Why arent people crying that they are negotiating tax breaks form the city? You'd think someone would be crying.

Welcome to Janesville, ANGI. We're glad you moved here and will help make you a success.

If anyone from ANGI continues to read the comments below, you'll note that many adults act like children when they are online and anonymous and the Gazettextra.com attracts some of the least professional or intelligent people with internet access. Please disregard the political bickering, sarcasm, and other rehashed arguments from other stories.

Seriously - thank you for giving Janesville a chance, I'm sure the City Council will work to meet any needs to have and our local tech college is a great partner for training new employees.

Wait! 15 Miles??? Hardly.

Word to you "Walker Basher's" - keep putting on those "Recall Walker" bumper stickers on your foreign cars. You crack me up!

seriously who cares?no benefit to most of us anyway.and dont tell me to be positive or any other crap.cuz seriously i dont care,just all hot air.

All right - we have a company that stays in Rock County - commits to increasing jobs in the market - and will have a positive impact on the local economy because they will provide related jobs (logistics, services, etc.). It's hard to believe anyone can find any negative in this situation! Come on Rock County - let's rejoice with every win like this one and recognize that a lot of people are working really hard behind the scenes to bring business to Rock County. Congrats to ANGI, City of Janesville, the realtors and Rock County 5.0! Another nice success!!!

I blame the move from Milton on Scott Walker. And the Koch Brothers. And racism.

TheFlick,
So if any business moves or grows from now on it is due to the policys that Walker has enacted? Lets see business leaving janesville were I thought due to declining automobile sales and the associated needs for seats, transportation and support not lack of government involvement. I am still waiting to hear the details of how walker and his plan had any effect on this move/growth. The city of janesville provided tax packages to "lure" the new business into a vacant building that would allow them to have overhead cranes and larger shipping docks. This was not a walker thing although I am sure he will show up for a TV spot claiming credit for all of it on the day they open doors.

Wait, Walker did what to bring ANGI 15 miles from Milton to Janesville? Please be specific.

"emote"
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You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.
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You are still unable to compare apples to apples.

TCB, reread my comment. That's your utopia. Government is the solution to all of our problems. On second thought don't reread it.

donnaw, everybody is doing it therefore we all must continue to keep doing it. Forever and ever, Amen.

youkill...we didn't hear you complain when Obama gave millions to Solyndra, which, if they had done their due diligence, they shouldn't have given a penny to.

youk,

Are you saying I shouldnt save, pay my medical bills, or take care of my elderly parents?

I guess in your utopia no one freely choses to go to college, then graduate school, and even post graduate school? In your utopia will we revert to an agrian economy with a mule and a mule driven plow to feed our ever-shrinking family? Or do we all live in a commune like the Jim Jones peoples temple?

Ahhhh, yes. Once we lobby government to impose a single wage and benefit class for the 99, ban labor unions and make everyone become responsible for themselves, and elect a single party government to legislate government controlled redistributive tax rates, credits, forgivable loans and entitlement incentives for all business start-ups, expansions and moves, the ultimate success of companies like ANGI, SHINE, Bucyrus and Spectrum will still be determined by the free market.

And then we'll be like one big happy family taking care of our elderly neighbors, saving for our own retirements and paying all our medical expenses directly out of pocket. Things will be wonderful. Imagine.

maddad,

Your original comment was to emote about how the state does not pay state employees or employees of school districts. I responded that the average compensation for state employees is more than private sector employees. The state data is corroborated by BEA and the federal data is corroborated by the congressional budget office. madcity is someone who advocates taking more from private citizens and redistributing it to more state and federal employees. While wisconsin does not pay its state employees as much as California or New Jersey or New York state employees-the average Wisconsin state employee earns more than the average wisconsin private sector employee-compensation is defined as salary and benefits. The average state employee earns more than the average private sector employee in 41 of the 50 (or is it 57) states-not all but 80%.

My original comment was to a state issue and tcb replied about federal workers. Missed the point again I see.

TheFlick<
What the hell did walker have to do with this move. The company was doing well in a market they could not keep up with in their current location so they were looking to move into a more fitting location. Janesville had a more fitting location and the City was willing to sweeten the pot to get them to move here.
How is that somehow related to walker doing anything?
Stop grasping a straws trying to make it look as if the plans that were put in place are actually working!
THEY ARE NOT no matter how hard you try to see it!

