On Monday 12/4/23, the Manteno Village Board, by a 5-1 vote, approved the rezoning application from light industrial to heavy industrial. A crowd of about 400 attended the meeting. Impassioned, 3-minute pleas to vote no were given by some opponents…
ABC7 Chicago’s coverage of the 12/4 meeting:
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In 2023, our elected officials cut a deal behind closed doors with Gotion, LLC to build an electric vehicle battery plant in Manteno, IL. This plant is estimated to receive over $7 billion in state and federal tax subsidies, and appallingly, Gotion is linked to the CCP and slave labor in China.
Taxpayers are subsidizing a national adversary tied to slave labor! We are fighting in court to stop the deal. So far, our small group has raised over $70,000 to fight this. We cannot do it alone! We need your help. Please donate whatever you can to our fight (donations are not tax deductible).
