{"id":2134,"date":"2009-10-01T12:45:24","date_gmt":"2009-10-01T17:45:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kevinbryant.com\/?p=2134"},"modified":"2009-10-01T12:45:24","modified_gmt":"2009-10-01T17:45:24","slug":"mt-vernon-mills-tour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kevinbryant.com\/kbarchive\/mt-vernon-mills-tour\/","title":{"rendered":"Mt. Vernon Mills tour"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On Wednesday morning, September 23rd, the Mr. Vernon Mills in LaFrance, hosted the delegation for a quick tour and meeting. They&#8217;ve been hit hard with the recent decline in the economy. They feel like they&#8217;ve possibly hit the bottom of the valley and had some optimism for 2010. Worker&#8217;s comp reform, taxes, tort reform, regulation, and unionization are issues they are mostly concerned with.<\/p>\n<p>The plant in LaFance manufactures textiles for things like car seats, mass transit upholstery, commercial linens, and roller brushes.<\/p>\n<p>Interestingly, no one asked for taxpayer funded festivals, museum funds, or anything else so many claim are crucial to economic development.<\/p>\n<p>Most business leaders will tell you that if government could simply get out of the way of the private sector, we&#8217;d see and increase of prosperity, jobs, and quality of life.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2135\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.kevinbryant.com\/kbarchive\/mt-vernon-mills-tour\/img00032-20090923-1109\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.kevinbryant.com\/kbarchive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/img00032-20090923-11091.jpg?fit=154%2C205&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"154,205\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"img00032-20090923-1109\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.kevinbryant.com\/kbarchive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/img00032-20090923-11091.jpg?fit=154%2C205&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.kevinbryant.com\/kbarchive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/img00032-20090923-11091.jpg?fit=154%2C205&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2135\" title=\"img00032-20090923-1109\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.kevinbryant.com\/kbarchive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/img00032-20090923-11091.jpg?resize=154%2C205\" alt=\"img00032-20090923-1109\" width=\"154\" height=\"205\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Wednesday morning, September 23rd, the Mr. Vernon Mills in LaFrance, hosted the delegation for a quick tour and meeting. 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