East TN Conservative

We the people get tax hikes and have spent $25.7 million for the current convention center and Cattails golf course. Eastman gets $28 mil in tax breaks WE the people LOOSE. But this is for the future "Over the next five years, Eastman plans to invest more than $1.3 billion in its Kingsport headquarters operation. The company plans to modernize the plant, investing about $265 million every year at the Kingsport site through 2012." What? Eastman Chemical Co. is eliminating about 40 headquarters jobs by the end of the year as it restructures and keeps its budget at current levels.