Senator Levin asks for the location of the proposed third site.
02/04/2004
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So it was a joint decision to go ahead.
You say they had the freedom to break the contract. You entered a contract which, if they lived up to it, required them ...
The merry-go-round deals required Metro to organize and pay for thousands of truck shipments between its own warehouses.
It is a 2-year wait. That is the answer.