He talks the talk...
...but does he walk the walk?
I was out of town last weekend, so without today's editorial, I would have completely missed the fact that the Governor and his Chief Business Development Officer apparently dropped the ball on recruiting a new business to Great Falls.
So, we could have had 100 new $35,000.00/yr. jobs in our community, but for our Governor's inability or unwillingness to find $200,000.00 in training dollars? And our Chief Business Developement Officer wrote a "vague and poorly constructed letter" to the company, while our Governor played telephone tag with the CEO. What happened to our "can do" governor? He let one slip away for a measly $200k? Maybe he was too busy auditioning for his part on the national stage.
You can never know the whole story from the Tribune pieces, but assuming that the reporting is even mostly accurate, the whole transaction is permeated by the smell of nonchalance on the part of our administration. According to John Kramer, "[th]e questions raised by OSI were on the state's table for maybe six weeks." And they just couldn't get it done. Nice.
Governor, maybe you should take a break from your efforts to solve the world's problems, and try staying on top of ours.
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one suspects that, had Martz done this, the Tribune would have fired both barrels at her.....
I wonder how long it'll take the local Democratic leadership to circle the wagons and start spinning this. That's if we hear anything at all.
Would someone explain to me why most private businesses that proposes to come to Montana are looking for a welfare handout?
Sure. Because they can.
The bottom line is that Evan Barrett was asked to contact the OSI folks and guarantee them training funds - and not a large amount, either. The total was to be allocated over a three year period. Governor Schweitzer was repeatedly requested to contact the company, and simply extend a welcome, which he failed to do.
This business was a "lock." They wanted to come here, and they were welcome here, and the state dropped the ball.
The amount in question was less than one year's payroll.
What a crappy deal!
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