Murky building details mirror multiple Foxconn uncertainties

Of course Foxconn hadn't disclosed how tall its factory in Mount Pleasant may be.

What? You think transparency should govern the heavily-subsidized deal, its timetables and scope?

Foxconn has not disclosed exactly what it will manufacture or assembly there.

Let alone construction schedules. You know, the weather...

Or how many people it will hire or how many robots it will deploy.

I mean, Foxconn told you they don't have a crystal ball! Isn't that sufficient?

Or exactly what will be in its waste water stream.

But it did prove last summer its on-site rain runoff preparation was insufficient,


It also knew it needed more than $4 billion in taxpayer subsidies, thousands of acres of good farmland and dozens of residential properties, tree stands and wetlands, seven million gallons of fresh Lake Michigan water every day, enough new electrical power brought in at ratepayers' expense - - but bought at wholesale rates through a sweetheart arrangement fast-tracked by Walker's corporate-obeisant Public Service Commission - - and awards any other WI factory powers demand.

Not to mention bigger new roads in a state that can't fix its potholes to satisfy Robin Vos, a local businessman and political figure.

A full two years' worth of Foxconn posts is at this archived item.




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