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Article: LCIC exec is blasted again by Konop: 'Lack of vision' cited in bringing jobs here.
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- The Blade (Toledo, OH)
- Article date:
- September 26, 2007
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Byline: Joe Vardon
Sep. 26--The Lucas County Improvement Corp.'s top executive again drew fire from a county commissioner yesterday, this time for his overall job performance.
Shawn Ferguson, who as chief executive officer of the LCIC oversees economic development in the county, was grilled publicly for the second time this month by Commissioner Ben Konop, who during the commissioners' regular meeting took issue with what he said was Mr. Ferguson's "lack of vision" to bring new jobs to the county.
In what began as a discussion to approve the allocation of $108,000 in public money to the LCIC to cover operating costs, Mr. Konop pressed Mr. ...