Your Turn: Your Feedback On GM, Fuel Costs, Mortgage Mess & Bus Driver Shortage

There had been speculation that Massena’s General Motors Powertrain plant would remain open a few months longer than expected, but a spokesperson from GM in Detroit told 7 News that the automaker still plans to close the plant in December.

“Concerning the Chevy Cobalt and the L61 engine block that is produced at Massena, this block is in production at the Saginaw, Mi. plant. When it is in full production there, Massena will not be needed. GM is not eliminating the part, only moving it to another location.”

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We also asked for your thought’s on Andrea Friedman’s special series “Why Do Things Cost So Much?” One of the issues she addressed was the price of fuel.

“The solution has always been alternative fuels, but there has always been so much opportunity for excess profits in oil that no one ever wanted to look in that direction.”

Nelson Howard

The mortgage mess in America could wind up costing you. President Bush is urging Congress to pass a bill that would spend billions of dollars in taxpayer money to bail out Fannie Mae and Freddy Mac.

“People should be held responsible for their spending, not the taxpayers who will be bailing them out. They had to have known what they were signing.”

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Soon there may not be enough bus drivers to go around. It’s an industry-wide problem that’s affecting companies in the north country.

“With the declining population of New York state, as well as the ever increasing requirements places on the school bus driver, it is harder all the time to find someone interested in this occupation.”

Darren Bullard

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