The main reason that public workers are paid higher is that the low-wage jobs like janitorial staff are outsourced, leaving primarily specialists. If you want that money, why don't you go out and get a Master's degree yourself instead of carping and moaning? Oh, it's HARD you say. Ah.

madcity,

Look again. It is also true for federal govt employees. Federal employees receive substantially higher compensation than similarly skilled workers in the private sector-this report is from the congressional budget office. Perhaps you should venture away from your state gig and move to a federal gig? And it appears that ANGI will be hiring as well. You may not qualify for lifetime employment and a guaranteed pension-but that is the risk you take when you work for a private sector employer.

Glad to see ANGI coming to the Gilman Building. I worked in that building several years ago and it sounds like it is exactly what they need for their large manufacturing requirements.

Well said donnaw!!! I am so sick of hearing about state workers not getting paid enough, have to pay their retirement. Join the rest of us that have to pay for our retirement. Welcome ANGI!!

By the way, if you are looking for a job Obama is looking to hire 4000 new IRS agents to make sure we all adhere to Obamacare laws.

All these arguments about who makes more in comparable jobs, private or public employees are ridiculous. Who cares? It's a free world, if you are a public employee and think the private employee has it better, then go into the private work force and vice versa. Nobody is holding a gun to anyone's head to work in either place.

Well Milton got the short end of the stick

sorry tcb, nothing there that says WI public employees make more than private. They wouldn't even compare federal workers to private.

This is a good thing for Janesville.

TCB, you're in favor of local governments picking winners and losers but you're not in favor of the federal govt picking winners and losers? They both use the power of government and collectivism to advantage private enterprise. Is the only difference is that you feel a sense of benefit when it's local? Why is it not fascism when you do it?

TCB: maybe "I am not in favor of the city govt picking winners and losers in an economy." might apply? What is the difference? my taxes pay for civilization. Want a truely free market? I hear Somalia has no regulations. And no, I'm not a government worker.

Mademotingcitydad,

Bea.gov. You'll find what you look for.

Bae, I am in favor of communities attracting and incentivizing business to locate in Janesville. I am not in favor of the federal govt picking winners and losers in an economy. ANGI relocating to Janesville does not mean the business has a bright future. It simply means employment for a community hard hit by recession. I think its a good thing-you may think its bad that ANGI is going to occupy a once vacant building. The market will determine if ANGI is ultimately successful.

TCB once said "Should US federal gov't solve every problem? Why is it gov'ts responsibility to produce alternative energy solutions. Gov't can and does incentivize private companies to solve problems. This issue is best solved by the free market."
So now TCB is in favor of Janesville giving money to an alternative energy company?

Your New Year's resolution isn't working-out so well is it?
MadCityDad (on Jan 2, 2012 at 2:41 p.m.): "You all should be ashamed of yourselves. The last 20 or so comments here are nothing more than name calling back and forth. Let's try to grow up and elevate the converstation by not resorting to grade school measures".

tcb, don't make statements that you aren't prepared to back up and then cop out with "look it up for yourself". You can't prove what you say and have no credibility. I'm not sure where you got that I think certain groups feel unappreciated or that I care what they feel. That part came from your own mind.

Actually, Wisconsin state employees do make more money than an average Wisconsin worker. Their job requirements usually require a higher education level. But Wisconsin state workers salaries are lower than neighboring states, and lower than private industry for equivalent jobs.

MadCityDad: I think TCB wants you to go do a search at www.rushlimbaugh.com. Shame on you for casting aspersions on an assertion made without proof on the internet.

Another positive for Janesville. Welcome ANGI.

Seems like this is good news for both Janesville and Milton. Janesville fills the old Gilman building and Milton now has a great building and location for some of their city services/administration.

mad,

Not going to do your homework for you. I will give you a hint-Bureau of economic analysis. I will admit its a complex topic, however, no one-except you believes the state is broke or that skilled state employees are not paid a fair salary with fantastic benefits.

Again, this article is about ANGI outsourcing its employment from Milton to Janesville-not how unappreciated you believe state employees and school district employees feel. You'd rather emote-I get it.

I heard one of the objections they had to moving to Milton's industrial park was those darn roundabouts.

Verification please TCB. On jobs with similar levels of education (apples to apples).

One after another after another. Will there ever be a story about a business start-up, move or expansion that did not expect or require government entitlements or wealth redistributive collectivism assistance?

Let me know when that happens.

In the meantime, government IS the solution to all of our problems.

I'm glad ANGI is doing well, and decided to move into the old (Gilman) building.

madcity,

Not broke at all. Wisconsin is 1 of 41 states nationally where the state employee earns more in salary and benefits than the private sector employee-these are facts-but you are free to believe that state employees are a forced to work and have no leverage. Just keep believing this.

Congrats to Janesville as Milton outsources ANGI to Janesville!

Guess we're only broke when it comes to schools and state worker's salaries.