ARE MORE THAN
CHANGES
% TO
THE
PROPOSED
FOXCONN
% OPERATION IN WISCONSIN.
% THE
COMPANY PUT
OUT A
STATEMENT
% THAT
LOUIS
WOO,
THE
EXECUTIVE
% WHO
LED
MUCH OF
THE
PROJECT,
IS
% STEPPING
DOWN
FOR
PERSONAL
% REASONS.
% IT'S JUST THE
LATEST
GOMENT
!
DEVELOPMENT
% THAT HAS
OFFICIALS
WONDERING
IF
% FOXCONN
WILL
DELIVER
13,000 JOBS
% TO WILLS.
% IT'S
NOT
JUST
OFFICIALS.
% HOMEOWNERS WHO
LOST
THEIR
% PROPERTY
ARE
NOT
HAPPY
EITHER.
% JOINING U
S
NOW
IS
WISCONSIN% PUBLIC
RADIO'S
CORRINNE
HEES,
HESS,
% WHO
HAS NEW
REPORTING ON
THE
% TOPIC.
% THANKS FOR
YOUR TIME
TODAY.
% >> THANK
YOU.
% >>
NOW, WHO ARE
THESE
HOMEOWNERS
% THAT
SOLD
THEIR
LAND
AWAY
TO
% MAKE
WAY
FOR
FOXCONN
AND
WHY
ARE
% THEY
NOT
HAPPY
NOW?
% >>
WELL,
FROM
THE
BEGINNING OF
% THE
PROJECT, MOUNT PLEASANT
SAID
% THAT THEY
WOULD
ACQUIRE
ALL
OF
% THIS
PROPERTY FOR
FOXCONN.
% IT'S
ABOUT
3,000
ACRES.
% SO
WHAT
THEY
DID
WAS
THEY
BEGAN
% SENDING
LETTERS
TO
HOMEOWNERS
% LETTING THEM
KNOW
THAT
THEIR
% PROPERTY WOULD
BE
TAKEN
THROUGH% A
PROCESS
CALLED
EMINENT DOMAIN.% AND SOME OF
THESE
HOMEOWNERS
% HAVE
REALIZED THAT
THE ROAD
% PROJECTS
THAT THEY
WERE
TOLD
% ABOUT
ARE
NOT
HAPPENING.
% AND SO
THEY'RE
PRETTY
UPSET.% >>
NOW,
FOR
THE
PEOPLE
-- THERE
% ARE
STILL PEOPLE
STAYING THAT
% HAVE
REFUSED TO
MOVE.
% DO THEY
WANT A BETTER
DEAL
TO
% MOVE
OUT
OR
ARE
THEY
LOOKING
TO
% STAY THERE
PERMANENTLY?
% >> THERE
IS A
WOMAN
WHO
HAS
% REFUSED
TO
MOVE,
KIM
MAHONEY.
% SHE
HAS
SINCE
BEEN
TOLD
THEY
% DON'T
WANT
HER
PROPERTY
ANYMORE.
% THERE
IS
ANOTHER
COUPLE,
KATHY
% AND
RODNEY
JENSEN.
% THEIR
PROPERTY, THEY WERE
T
OLD
% THAT
THE
VILLAGE
WANTED
.13
% ACRES
FOR A
ROAD
PROJECT,
BUT% THEY WERE GOING
TO
TAKE
ALL
% THREE
ACRES OF THE
PROPERTY.
% THEY
DID
NOT
MOVE.
% THE
VILLAGE
HAS
SINCE
BOUGHT
% THEIR
LAND
AND
THEY'RE
IN A
% FEDERAL
LAWSUIT RIGHT
NOW.% >>
SO
ARE
THERE
PEOPLE THAT
% ACTUALLY
WANT TO G
O
BACK
THERE
% OR IS
THIS
ABOUT MONEY
AT
THIS
% POINT?%>>
WELL,
THE
THING
IS
THAT
% THEY
CAN'T
GO
BACK.
% ALL
OF
THESE
HOMES HAVE
BEEN
%
BULLDOZED.
% SO
THERE'S
NOTHING TO
GO BACK
% TO.
% AND
IT'S
REALLY
NOT
ABOUT
MONEY.
% THE
PEOPLE
THAT
I'VE
TALKED
TO
% ARE PRETTY
HAPPY
WITH
WHAT
% THEY'VE
GOTTEN.
% THEY
GOT
WELL
ABOVE
THE
ASSESSED
%
VALUE
OF
THEIR
HOMES.
% IT'S
MORE
ABOUT
HOW
THE
VIL
% LAINL
!
VILLAGE
WENT
ABOUT
ACQUIRING
THE
% PROPERTY
AND
WHAT
THEY
BELIEVE% THEY WERE
TOLD
IN
RELATION TO
% WHAT'S
GOING
ON
DOWN
THERE.% >>
DO
YOU
GET A
SENSE
THAT
THE% DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION
% UNDER TONY EVERS IS
HANDLING
% THIS
ANY
DIFFERENTLY
THAN
WHEN% SCOTT WALKER
WAS
IN
CHARGE?
% >> NO.
% I REALLY DON'T.
% I REACHED OUT
TO
THE DEPARTMENT% OF TRANSPORTATION.
% THEY
REALLY
DID
NOT
TALK
TO
ME% AT ALL.
% I
WAS
GIVEN
DOCUMENTS
UNDER
T
HE% OPEN RECORDS
LAW.
% BUT
THEY
DID
NOT
AGREE
TO
ANY
% INTERVIEWS.%>>
AND WILL
ANY
THESE
% CONNECTOR
ROADS
EVER
GET
BUILT
% OR WILL
DOT
BE
WAITING
UNTIL
% FOXCONN
ACTUALLY
STARTS
% MANUFACTURING
SOMETHING?% >> YOU
KNOW, THERE
IS
SOME
ROAD
% WORK BEING
DONE,
BUT
DEFINITELY% NOT TO
THE
EXTENT
THAT
WAS
% ORIGINALLY
PLANNED.% >>
SO
IS
THE
END
RESULT
OF
THIS
% MOSTLY
JUST
ILL
WILL
BETWEEN
THE
% PEOPLE
THAT
LIVE
THERE
AND
THE
% VILLAGE THAT
WENT
ABOUT
WORKING
% FOR
FOXCONN
AND
THE
STATE?
% >>
UNFORTUNATELY, YES.
% THE PEOPLE THAT
I
TALKED
TO
AND
% OTHERS,
THEY'VE
BEEN
PACKING
% THESE VILLAGE
MEETINGS AND THERE
% IS A
LOT
OF
ILL
WILL
DOWN
THERE
% RIGHT NOW.
% I'M
NOT
SURE
HOW
THAT
GETS
% REPAIRED.%>> ALL RIGHT.