The battle for Marcus Hook continues unabated.
And it is becoming increasingly clear that the fight to save jobs and a way of life in the county’s lower end is going to be an uphill battle.
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Both Sunoco and ConocoPhillips have made it clear they are getting out of the refinery business. Both have idled their plants, in Marcus Hook and next door in Linwood respectively. They say they are looking for buyers, but they aren’t getting much in the way of offers.
U.S. Rep. Pat Meehan, R-7, of Drexel Hill, tried to put a positive spin on things, indicating the two plants have drawn inquiries from a “small handful” of potential buyers.
He was one of a group of politicians, including Rep. Bob Brady, D-1, of Philadelphia, as well as Republican U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey, who held a meeting at the Marcus Hook Community Center.
Meehan says we likely will not hear anything definitive on the plants until sometime in January.
That will not make for the merriest of Christmases for local families.
These folks don’t want coal in their stockings. They’d rather have oil. Heavy crude, to be exact, and the refining jobs that go along with them.
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