tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7671777.post2693756707244777089..comments2023-10-21T05:31:04.705-05:00Comments on Merle Widmer's PEORIA WATCH: Rethinking Further Development of the Peoria RiverfrontMerle Widmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08788275198834985986noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7671777.post-52205320899951917332009-03-03T16:36:00.000-06:002009-03-03T16:36:00.000-06:00Dear Mrs.If my "real facts" museum blogs irritate ...Dear Mrs.<BR/><BR/>If my "real facts" museum blogs irritate you don't read them. <BR/><BR/>Cat misled stockholders. Layoffs should have started when demand dropped.<BR/><BR/>Without stockholders, publicly traded companies do not exist.<BR/><BR/>I'm posting another one now.Merle Widmerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04267875223386924271noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7671777.post-25726016557057813312009-02-17T14:40:00.000-06:002009-02-17T14:40:00.000-06:00Cat has laid off employees because of foresight of...Cat has laid off employees because of foresight of decreased product demand due to a down economy not because they are saving money to build a Visitors' Center.<BR/><BR/>Your anti-museum posts are becoming tiresome. The people of Peoria will decide in April whether or not they support a tax for the museum.Jamiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10920872885323647231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7671777.post-45860133790108528292009-02-17T00:28:00.000-06:002009-02-17T00:28:00.000-06:00I have never understood why CAT tied its potential...I have never understood why CAT tied its potential visitor center to some "regional museum". If a visitor center would increase shareholder value, then build it. It could be justified just like any other large capital expenditure CAT makes. If not, I don't see how tying it to a museum would help and CAT shouldn't do it at all.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com