What is the Maury Alliance doing?

What exactly is the Maury Alliance doing courting a company with the history of W.R. Grace to Mt. Pleasant? Has the phrase "due diligence" ever come up? Not only would you not want to give W.R. Grace tax incentive to come to your city, you would probably do everything in your power to keep them from coming. At the very least I would suggest protecting yourself against future consequences.

Every one of you reading this website need to read this article by Ron DeYoung at the Maury News Net.
Most Important Item You Will Ever Read

You also might want to check out the Columbia Daily Herald article listed below.
Columbia Daily Herald - W.R. Grace

Corporation has history of asbestos

By THOMAS MUNRO/Staff Writer
A plan to give a substantial tax break to a division of W.R. Grace & Co. to encourage their investment in the county has stalled after a local resident described W.R. Grace as a bad corporate citizen.

The County Commission Monday considered offering Grace Performance Chemicals, a division of Fortune 500 company W.R. Grace, a tax break roughly equivalent to three tax-free years. Grace Performance Chemicals would bring 60-100 jobs to the region with a factory producing Grace Ice & Water Shield, a new roofing product.

Local resident Ron DeYoung rose to speak about the company. DeYoung, a former resident of Libby, Mont., said Grace had not been “a good neighbor” in Libby.

Grace and several of its executives are under federal indictment for allegedly willfully allowing employees and citizens of Libby to be exposed to asbestos when, according to the indictment, Grace knew asbestos was dangerous.

DeYoung said he had lost friends in Libby to asbestos-related illnesses.

Grace was also one of two companies involved in the Woburn, Mass., contaminated-drinking-water case that inspired the 1998 film “A Civil Action.”

Commissioner Jerry Erwin, who said his father died of asbestosis, said he thought DeYoung had brought up important issues.

“From what this man has said, I think we need to dig into it real deep,” Erwin said.

The commission voted to defer a vote on the resolution.

Maury Alliance President Frank Tamberrino said he would ask Grace to tell him what materials are in Grace Ice & Water Shield. He said a month’s delay would probably not have any impact on the deal with Grace.

Is this really a reasonable direction for the Maury Alliance to be headed with respect to their community? I have contacted them via email and phone, you might want to do the same.
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