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A certain former plant manager is coming out of retirement to run the operation.

Stan actually retired in 2008.

The move to BG was cancelled last fall. Wilmington was made aware of it then.

I know in my home state of Delaware, we have a Chrysler plant and a GM plant, our US Senators and lone Congressman always fought tooth and nail for those plants, but once those plants are gone, do you really think they will fight for GM and Chrysler? Not a chance. Delaware's Chrysler plant shuts down 12/31/08. GM loses a shift on 12/8/08 and I fear for that plant after 2011 or even sooner. This is so depressing. I know that if they support GM with the loan and GM closes Wilmington, they'll lose many ,many votes. I've emailed my concerns and told them I expect them to support Delaware and our plant above all else.

Batmobile isn't in it's usual spot in the yard. There's a drop dead yellow targa in the lot though

Yep.

Hey PCS, heading to San Marino ? The plant is down next week- a few from maintenance are working though. Rumor that second shift is getting cut in December. Hoping some of that $25 billion finds its' way to Wilmington

Well, by all means, change something for us! new product would be sweet

I hear you. And guess what plant should be at the top of the list for their cooperation and givebacks? WILMINGTON!

Yes sir. I've seen it! Know someone who did some restoration work on it .

holy smokes.

Yes, PCS, I know they won't answer that , but i'll keep asking! As for Dolan- does that surprise you? Doesn't surprise me!

Would you ask Troy what products they have planned for Wilmington? Thanks!

Wilmington News Journal finally picked up the news: GM plans to move assembly from Del. Production of Solstice, Sky would shift to Ky. in 2012 By GARY HABER, The News Journal Posted Tuesday, October 2, 2007 General Motors Corp. will move production of its Pontiac Solstice and Saturn Sky roadsters from its Delaware plant to its facility in Bowling Green, Ky., in 2012, under a tentative contract agreement the company has reached with the United Auto Workers. "Pontiac Solstice & Saturn Sky continue through the life of this agreement and through the product lifecycle -- (2011)," the agreement said, referring to production at GM's Boxwood Road assembly plant. "No future product allocation has been identified beyond the life of the current agreement." "The next generation of the current product will be allocated to the Bowling Green assembly plant -- (2012)," according to the proposed labor pact that GM's 74,000 hourly workers will vote on this week. If the plant near Newport, which employs about 1,500, were to close, it would be a second serious blow to Delaware's auto industry, already bracing for the closure of Chrysler's Newark assembly plant in 2009 . Delaware economic development officials on Monday were quick to point out that having no new products scheduled for GM's Boxwood Road plant beyond 2012 doesn't mean the facility is in danger of closing, and a lot of things could change in the next five years. "I think the fact that Wilmington's not on the closure list gives us time to work with GM officials to get another vehicle here," said Judy McKinney-Cherry, director of the Delaware Economic Development Office. "It's much better news than [the plant] being closed." The agreement, hammered out by GM and the United Auto Workers last week after a two-day strike, gives the automaker the right to close an engine plant in Livonia, Mich., outside Detroit, and close or sell a stamping plant in Indianapolis. The Wilmington plant is one of two plants for which GM has announced no vehicles or products scheduled for production after the agreement expires in 2011.The other is GM's plant in Orion Township, Mich., which has no production plans after 2013. The plant, outside Detroit, makes the Pontiac G6 sedan. "We hope Wilmington gets another product, because they've always done a good job," said Eldon Renaud, president of UAW Local 2164 in Bowling Green. Renaud was one of several presidents of UAW locals at a union meeting on Friday evening at which details of the proposed contract were released. Dan Flores, a GM spokesman, would not address the company's plans for the Wilmington plant. "We're not commenting on any future, potential product plans for any of our plants," Flores said. David Myers, president of UAW Local 435, which represents workers at GM's Wilmington plant, did not return a call seeking comment. James Wolfe, president of the Delaware State Chamber of Commerce, said the Wilmington plant's "great work force" and the good relationship at the plant between union and management are reasons why GM is likely to find vehicles to build there to replace the Solstice and Sky. "They're building an outstanding product that has gotten a lot of accolades," said Wolfe, a former manager of Chrysler's Newark assembly plant. "Those are key factors in deciding whether a new product would go in there." "They're not going to tip their hand on a low-volume plant," he said. "They didn't come out and say the plant would close, and that's significant." Wolfe noted that the Newark plant was scheduled to close in 1997, but Chrysler instead decided to start producing the Dodge Durango sport utility vehicle there instead. "You're talking five years, and a lot can happen in five years," he said. Kate Bailey, a spokeswoman for Gov. Ruth Ann Minner, said Minner met with GM officials twice earlier this year to talk about the plant and that conversations between the state and the automaker are ongoing. GM hasn't told the state that it plans to move production of the Solstice and Sky to Kentucky, Bailey said. Information from the Associated Press was used in this article. Contact Gary Haber at 324-2878 or [email protected]. GM PLANT Scenarios for the General Motors production plant near Newport: • GM finds another model or models to produce at the plant. • The plant, because of its East Coast location, becomes a center for exporting cars to Europe. • It is converted into a plant that makes transmissions or other auto parts. • GM shuts down the plant or sells it

Dominant hand has nothing to do with intelligence or ability. That is definitely an old wives tale. I'm a lefty and a magna cum laude grad from UD. My brother is also a lefty and summa cum laude from both UD and Harvard. Both of my children are lefties. They were honor students at the Charter School of Wilmington and currently Dean's List at UD.