Brad Smith, continuing to redefine the boundaries of an MU Prez…..
Even ran into Kinsey’s 1st cousin on the tarmac!
Even ran into Kinsey’s 1st cousin on the tarmac!
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Sadly, most of what the state is selling is in the Motown area and eastern panhandle. The Huntington area seems lost in the fog. Nucor was a prime pick up but more is needed for Huntington and Cabell Co. jmoglad to hear he is selling the state, which imo, has a lot to sell. I think this quote is telling...
“In reality what we find is that those stereotypes aren’t real,” Hanshaw said. “Most of the business community outside the borders of West Virginia, they don’t have a negative image of West Virginia, they don’t have an image at all, they just don’t think about us.”
with many companies wanting to move out of NYC of NJ, where somewhere between 50-60% of what you earn goes to taxes, you would think we would have plenty to sell.
Sadly, most of what the state is selling is in the Motown area and eastern panhandle. The Huntington area seems lost in the fog. Nucor was a prime pick up but more is needed for Huntington and Cabell Co. jmo
The State Journal and WV Executive publications are heavily slanted to the areas mentioned above; and Charleston of course. Not much on the southern part of the state. Huntingtons leadership sucks! We need a Brad Smith or Brandon Dennison type for Mayor. Not Drug King Williams.
What's not true about my post? You a Steve WIlliams/drug house fan? JK.I'm shocked you are still alive with the crippling depression you post.
Not much is offered in morgantown either. It's a sh*thole still. The panhandle has the luxury of the Metro line running to it from DC.
The issue has always been a statewide issue. I know plenty of business owners who have a sour taste of WV because of their treatment for outsiders.
Some multi-million dollar company will not only be soundly rejected, but berated by everyone for even trying.
The inflated ego of the state leadership hasn't helped either...as in...poor to no advertising for WV, because they just expect everyone to already know WV exists. Leadership who built a state on not knowing what the hell they were doing, failed to read the Cliff Notes version of "how to be a real state for dummies", and purposely keep the state uneducated, poor, and dependent.
The biggest nightmare for any politician was the teacher's strike, because when the populace is educated and actually sees the BS spewed from up top, it really shakes those idiots to the core.
It's not a regional thing it is a state-wide thing. It's also why I doubt Brad stops at MU. I could see him going straight to the Governor's mansion and then the Senate.
The eastern panhandle is growing in spite of being in WV, and over the objections of many of the natives. It grows because it provides swamp housing. Heck, the suburban DC part of Maryland, one of the worst run states in the union, is growing because of that proximity. It is artificial, not the result of actual productive commerce.
The 'hole is the huge taxwaste that is WVU. Massive state spending to educate non-Appalachians at subsidized rates; and the kind of ancillary stuff that most big colleges get. NIOSH for example. Again not actual productive commerce. If WVU had been built in Elkins, like it should have been, Morgantown would be a gas station and a couple strip clubs.
Which brings us to the rest of WV. While the state is 100s of times better than it was just two decades ago, or even one, it still has lots of problems.
- Our lower education system still stinks. Too many teachers simply don't know the material they are supposed to teach others.
- We still have way too many small colleges that have not served a purpose since the interstates were built.
- We have an unfocused community college system that isn't training for future jobs.
- WVU soaks up the majority of the state's higher education spending, and does nothing for the state at all.
- The airport in Charleston STINKS.
- Our road transportation system is still unfinished, decades after it should have been. Why wasn't Corridor H finished in 1982, when the federal government provided the money? Why wasn't 64 6 laned 30 years ago?
- There are way too many people with their hand stuck out, unwilling to work and unwilling to become work marketable, and too many politicians and others who lack the moral courage to force them to.
- Our judicial system continues to skew far to the left, entertaining silly lawsuits that should be laughed out of court. No job creator is going to be exposed to a state that blames drug companies for the acts of drug addicts, for example.
- Our taxes are way too high, on businesses, on individuals, on sales, on everything.
You can take all the tours you want, and, every now and then, pick up a Toyota or a Nucor, but real growth starts with real reform. States that have fair courts, good education systems, good airports and roads, and low taxes don't have to go on tours.
What's not true about my post? You a Steve WIlliams/drug house fan? JK.
That group IS depressing, yet, reaping millions from the Fed. in grants. Its a money maker - Ask Rocky Meadows
Oh I agree. Its a shitty way to run a city or state.It is depressing, however, a product of poor leadership existing beyond the present mayor.
A state with its head shoved so far up it's ass it spent decades IN DENIAL of a problem, then threw its hands up in the air, cried to God, and blamed its citizens...that is the truly depressing part.
Lets be honest. A lot of the blame does lie at the feet of it's citizens and the multiple generations who enshrined the terrible "leadership" that steered the state into the abyss.and blamed its citizens..
Then Elkins would not be as cool as it is, and that would suck. Seriously, I can't imagine Elkins with 20k more humans in it, the traffic (which is bad enough as it is), etc. Thank God this didn't happen. Elkins is a GREAT little city as a gateway to outdoor recreation, and is making strides as a destination for such.If WVU had been built in Elkins, like it should have been, Morgantown would be a gas station and a couple strip clubs.
He would agree with you. He has no interest in politics. Lets hope he remains at Marshall for a long long time.Brad Smith in politics? I hope not. It would change him and not for the better
…..having just met him recently (SBC bball tourney), I would hope he would not see politics as at all attractive. His personality is perfect for where he is, his wheelhouse, if you will….He would agree with you. He has no interest in politics. Lets hope he remains at Marshall for a long long time.
A certain demographic from Detroit agrees!glad to hear he is selling the state, which imo, has a lot to sell.
Having a negative image is better than no image. A negative image requires some tie to emotion. The person is at least invested emotionally, which allows for the opportunity to improve that image.Most of the business community outside the borders of West Virginia, they don’t have a negative image of West Virginia, they don’t have an image at all, they just don’t think about us.”
Your jealousy of all that is better than you, which is just about everything, is childish.No job creator is going to be exposed to a state that blames drug companies for the acts of drug addicts, for example.
It's been a long time since I have eaten there. It was very good though.Raoul: Does a restaurant called “Sawmill” still make the best gd gravy I’ve ever tasted?