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Council Refuses to Weigh In on GM Decision

The West Bend Common Council got this one right.

The Common Council decided not to act on a resolution that would have protested the removal of the automobile franchise from Heiser Chevrolet Cadillac of West Bend.

   “I don’t see how the city gets off telling a corporation (what to do),” said Alderman Tony Turner.

   Mayor Kristine Deiss introduced the resolution, saying it came at the request of the chief operation officer of Heiser Automotive Group Inc., which runs five auto dealerships in Milwaukee and West Bend and a pair of Milwaukee auto body repair shops.

   “This is the first request we’ve ever gotten like this,” Deiss said of the resolution, which would have had the city urging “GM to reinstate the Chevrolet and Cadillac franchises to Heiser ...”

   She said the resolution would help Heiser “with their battle with GM to keep the franchise.”

   Alderman Michael Schlotfeldt said another GM dealership in West Bend could apply for those franchises.

   “I don’t want to be siding for one dealer over another,” he said.

Exactly.  Beyond the fact that it is meaningless since there’s no way that GM, owned by the federal government, is going to change its decision based on a resolution from West Bend, the city has no place inserting itself into business decisions like this.

Posted by Owen at 0739 hrs
Economy + Politics + Politics - Wisconsin

1. Considering GM employees world wide out number the entire population of West Bend about all a resolution would acomplish is hitting the circular file at corporate headquarters.

   No offense city council but I dont think you have enough mojo to rattle heads at GM, good call keep your nose clean, last thing you need is to be involved in a dealership war.
   Then again 40 % off invoice would be nice, Mr. Turner see if you can get us a city wide resident discount if you sign the thing.

   Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on March 02, 2010 at 1301 hrs
   
   
   

2.   “I don’t see how the city gets off telling a corporation (what to do),” said Alderman Tony Turner.

   I’ll finish this quote: “unless of course there’s some way we can score political points for our next popularity contest.  Also, everyone knows that small businesses such as bars and restaurants are not as smart as big corporation so it’s OK if us smart government people tell them what to do.”

   Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on March 02, 2010 at 1331 hrs
   
   
   

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