West Virginia created the BrickStreet Insurance Co. in 2005 to replace the state-run workers' compensation program. To aid its transition from public agency to private company, BrickStreet will remain free of competitors until July 1.
As that deadline approaches, the company held its annual gathering this week at Griffin Gate Marriott Resort & Spa in Lexington. As the Charleston Daily Mail has reported, BrickStreet has declined to comment on that out-of-state choice.
But the Daily Mail found Gov. Joe Manchin not nearly so reluctant:
When told that BrickStreet officials refused to comment for the story, Manchin said, "Bull," wheeled around and asked Press Secretary Matt Turner to get BrickStreet President and Chief Executive Officer Greg Burton on the phone.After a brief talk with Burton, Manchin told the newspaper that "I think it's wrong for a company born out of West Virginia, by West Virginians and for West Virginians to do this."
The Register-Herald also has a story on Manchin's reaction. The Beckley-area Glade Springs resort had hosted BrickStreet's two previous annual meetings.
2 comments:
You seem to have missed the part where Brickstreet is a PRIVATE COMPANY which can hold meetings wherever it likes. Perhaps we should discourage out-of-state companies from having meetings at the Greenbrier just to be fair.
Clear Eyes: A PRIVATE COMPANY which has enjoyed a government-ordered monopoly on business, and which counts on tax breaks for more than 70 percent of its profits. Easy with the free market rhetoric there, Adam Smith.
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