Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Visit America Rising PACs Scribd collection to see all of the documents. Please see below a collection of highlights. 1
To see the full document and its collection click HERE. In response to an email from GreenTech CEO Charles Wang, Terry McAuliffe decided on ProjectGo Clean Green as the codename for the GreenTech project.
Terry McAuliffe met with Tim Kaine, Bob McDonnell and Kaines Secretary Of Commerce and Trade Patrick Gottschalk on locating the manufacturing facility in Virginia.
GreenTech and VEDP scheduled a site visit for McAuliffe to visit a potential factory site in Sussex, VA.
As McAuliffe was falsely claiming VEDP didnt attempt to bid on the project, his Deputy Campaign Manager and former GreenTech Government Affairs official Levar Stoney tried to schedule a meeting between McAuliffe and VEDP President and CEO Martin Briley, as a way for the candidate to say Ive met with the leadership of VEDP.
GreenTech Was Presented With A Number Of Sites Across Virginia And Had Picked Their #1 Choice
VEDP produced a map of the five sites across Virginia it believed were best for a GreenTech plant.
To see the full document and its collection click HERE. On October 15, 2009, GreenTech had chosen its #1 site preference for the GCG (Go Clean Green) Project. This email was sent 9 days after GreenTech made public its intention to build a plant in Tunica, MS.
VEDP Officials Were Caught Off Guard By GreenTechs Announcement Of A Plant In Mississippi
Emails show that VEDP werent aware that GreenTech would be announcing its plant in Mississippi, learning of the announcement through news reports. After the announcement, GreenTech still went ahead with site visits in Virginia.
VEDP Was Highly Skeptical Of GreenTechs Main Funding Source, The EB-5 Visa Program
GreenTech executives were pressing VEDP to approve and create an EB-5 visa regional center for Virginia, which would allow for foreign investors to direct their money to GreenTech. The Company was relying on the EB-5 program as a main source of capital.
VEPDs officials questioned whether GreenTechs financing plan met the rules for the EB -5 program and said GreenTechs scheme could give the Commonwealth a black eye. Officials were concerned that a tie between GreenTech and its EB-5 regional center would cause a conflict of interest, having the principals of GreenTech benefiting financially from both the EB-5 regional center and from GreenTech.
10
To see the full document and its collection click HERE. A VEDP official questioned whether GreenTech decided to put its plant in Mississippi solely because the company could access EB-5 funding.
11
VEDP didnt want to stake Virginias reputation on GreenTechs plan for the EB-5 program, labeling the plan a visa-for-sale scheme and hoping that President Obama would kill program entirely.
To see the full document and its collection click HERE. Early on in the process, VEDPs Director Of International Trade and Investment Paul Grossman emailed that it was unclear whether GreenTech was a legitimate project, but the company was being considered because of involvement from Terry McAuliffe, Bill Clinton and Tim Kaine.
13
According To VEDP Documents, GreenTech Was Pursuing Department Of Energy Funding From The Same Program That Loaned Money To Fisker
During a meeting with GreenTech, VEDP noted that GreenTech was considering Department of Energy funding.
To see the full document and its collection click HERE. GreenTech was considering applying for a DOE grant through the Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing Program, the same program that gave $529 million to Fisker Automotive.
14
An email from VEDP Executive Director Jeffrey Anderson to VEDP staff said that GreenTech was preparing an application package for the Department of Energy.
15
VEDP Questioned Whether GreenTech Could Even Accomplish Creating A Successful Car Firm
VEDP had grave doubts regarding the business plan that GreenTech presente d to it. VEDP questioned GreenTechs ability to raise the necessary capital, as well as the lack of experience among GreenTechs executives in running a car company. VEDP noted a number of practical concerns as well, such as lack of approval of the GreenTech vehicle, lack of competitiveness and no distribution network. VEDPs Transportation Team Leader Mike Lehmkuhler even predicted that GreenTech would not meet its forecasted sales totals by September 2012 or beyond.
16
17