Marty Flaska

Marty Flaska

“I love this city. But if we can keep an extra $2 million [per year] in our family businesses by moving 15 miles away, why wouldn’t we?

“If I didn’t have the workers’ compensation issue and the [property-tax] issue, I probably never would have even considered moving. Why would I?”

Marty Flaska
President and CEO
Hoist Liftruck Mfg.
Bedford Park, Illinois

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