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How to get a government's attention

A blog that focuses on doings in the city of Troy has published what appears, to my eye, to be a bombshell of a note from a major Troy employer to city officials.

Keeptroystrong presents the memo as coming from Frank Ervin III, the government affairs manager for Magna International.

The memo apparently is in response to the decision by the Troy City Council to reject a federally funded transit center.

In the memo on Keeptroystrong, Ervin writes, "After watching the disappointing behavior of City Council and being exposed to some of the individual actions such as those of the Mayor and Councilman Fleming this morning I am drafting a memo to all Magna group presidents and our Magna corporate executives strongly recommending that Magna International no longer consider the City of Troy for future site considerations, expansions or new job creation. I have also recommended that where ever and when ever possible we reduce our footprint and employment level in Troy in favor (of) communities who act in the best interest of both the residents and business and not simply use their public position to advance their own private agenda."

Now that's what I call an attention-getter.

For context, the memo says that Magna has more than 1,000 employees in Troy right now.

The mayor in Troy recently rose to national attention due to an anti-gay post on Facebook.

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