Owners near Foxconn say they were misled. Now their homes are gone.

[TexasTowelie]

In late summer 2017, Cathy and Rodney Jensen started hearing rumors that their Mount Pleasant, Wisconsin, neighborhood could be changing.

Plans for a massive Foxconn flat-screen manufacturing plant had just been announced in July of that year. The Taiwanese company was planning a 20-million-square-foot complex and promised 13,000 jobs for the state.

The Jensens had owned a home on nearly 3 acres along Southeast Frontage Road for more than 20 years, close to the planned Foxconn development. Cathy Jensen said she went to a couple of village board meetings to get more information, but it was “useless.”

Then, like dozens of fellow homeowners, the Jensens received a relocation order from Mount Pleasant.

Read more: https://www.minnpost.com/politics-policy/2019/09/owners-near-foxconn-say-they-were-misled-now-their-homes-are-gone/

[Scarsdale]

1. Scott Walker must have

received a substantial amount for his manipulations in this project. Foreign investments, before US citizens is growing among the gop, yet people STILL vote for these crooks.

[joshdawg]

2. Never trust a republican!

[Vinca]

3. I hate to say throw in the towel, but they're in for years of aggravation and the only people

getting anything out of it are the lawyers. They ought to see if they can settle the current lawsuit, take the loot in the bank and move to another town. Just my opinion. Unless you're a mega wealthy person, the odds of winning are slim to none.

[Luciferous]

4. Yep, and reading the article they were actually offered generous packages.

[Vinca]

5. If someone offered me 40% over the appraised value of our house, they'd own it.

[Luciferous]

6. Right?!