(Ohio) Plant praised by (Gov) Taft for saving jobs announces layoffs

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http://www.sunherald.com/mld/sunherald/business/8632550.htm

BEDFORD HEIGHTS, Ohio - A factory praised by Gov. Bob Taft for saving jobs laid off workers just days before Taft visited the suburban Cleveland tool and die plant, the idled employees said.

Last month Taft announced that 168 jobs at Lester Precision Die Casting were being retained with the help of $1.7 million in loans from the state and county. The former Metaldyne plant was scheduled to close before Lester took it over this year.

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The Lester plant promised to retain 168 jobs and add another 82 within three years. Milo Williams, who was laid off two days before Taft's visit, estimated that the plant now employs 115 people.

Erik Bloomfield, Lester's general manager, declined last week to discuss the loan or jobs at his company, The (Cleveland) Plain Dealer reported. A message seeking comment was left for him Monday at his office.

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sorry to all those Ohians that paid for this through their tax dollars.