Rumors fly on Presidential visit to ethanol plant

Ethanol Producer Magazine - May 2010
By Holly Jessen
Posted April 23, 2010

Although nothing’s been confirmed yet, there have been media reports that President Barack Obama will visit the Poet Biorefining ethanol plant in Macon, Mo. So far, the White House is only saying the President will stop in Macon on April 28. “More details will be announced for these events as they become available,” according to a White House office of Media Affairs press release.

The President will visit locations in Iowa, Missouri and Illinois next week as part of the White House to Main Street Tour. It kicked off in December 2009 as a way for Obama to get out of Washington and spend time with American families. Since that time he’s made stops in Pennsylvania, Ohio and Georgia.

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