Ohio ranks 2nd in lost GM dealerships

[chill_wind]

Like Ohio needs more bad news..

WASHINGTON -- Ohio is losing more General Motors dealerships to the company's bankruptcy than any other state except Pennsylvania.

Figures released by a congressional committee Friday show Ohio losing 79 GM dealerships, all of which received "wind down" letters from the company in the early stages of its bankruptcy filing.

Pennsylvania will lose 90 General Motors dealerships. The figure for Illinois is 66, followed by California with 65, New York with 60, while Texas had 55 dealerships on the closing list.

Nearly 1,300 franchises across the country are being dropped in the process of reorganizing General Motors. CEO Fritz Henderson defended the franchise cuts at Friday's hearing saying, "This is our last chance."

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List of dealerships losing franchises by state:

* Alabama 33
* Alaska 0
* Arizona 11
* Arkansas 17
* California 65
* Colorado 15
* Connecticut 11
* Delaware 2
* Florida 35
* Georgia 24
* Hawaii 2
* Idaho 8
* Illinois 66
* Indiana 48
* Iowa 46
* Kansas 29
* Kentucky 23
* Louisiana 10
* Maine 14
* Massachusetts 29
* Maryland 21
* Michigan 58
* Minnesota 39
* Missouri 38
* Mississippi 14
* Montana 16
* Nebraska 21
* Nevada 3
* New Hampshire 6
* New Jersey 33
* New Mexico 10
* New York 60
* North Carolina 36
* North Dakota 6
* Ohio 79
* Oklahoma 17
* Oregon 21
* Pennsylvania 90
* Rhode Island 3
* South Carolina 24
* South Dakota 16
* Tennessee 30
* Texas 55
* Utah 6
* Vermont 8
* Virginia 26
* Washington 18
* West Virginia 25
* Wisconsin 50
* Wyoming 6

(more: http://www.wkyc.com/news/news_article.aspx?storyid=115809 )

[Gidney N Cloyd]

1. Moraning Joe says it's Repub-supporting dealers that are being closed.

He's gotten emails saying that so it must be true.

[Statistical]

3. That is true and debunked at the same time.

Majority of dealership owners are republican.

So if you close a % of dealerships even randomly and the majority of them are Republican guess what happens?

It would be like saying the majority of people assaulted on the convention floor of the RNC were Republicans.

[veritasvg]

4. I Don't Care...

...if they Republican, Democrat or Libertarian, I don't like their products.

I don't buy planned obsolescence. I never did and I never will.

If you want a great family vehicle, look at the Subaru wagons or even the Ford Flex.

[chill_wind]

5. I don't care

who owns them, because jobs are jobs.

[msongs]

2. support the dealerships - buy a new GM car! nt

[Duckhunter935]

6. Sorry

My 10 year old paid for pick up works just fine, My last new car was my Smart, ordered when it was a part of Chrysler but recieved after they dropped it.