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Thursday, February 2, 2012

Mission accomplished -- destroying a once-thriving community in Delaware County:

Sunoco Inc. chief executive Lynn L. Elsenhans will step down March 1, marking the end of the Philadelphia oil company's tumultuous four-year makeover from a manufacturer into a pared-down retailer and transporter of fuel....

Her efforts to reign in costs and to exit the iconic business that has defined Sunoco since it opened the Marcus Hook refinery in 1902 won plaudits from investors, but angered many employees and community leaders.

"She was brought here to do something, she did it and now she's going," said Jim Savage, president of United Steelworkers Local 10-1, which represents workers at the Philadelphia refinery. "I know a couple thousand people who wouldn't mind helping her pack."

Count me in!

 

Posted by Will Bunch @ 8:00 PM  Permalink | 75 comments
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  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 8:06 PM, 02/02/2012
    You got what you wanted, energy from rainbows and daisy fields. Now man up and take responsibility for the consequences of your warped ideology.
    Mr. Smith
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 8:09 PM, 02/02/2012
    Sounds like a Mitt Romney type of deal. Lay people off, get the stock price to rise: large investors and CEO win big, working people lose. If you object,however, you are practicing the politics of envy and class warfare.
    mick-of-the-moment
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  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 9:10 PM, 02/02/2012
    I guess these neighborhoods will have to console themselves with producing meth. It ain't all bad Will.
    RufusG
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 9:13 PM, 02/02/2012
    "Teens in cab attack will not be charged with hate crimes"
    Another_1
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 10:16 PM, 02/02/2012
    Why doesn't Will consider this a victory? Wasn't his earlier post today about global warming?
    Wiseman6
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 10:27 PM, 02/02/2012
    i thought big oil was evil. I guess willy is against big oil unless it costs UNION jobs...
    palmyra21
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 5:18 AM, 02/03/2012
    "Thriving"???? Come on. I do not think anybody would call Marcus Hook that. Hyperbole?
    CD75
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 6:34 AM, 02/03/2012
    Why doesnt Obama give the people laid off some of the "green jobs" he promised?
    tr88
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 6:34 AM, 02/03/2012
    Why doesnt Obama give the people laid off some of the "green jobs" he promised?
    tr88
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 6:38 AM, 02/03/2012
    No green jobs if all of the companies he backed are bankrupt.
    bgpoppapump
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  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 8:18 AM, 02/03/2012
    "Why doesn't Will consider this a victory? Wasn't his earlier post today about global warming?" . . . I have to agree. It's telling that the rationale includes declining demand for motor fuels and excess refining capacity. Meanwhile... http://www.abc24.com/news/local/story/Surge-in-Demand-for-Green-Energy-Creates-Job/LZW4SuH6kE-Hpsq_EDsR5w.cspx?rss=59
    montani semper liberi
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 8:22 AM, 02/03/2012
    "I'd put my money on the sun and solar energy," (Edison) reportedly told his associates Henry Ford and Harvey Firestone in the 1930s. "What a source of power! I hope we don't have to wait until oil and coal run out before we tackle that."

    Read more: http://www.vancouversun.com/technology/Green+energy+demand+sparks+life+direct+current+power/5891185/story.html#ixzz1lKCC4H4e
    montani semper liberi
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 8:33 AM, 02/03/2012
    Coming soon to your world, Will. When the DN goes all electronic abandons newsprint, who will you blame then? Since PMH is owned by the same kind of backers as Romney's Bain, is it their fault? Or is it because the product has veered so far to the left that circulation plummets every year? All the Marcus Hook laid off workers will no doubt get "green" jobs, the messiah has told us so.
    jimmymack


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