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Related: About this forumThe men who poisoned Charleston’s drinking water now have a “new” business
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But while Freedom Industries is technically going out of business, its leaders are quietly starting up again under a new name, as the Gazette explains:
Lexycon LLC, a chemical company whose characteristics are strikingly similar to Freedom Industries, registered as a business with the West Virginia secretary of state about a month ago.
The companies share addresses and phone numbers, Lexycon was founded by a former Freedom executive and it has ties to at least two other current or former Freedom executives.
After the Gazette emailed [Kevin Skiles and Bob Reynolds, former senior Freedom employees who now work for Lexycon,] to ask if the new company was affiliated with Freedom, the two mens names disappeared from the Lexycon website and a new phone number was listed in their place.
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The men who poisoned Charleston’s drinking water now have a “new” business (Original Post)
xchrom
May 2014
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canoeist52
(2,282 posts)1. There just are no consequences, are there.
Different rules for you or me, though. We should all incorporate ourselves.
Demeter
(85,373 posts)3. I've thought about it
It's the damn paperwork...and start-up legal costs...
Champion Jack
(5,378 posts)2. West Virginia is in every sense of the term a "company town"
liberal N proud
(60,332 posts)4. Isn't America great?
If you are rich and privileged, you don't have to worry because there are no consequences for you actions.
snot
(10,496 posts)5. This is what happens when we fail to prosecute the individuals responsible for corp. crimes.
Helen Borg
(3,963 posts)6. If I were in the pollution business...
I would also set up a second business dedicated to cleaning up pollution... That way, you cannot lose.
CanonRay
(14,080 posts)7. Inequality of justice is as dangerous to democracy
as income inequality. Both are going to lead to unhappy consequences in the not too distant future, IMHO.
WhiteTara
(29,692 posts)8. What despicable human beings.
They have no shame, no conscience and no humanity. They should be indicted for crimes against nature.