The key part of the state’s effort to lure a multi-billion dollar airplane manufacturer to Missouri is taking shape in the state senate. It’s the bill that sets up the tax credits for Bombardier (bom-bar-dee-yay) Aerospace, which is considering Kansas City International Airport as the location for a new plant. St. Joseph Senator Charlie Shields says he’s had to answer questions throughout his 18-year career about why Missouri has never been able to land the big industrial project—auto factories that have gone to Tennessee, Alabama, and Mississippi, for example. He says one of the most nagging questions is why Missouri let a NASCAR track be built in Wyandotte County, Kansas.
Download Shields’ and Ridgeway’s Senate presentations (10:42 mp3)
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