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In article <1992Oct7.215745.27198@jack.sns.com>, jsb@jack.sns.com (Jim Best)                          writes...
>                 FOREIGN CARS BANNED FROM CITY HALL GARAGE
> 
>Flint, Mich. --- If you own a foreign-made car, your wheels aren't welcome
>any more in the City Hall garage.
>        Mayor Woodrow Stanley issued an order Friday say only American-made
>cars will be allowed.
>        His idea was to make sure city workers remember where much of the
>tax money comes from that pays their salaries --- General Motors Corp.
>        "He believes we should buy from the people who feed us," said James
>Makokha, the city's governmental policy director.
>        GM, the Flint area's largest employer, has about 50,000 salaried
>and hourly workers in the area. The automaker has also cut about 30,000
>jobs there over the past decade.
>        The garage, which has about 40 spots, is used by department heads,
>middle managers, secretaries and City Council members. The ban begins
>Monday.

The only question I have is,"What took them so long?" Also, why 
hasn't Detroit and those other car producing cities done the same? 

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-Garrett