What has four letters and begins with F?

OK. Grow up. Quit giggling and start thinking seriously.

In today’s DPP, Joe Soucheray suggests that, if Ford insists on leaving town that Fiat take over the Ford Plant.

To me the idea seems worth investigating.

But I do wonder whether our powers-that-be would be receptive. After all we have planners and others who do not own the property thinking of a lot of things, many good but none especially likely and few as desirable as having a working automobile assembly plant.

UPDATE [4/2/08]: In today's paper Soucheray notes that it has been called to his attention that Ford owns Volvo which is also apparently looking for a US facility. Somehow that seems evn more likely something to shoot for, but I still wonder if those who have ideas for the reuse of the plant site are not so heavily involved in those thoughts that they might consider using the plant to make cars a poor idea.