Andrew Eder, who has been all over this story, reports the good news.
And, lest anyone think that Jack Markell just got lucky, here is what a governor who was actively engaged did:
The company’s decision to use the Boxwood Road factory marks a quick resurrection for the 62-year-old plant, a casualty of GM’s bankruptcy and restructuring earlier this year. Gov. Jack Markell had asked Motors Liquidation Co., which is disposing of GM’s unwanted properties in bankruptcy court, to keep equipment in the local plant to help market it to automakers.
Does anyone think Governor Chicken-‘n’-Dumplings or her comatose staff would have thought of this?
As Branch Rickey, the General Manager for the Brooklyn Dodgers and the man who brought Jackie Robinson to the major leagues, once said, “Luck is the residue of design.”