[bobtn]

Originally Posted by JayCT

So what would you do if Bridgewater had said they were moving to Westchester? Would you have offered them money to stay? This is what supposedly happened but Malloy stepped in and gave them a deal to stay in Connecticut and expand. If Malloy had said no to them, we could have lost a lot of VERY well-paying jobs and the taxes that go with them. People likely would have been screaming.

Jay, That job loss argument is incorrect, considering many people commute from FFC to Westchester County and vice versa. Most of the employees would have done just that, so the loss would strictly be Ct income taxes and property taxes solely on the personal property moved out of the existing building. The building property tax itself would still be collected.

Job losses matter when a corp relos hundreds of miles away, but not dozens of miles away, as the latter is commutable.

[DrPizza]

Originally Posted by Lalalally

Nope, not a different Westport -- the same one that's 15 miles away from Stamford

It may be 15 miles between Westport and Stamford, but to drive it takes 45 .