Jobs in Arizona, Jobs in Oregon
Check the want ads in both states, and you will find either state has claxoned the life boats over the side as far as job growth, both for very different reasons.
Oregon, the philosophical and historical home of the American Communist Party ("Reds," John Reed, the only American buried in the Kremlin Wall and his bed buddy Louise, dentists wife) in the thick of last century's "Wobblies" (check the history of same in Bisbee) where Sheriff Leatherwood had the good sense to run them out at the end of his famous carbine now on display at the Historical Society, 2nd & Palm. The Governor of Multnomal County, Kulengowski, reigning over the People's Republic of Oregon, decrees high taxes, throws water on economic development and one of the highest tax rates in the nation. His predecessor Dr. No as Wall Street Journal called him declared he never met a tax bill he didn't sign.
Arizona on the other hand has challenges well documented in the local press and job listings in both Phoenix and Tucson job columns. Great job opportunities here in Tucson if you are a brain surgeon, senior web developer with five degrees, University professor with ten years in Sanskit or want to work at twenty dozen "new, burgeoning opportunities at home punching numbers into your own computer." (Otherwise, send in your resume where we will hit the automatic delete button.)
As ex-mayor Tom Volgy once said, one day, when the world catches cold, we hope Tucson does not come down with Pneumonia. Not yet, Tom...not yet.
The City Council has not yet moved mountains: we need another hotel downtown like a vasectomy performed with a ragged can opener. Thankfully, Don Diamond is not around to sell us the land. What ever this Rio Neuvo obcession is, it is driving the Council to distraction. A combat team should be on the road with expense money and orders not to return home unless they have several companies and signed contracts to build plants here. Period.
Marketing expansions to existing operations would be nice, but small steps first, small steps. Like Bill Mosher once was quoted in Denver some years back when I lived there, " I've seen downtowns that were dying, and Denver is not one of them." I wonder who in the hell he was referring to? "
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Oregon, the philosophical and historical home of the American Communist Party ("Reds," John Reed, the only American buried in the Kremlin Wall and his bed buddy Louise, dentists wife) in the thick of last century's "Wobblies" (check the history of same in Bisbee) where Sheriff Leatherwood had the good sense to run them out at the end of his famous carbine now on display at the Historical Society, 2nd & Palm. The Governor of Multnomal County, Kulengowski, reigning over the People's Republic of Oregon, decrees high taxes, throws water on economic development and one of the highest tax rates in the nation. His predecessor Dr. No as Wall Street Journal called him declared he never met a tax bill he didn't sign.
Arizona on the other hand has challenges well documented in the local press and job listings in both Phoenix and Tucson job columns. Great job opportunities here in Tucson if you are a brain surgeon, senior web developer with five degrees, University professor with ten years in Sanskit or want to work at twenty dozen "new, burgeoning opportunities at home punching numbers into your own computer." (Otherwise, send in your resume where we will hit the automatic delete button.)
As ex-mayor Tom Volgy once said, one day, when the world catches cold, we hope Tucson does not come down with Pneumonia. Not yet, Tom...not yet.
The City Council has not yet moved mountains: we need another hotel downtown like a vasectomy performed with a ragged can opener. Thankfully, Don Diamond is not around to sell us the land. What ever this Rio Neuvo obcession is, it is driving the Council to distraction. A combat team should be on the road with expense money and orders not to return home unless they have several companies and signed contracts to build plants here. Period.
Marketing expansions to existing operations would be nice, but small steps first, small steps. Like Bill Mosher once was quoted in Denver some years back when I lived there, " I've seen downtowns that were dying, and Denver is not one of them." I wonder who in the hell he was referring to? "
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