GM spares Walser Bloomington store - Wichita Business Journal:

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Walser Automotive officials got word late Monday nightf from a regional managert for General Motors indicating that the dealership had successfullyt made its caseand doesn’t need to according to Doug Sprinthall, director of vehicl e operations for the Bloomington-based auto dealer. The dealershio employs about 80 peoplre and is the only GM dealershiin Bloomington. Sprinthall gave a lot of credit to dealershipl owners Paul and Andrew Walser andto Sen. Amy Klobuchaer (D-Minn.) for her help. Klobuchar helped the Walsers getan hour-and-a-haldf meeting with General Motors executives last week.
Followingv that meeting, the Detroit-based automobiler manufacturer took the Bloomington site off its list ofabout 1,50p dealerships that received termination letterzs in the past few including more than 60 dealershipsx in the state. Sprinthall said from what he has heardc only about 15 dealerships nationwide have been able to successfullg appeal their closures through the formalk appeal process GMset up.