[nfbmi-talk] tim hortons deal doa?

[Fred Wurtzel]

Hello don't believe it till it's done. Warm regards Fred

On Sep 23, 2013, at 3:39 PM, "joe harcz Comcast" <joeharcz at comcast.net> wrote:

> Tim Skubick: Canadian-based Tim Horton's in the Michigan Capitol? It's apparently dead on arrival
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> Biggby Grand River Flagship East Lansing.JPG
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> The flagship Biggby location at 270 W. Grand River Ave. in East Lansing. (MLive.com)
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> Tim Skubick | Politics Columnist for MLive.com
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> By
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> Tim Skubick | Politics Columnist for MLive.com
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> on September 23, 2013 at 6:38 AM, updated September 23, 2013 at 6:41 AM
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> Biggby: One. Tim Horton: Zippo.
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> The battle was moving in Tom Horton’s direction when word leaked that it might ink a deal with the state to hawk its food in a new eatery on the ground
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> floor of the state capitol and in a near-by state office building.
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> But once Biggby, a Michigan-based coffee franchiser, got wind of it, the Canadian-based Tim Horton advantage started to dissipate like the morning dew at
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> It’s now officially dead, even though nobody in the Snyder administration has said anything about what feels like a botched deal from the get-go.
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> “As long as I am here, this will not happen,” discloses an insider who had knowledge of what unfolded behind the scenes and it wasn't pretty as finger-pointing
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> ruled the day.
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> Somebody who will talk is the state capitol building manager who was “recently called in” and told, the Horton deal is off the table.
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> From the outside looking in, it appears some miscues surrounded the original idea which may have had some merit. The Horton chain would sell its products
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> in a renovated mini-restaurant on the ground floor of the capitol. The Horton sign was not going to be used there, but it might have been used in the House
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> Office building where the eatery has been closed for more than a year.
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> Problem was not everyone was in on the bidding process.
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> Problem was everything was kept out of the public eye and when the media started nosing around, a mammoth cone of silence was imposed on the talks.
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> Tell the media it can’t get any information, and it often goes into overdrive to get the information.
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> “The discussions continue and no decision has been made,” was the only public comment from one of the state officials involved in the talks - and that was
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> only given after he was spotted on the street going into a closed door meeting.
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> Memo to public officials: Secrecy may feel good, but lots of times it leads to bad outcomes.
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> In this case food for the thousands of school kids, staffers, lawmakers and tourists who get hungry in the capitol complex, will have to find someplace
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> else to fill their tummies until the administration comes up with another idea.
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> Watch "Off the Record with Tim Skubick" online anytime at
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> video.wkar.org
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