOE is also providing $13 million to Fermilab to refurbish an existing heavy industrial building that will be incorporated into the complex, adding 36,000 square feet of specialized workspace."
There's been a lot of politics going on behind the scenes that we don't know about on this one. Spend $33 million with hopes of creating 200 new high tech jobs sounds like the American people are campaigning for someone in Illinois.
Please read this editorial from a local Illinois newspaper for an example of political favors.
http://napervillesun.suntimes.com/ne...ggs-boson.html