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Wednesday, February 23, 2005


This damn helicopter deal just isn't going to go away. After securing a $6.1 Billion dollar contract for Marine One, Bell Helicopters in Amarillo is going to receive another $10 Million from the Amarillo Economic Development Corporation for "plant expansions." What the hell is that, and why do they need a $10 Million dollar handout to do it?
The Amarillo City Commission on Tuesday approved $10 million in Amarillo Economic Development Corp. funding for a Bell Helicopter Textron expansion project.

With the funding, Bell Helicopter will construct a 98,000-square-foot flight hangar for functional and flight tests of H-1 and V-22 aircraft.

"It's very exciting," Mayor Trent Sisemore said of Bell's activity.
Exciting? Hardly the word I'd use for it, but then again I'm not an elected official that's spending other people's money.

A three-wheeled Yugo has a better reputation of dependability than the AEDC does when it comes to dishing out other people's money.



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