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Dixon cratered family's foundry

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marsbar
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Re: Dixon cratered family's foundry

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TC Talks wrote: Wed Sep 07, 2022 1:09 pm It seems the Republicans didn't vet their candidate very well and she bankrupted her family's business laying off the entire workforce.

I can't see how any Blue collar Republican would be interested in voting for her. I find it particularly interesting how she has touted her time working at the company as a H*** success...
MUSKEGON — An empty field marks the spot where Tudor Dixon began her professional career in Michigan’s steel industry, surrounding warehouses the only visible reminders of her family's foundry that shuttered in late 2012 and was later demolished.

Dixon, the Republican nominee for governor, has touted her seven years as an executive at Michigan Steel Inc. as evidence she’s prepared for “tough battles” as governor. She has distanced herself, though, from the eventual collapse of her father’s firm, which occurred three years after she left the company upon becoming pregnant with her first child.

But court records reviewed by Bridge Michigan indicate the Muskegon foundry struggled with cash flow while Dixon worked there, well before Michigan Steel laid off its entire workforce — which had topped at near 300 employees — and liquidated the company her dad purchased in 2002.

"They were always slow payment," said Tim Kmiecik. CEO of White Eagle Steel of Spring Lake, which sued Michigan Steel over unpaid bills from 2008.

"It seemed to be half-assed, to be quite frank."

Dixon's campaign declined an interview request about her tenure at the steel foundry. In an email, a spokesperson said Dixon was “not involved in or aware of any of the lawsuits” and described her role in the company in more limited terms than she has in the past.
While we’re on the topic of sucky candidates:

https://youtu.be/mCJMF7mflGE
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