Got a Dollar...er Peso, Bill? - Granite Grok

Got a Dollar…er Peso, Bill?

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Most everyone has heard the rumor that, while CEO of Carlisle Plastics, Bill Binnie authorized the closing of a clothes-hanger manufacturing facility in California, and had it shipped to Mexico – along with 450 American jobs.

 

Well, he denied this last week (in a full-page Union Leader ad).  But after researching the SEC filing documents, the U/L found contradictions in Binnie’s statements

 

Cornered on Friday, Binnie indicated that "both things are true", meaning what, that nobody is incorrect in this situation?  Binnie’s explanation is that there was, technically, no loss of jobs to Mexico, due to  their opening a "larger facility" in the US, while they moved this one to Tijuana.  He also claimed that the US facility was for manufacturing, while the SEC documents show it was for distribution.

 

Basically, the truth is that he shipped 450 US jobs to Mexico, then opened yet another manufacturing facility in Mexico a few years later, to improve "cost efficiencies".

 

As a businessman, he’s free to do what he chooses, but he got caught in a lie about what really happened, all despite running on the "I’ve created thousands and thousands of jobs" mantra.

 

Jobs in Mexico don’t count, Bill.

 

Ovide Lamontagne is looking better, and better, every day.

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