MADISON, WI (Wisconsin Radio Network) - A deal to save jobs at Kimberly Clark's Neenah Cold Spring plant did not get done in the "lame duck" legislative session.
It is a big disappointment to the bill's author, Representative Jim Steinke.
"I am afraid politics played a role. I was hoping once we got past the politics of the election that there would be more support for it. Obviously, we could not get support from the Democrats."
The 70 million dollar tax incentives package passed the Assembly last spring, but there was no vote in the Senate.
"I was really disappointed that Governor-Elect Evers did not step forward and take this opportunity to show some leadership and at least give his opinion one way or the other."
Ironically, Senate passage of the deal was Governor Scott Walker's only stated reason for an extraordinary session.
Walker said without it, the nearly 400 jobs at the plant will be gone by year's end
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