Anyone wanna dis on Governor Blanco at this point?

>>Still can't stand her

Jeff,

What value does this add to the discussion. Seriously. I didn't vote for her, but I'm watching and seeing a hell of a lot more than Edwards, Roemer or Foster did for economic development (while our kids migrated out to places with opportunities). I think the term the mods are using these days is "drive-by posts" where someone sprays a thread with something inane compared to the quality of the thread (not saying this is a high quality thread, but "I still can't stand her" says a lot more about you than it does about her if you know what I'm saying. If you don't, then it says even more :hihi: j/k).

J,

She brought in the guy from Mississippi that headed their Economic Development under psycho-governor Fordice. And Governor Fordice, despite his obnoxiousness, was still able to land plants and such. You've got to start somewhere, and anywhere was better than Murphy J. "Mike" Foster and his 80% support who during 8 years never even set up any kind of competitiveness task force and was one of the worst governors in the history of Louisiana because of it. A lot of the blame for out-migration of the state (black and white people) is on his shoulders because he did nothing. Now, we've got projects in the works. We're not going to get all of them, but at least we're in the running. If a kid has an alternative to dealing crack in the hood with say going to vo tech with the promise of a $35-40k job in an area without any other opporutnities than Walmart or McDonald's, I'm thinking we're on the right track. We can and should do better. But just the same, how many states are actually getting a net increase in manufacturing jobs? I'd bet fewer than 5. The midwest is reeling right now due to job losses in the hundreds of thousands. So far, we've got a train-car plant and an enhanced shipping plant (Bollinger in New Orleans) with the net + of about 6,000 jobs (and whatever else I can't even remember).

The future is as bright as it has been since 1986 IMHO.

TPS