CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION MANUFACTURING FIRM The Manufacturing Firms local production facility has been generating significant firm profits with the assistance of a highly skilled labor force. The Company thus has no desire to relocate the plant to another area within or outside the United States. In fact, the Company has been secretly planning to increase the size of the Metropolis facility from its current work force of 1,000 employees to about 1,150 workers over the next five years. The Company is concerned about the negative publicity that would be engendered it if were to openly challenge the assessed value of its Metropolis facility. It knows that most of the increased tax revenues will be used to enhance the local schools