Unfair Hit?
October 4, 2011 - by
Did Governor Perdue get jobbed by the AP jobs story: “Plant deal may enrich N.C. political donors”?
A TAPster who works in private-sector economic development – and is no admirer of the Governor – says yes:
“The land was assembled for this purpose and is in a catalog of sites available to prospective industries. The company chooses preferred sites, not the Gov.
“The AP totally screwed up. Private investors assembled that tract for this purpose. The state was actually fortunate that such a site existed — one of the big issues in industrial recruiting is the lack of previously assembled large tracts.”
The story has two pieces of bread (1) The company looking at the site may get state incentives (2) the land is owned by “a state lawmaker and a group of Democratic political donors with ties” to the Governor.
But there’s no sandwich. Nothing holding the two pieces of bread together. No evidence the Governor did anything to favor the donors.
All that’s there is an insinuation of wrongdoing. And a political opportunity that Republicans probably can’t resist.
As a result, North Carolina may lose the jobs.
Nice job, folks.
Unfair Hit?
October 4, 2011/
Did Governor Perdue get jobbed by the AP jobs story: “Plant deal may enrich N.C. political donors”?
A TAPster who works in private-sector economic development – and is no admirer of the Governor – says yes:
“The land was assembled for this purpose and is in a catalog of sites available to prospective industries. The company chooses preferred sites, not the Gov.
“The AP totally screwed up. Private investors assembled that tract for this purpose. The state was actually fortunate that such a site existed — one of the big issues in industrial recruiting is the lack of previously assembled large tracts.”
The story has two pieces of bread (1) The company looking at the site may get state incentives (2) the land is owned by “a state lawmaker and a group of Democratic political donors with ties” to the Governor.
But there’s no sandwich. Nothing holding the two pieces of bread together. No evidence the Governor did anything to favor the donors.
All that’s there is an insinuation of wrongdoing. And a political opportunity that Republicans probably can’t resist.
As a result, North Carolina may lose the jobs.
Nice job, folks.