Editorial on why business may not move to Florida

[Bob Wells]

Sorry, governor, but it's always going to be cheaper to do business somewhere else - St. Petersburg Times
I think the one statement in the editorial is well put and that is "it's always going to be cheaper to do business somewhere else"

 

[Matt J]

Very true, otherwise America would still be making something other than crappy cars and excuses.

 

[scooterbug44]

".....most business executives will balk at moving here for other reasons.

They will furrow their brows at the state's public schools, never much of a selling point to a Corporate America looking for the best-educated workers, and see turmoil and cuts.

They will search for a world-class university system and see only cutbacks and calls for big increases in tuition.

They will scan the polls that reveal how our state leaders are scorned. They will wince at recent passage of legislation so self-serving that officials can now wallow at the trough of unlimited contributions.

They will worry about a housing market in Florida where prices are still falling and question if their own workers would like buying into such an unstable market.

They will fret over employees and how moving here could subject them to chaos, like property insurance rates that state leaders insist must dramatically increase for the sake of a healthy insurers' market.

Sure, people want jobs, jobs, jobs. But they want them with reliable services, competitive schools and quality of life.

Businesses, like people, want three-dimensional states."

Many articles have been written about this and they all say the same thing - what these businesses want is not what we have to offer - and Scott's actions are taking us further away, not closer.

 

[GoodWitch58]

TBO.com - News From AP

ALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) -- No Florida CEOs that House Speaker Dean Cannon said he has talked to have asked for the corporate income tax cuts Gov. Rick Scott has been pushing as part of his job-creation agenda.

The gov doesn't seem to care what really matters; only what he thinks (or his Tea Party backers think) is appropriate...no corporations are complaining about the tax apparently.

 

[GoodWitch58]

challenge to the gov for job creation

I like this guy's approach:

Buckethead radio show challenges Scott to ?get to work? ? Central Florida Political Pulse ? Orlando Sentinel

Now, Bailey is challenging Scott to a 30-day job creation contest.

The show is setting up a website and job fair for unemployed Floridians. It?s also airing a 30-minute job creation segment every Thursday and offering to stop any other segment if an employer calls in and wants to go on the air to announce a job opening. Bailey wants to see direct proof that Scott, during that time period, is putting more people to work than his show.

?At the end of this challenge, we want to lose,? Bailey said. ?We should lose. We should lose. The governor should be able to put more people to work than we can in 30 days.?

If Scott wins, Bailey said he will hand deliver the service mark papers to the governor in Tallahassee. But if Bailey wins, he will ask the governor to stop using his trademark phrase

?We?re going to demand that he stop using ?Let?s get to work,?? Bailey said. ?He doesn?t legally own it, and he doesn?t mean it.?

Scott?s office did not immediately respond to a request for comment.