Here are three words that will drive you crazy: "Made In China."
Here are three more: "Waste Of Money."
This a story that encapsulates both phrases with annoying aplomb.
About a year ago, the state gave Evergreen Solar, out of Marlboro, about $60 million dollars in aid to built a factory. We did a big story on the company's innovative ideas. Its solar panel building factory in Devens would lead the "green revolution" and create jobs.
Well, well, well. Evergreen Solar is now shifting its assembly of those panels to..... yes.... China.
According to the Globe, Evergreen pledged, when it got its $58.6 million from the state, that it would create about 350 jobs. The number has actually been much higher.
But what happens now? Evergreen won't say how many of its 700 or so jobs in Massachusetts will dissapear faster than you can say "Made in China."
It's a sad, sad development.
But who do you blame? Do you blame the Governor for giving Evergreen a sweetheart deal? Or... did the company pull a fast one? And perhaps the bigger question: how do we stop these companies from bailing on us??
As a taxpayer, I have three more words: I feel duped.
