tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30306615.post8128429384160347773..comments2024-02-28T11:29:36.860-05:00Comments on just up the pike: when MoCo wants to draw big businesses, it's "pay to play" (updated)Dan Reedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10594208011755406956noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30306615.post-38155567649281708712013-04-05T10:04:21.743-04:002013-04-05T10:04:21.743-04:00Dan, political commentary aside (which I'm not...Dan, political commentary aside (which I'm not agreeing/disagreeing), I completely agree with your breakdown of the numbers of jobs. Our leaders spend far too much time swinging for the fences, throwing tons of resources at big companies, when they could much more easily get lots of base hits with mundane businesses to locate here and bring a lot of jobs. Chasing the big fish costs a lot of $$, but also a lot of staff and leadership time, and IMO we should put our best foot forward quickly, but then not chase them down an endless road. Let Virginia blow their budget on a few of these companies and then we will have the money left when Virginia is tapped out.A. Rosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16077414359737466490noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30306615.post-57931866066388988752011-10-13T13:35:13.310-04:002011-10-13T13:35:13.310-04:00We spend a fifth of our federal budget on defense....We spend a fifth of our federal budget on defense. We got Saddam, we got Osama. I think we can dial it down a little and start working on our schools (unfortunately, they aren't all as good as they are in MoCo).Dan Reedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10594208011755406956noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30306615.post-54515207225851064242011-10-13T13:30:36.897-04:002011-10-13T13:30:36.897-04:00Please- "Corporations that blow up other cou...Please- "Corporations that blow up other countries..."<br />Get off it- without defense we would be open up to more terrorist, without defense- we would have not stepped into Bosnia,without defense we would not have ended the tyrannical rule of Hussein in Iraq. it is called defense not offense.<br />They employ thousand of people, contribute to the economy- dont let politics fog your brain.retgroclkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13538891152523408607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30306615.post-45219357115825719932011-10-11T18:30:48.258-04:002011-10-11T18:30:48.258-04:00Andy Shallal thinks too much of himself and always...Andy Shallal thinks too much of himself and always hasandreahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11492762147062821273noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30306615.post-16092890081138741972011-10-11T14:44:57.679-04:002011-10-11T14:44:57.679-04:00"Certainly defense spending is important to M..."Certainly defense spending is important to Montgomery County and Maryland, but not as much as it is in Virginia, which receives twice as much funding from the Department of Defense"<br /><br />This is EXACTLY why Shallal's whining is flat dumb. I'm in no way in love with Lockheed, but Shallal is embarrassing himself with such blatant hypocrisy.jag2923https://www.blogger.com/profile/16643222673053580872noreply@blogger.com