Not sure bloom, I'm sure they entertained the idea, but I'm sure it came down to the taxes that the local Gov't would levie on a big business would not be cost efficient, we do have Boeing of Portland, and they might have used that as a 'tax model'.
Don't forget, Dumb Dems and Repubs like to tax big companies, (remember, they are the bad guys! Corporate America!)
Smart Dems and Repubs,like those in Chicago and Denver, know economics enough to make their states enticing for big business tax wise, then proceed to tax the piss outta the workers that work for that company, or the smaller businesses that 'feed' off that big company.
Of course its not just one reason, but local taxes levied, poor energy planning among other intangiables have brought them to this point, and they are not alone:
Companies in the Western region have also been impacted. High-technology Internet
equipment giant Cisco Systems (NYSE:CSCO - news) said it would scale back plans
for expansion in California, partially due to concerns about electricity shortages.
Alcoa Inc., (NYSE:AA - news) the world's largest aluminum producer, said this
week it would extend production cutbacks at its Ferndale, Wash., smelter, allowing it
to sell back 281 megawatts of electricity for distribution on the West Coast.
Instead of running the smelter out West, the company said it would restart production
at an Indiana plant that had been idled since 1993.
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