This is a day late and a dollar short. The State of Oregon shakedown was the final straw.

They won't have 100 employees in Portland 5 years from now. The inducements are higher and labor costs are lower in North/South Carolina and Mexico, and they both offer a lower cost of living and more attractive tax structure. There's also that difficult to quantify "business climate" a category in which Portland has suffered (comparatively speaking) for the last 20 years.

You'll be lucky if they keep the wind tunnel and a few technicians in Portland.

As soon as they build their last truck for the U.S. military, they'll close the Portland Plant for good. Don't be surprised if they don't put a For Sale sign on it before then.

Sorry Sammy.