Way to go Weir Minerals

I was reading the paper today about a proposed expansion at Weir Minerals (a mine equipment manufacturer), what a refreshing story.  They are going to file a permit application with the DNR.  They are not asking for a rule change like Ashley Furniture, Cabela's, Gogebic Mine,...  They are not asking for a government handout unlike say the Edgewater hotel, but if money is available they'll take it.  They are going to provide some high paying jobs unlike other companies that get government handouts like Walmart in Monona, Beaver Dam, ...  All that I can say is that Weir is building it on their own and being a good citizen about it as well.  Maybe this is due to the fact that they are a British company and they have different values.

Ashley Furniture

While the flooding in Arcadia was tragic, the fact that Ashley Furniture is located there can't be ignored.  This is a company that held the State hostage while requesting that the government grant a waiver to fill in wetlands for a company expansion.  When it was moving at the slow pace with which these things move they complained and threatened to move.  The reality was that they needed (the state) a Federal waiver as well as a State waiver and Ashley didn't pay those politicians.  In the end of course this was granted.  Now all of these years later their plant floods.  Do you think that this company who gamed the system is in line to get disaster relief from the taxpayers?