In what has to be seen as a somewhat bizarre and highly questionable decision, the NC DOT has decided to continue with its plans to expand a Winston-Salem road that leads to the soon to be empty Dell manufacturing plant. From today’s W-S Journal: Even though Dell said earlier this month that it will close [...]
Monthly Archives: October 2009
Gotta Love North Carolina’s “Free Market”
A passage from this WRAL story about Gov. Perdue’s “business recruitment” trip to Japan and China stood out: China’s growing economy is so strong that incentives are not the key factor to luring investment, Perdue observed. “It is very apparent that they have so much liquidity,” she said. Rather than money and incentives, Chinese companies are [...]
Missing the Point on “Green”… Again.
Governor Perdue has been doing some blogging during her trip abroad, most recently on the subject of green energy, arguing: “The bottom line is this. Energy – how we make, how we store it, and how we use it – will be the next frontier for business, for governments and for innovators.” Uh, last I [...]
NC Gun Shop Under Fire
Brace yourself. There is a store in Nashville, NC that sells guns. (I know this is hard for some people to believe but, I swear, its true.) This same store has posters in the window featuring the main product of the store: Guns. (Again, I know its difficult to believe but, stick with me.) These [...]
No Boeing for NC
Despite the wooing of Gov. Bev Perdue and the undoubted promise of hundreds of millions in incentives, Boeing has eliminated North Carolina from consideration on where to build its new manufacturing facility for its 787 aircraft. South Carolina has made the final two, however. Apparently, not even a nearly-vacant taxpayer funded airstrip was enough to [...]
