Article from For Liberty by Norm Leahy.
Tesla CEO Elon Musk is threatening to move his massive car production facility in Fremont, California to either Texas or Nevada because county officials refuse to loosen their coronavirus lockdowns.
In the meantime, Musk has filed a federal lawsuit against Alameda County, saying the forced closure of the carmaker’s largest plant “violated the due process and equal protection clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment.”
In a Twitter post, Musk wrote:
The unelected & ignorant “Interim Health Officer” of Alameda is acting contrary to the Governor, the President, our Constitutional freedoms & just plain common sense!
Local officials have repeatedly pushed back against the company’s efforts to start making its signature electric cars once again:
The suit and Musk’s public comments come a day after the company said it would resume vehicle production, only to again provoke the ire of local health officials, who said Tesla “must not reopen.” Alameda County leaders said Tesla did not meet the criteria to resume operations even as California began opening up other parts of the state.
It’s a big change in the relationship between the company and the county. When the Fremont facility was announced in 2016, locals hailed its arrival and eagerly awaited the “jolt” it would give to the economy.
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Isn’t Elon about as liberal as they come? Now finding out that liberalism is about to bankrupt him, hope he learns!
Isn’t Elon about as liberal as they come? Now finding out that liberalism is about to bankrupt him, hope he learns!
KRAPaphornias fascist lockdown and Casio-Cortex’s Amazon stupidity should tell you all something. Maybe Bozos and Musk will learn too.
You play with snakes, you get bit! So where does the “snake charmer” go now?
MOVE TO THE SOUTH EASTEREN PART OF THE USA
CHANGE YOUR THINKINGS AND THINGS MIGHT BE A BIT
BETTER FOR YOU. BUT, IF YOU ARE GOING TO CONTINUE YOUR
CAL. THINKINGS. STAY IN OLD CAL. NO, I AM NOT FROM THE S.E. PART.
FAR NORTH.. THE FAR NORTH IS NOT A WINNER EITHER.
i’ve been in florida for 42 years now and moved a company (dictaphone) there in 1977.i was and engineer and we left connecticut because of taxes and of course unions!i year or two ago my city was voted #26 in the country to live in(melbourne)low taxes no state income taxes and nice homes for under $200k.we would welcome them here with open arms as we have all the technology and people to support them! so come on down!