Imbeciles cost us 500 Microsoft Jobs!!!! (Houston, Austin: universities, minimum wage, live)

[DabOnEm]

Originally Posted by SanJac

You raise a really GOOD point and I have wondered about this myself. It does seem like the State has been helping Austin and North Texas much more than Houston when it comes to attracting jobs.

Why do you think this is? Are our state representatives asleep at the wheel? Who is advocating for Houston in Austin?

Because they all come from the I-35 Corridor, including the current governor who grew up in North Texas.

[Jack Lance]

Originally Posted by jd433

The state did this not the local Houston government. That is what makes it so frustrating. I dont know if Linda Hidalgo got involved or not but she should have been involved as well as Turner etc
I am surprised that little was known about this.

If you read that DMN article I posted it shows a list of incentives the state has paid . A good example: They paid 3.5 million for JSW Steel, which promised 500 direct jobs also, and they can only pony up 1.3 mil for 500 much higher paying jobs ?

[DavePa]

Originally Posted by Jack Lance

No, this was the State of Texas failing to back up Houston...…

https://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/c...entives-again/

When is Houston going to lure Western and Northern Companies on its own desirability?

Don't you think it's time? Or time to grow its own. Shouldn't need relocations to become mighty.

Beside .... most of these big gun companies are choosing multiple cities to spread into. Guess Houston was not desirable enough unless the state gave/bribed it with more millions of $$$.

[DabOnEm]

Originally Posted by Double L

Also, keep in mind that there was much more demand from Morrisville, NC to get these jobs than Houston, because Houston already has such a strong economy, in comparison to Morrisville. Houston already has one of the best economies in America so it doesn’t have to sacrifice as much as Morrisville does to get these jobs, because we don’t need them as badly.

Huh? Morrisville is in the middle of the Raleigh-Durham Triangle Area which has had a booming economy for a while now. Houston's economy is not really strong currently, but holding steady at a time when the US economy is absolutely booming. Houston needs to diversify badly and these jobs would have helped. The State of Texas doesn't assist Houston so it's time for the local leaders to fight a little more. Don't really know what they're doing here as pretty much every corporate relocation passes Houston up, while other parts of the state get flooded with incentives to attract expansions/relocations. Not fair to Houston. Time to contact some local reps.

Originally Posted by DavePa

When is Houston going to lure Western and Northern Companies on its own desirability?

Don't you think it's time? Or time to grow its own. Shouldn't need relocations to become mighty.

Only Austin has really been able to do this. DFW has had to use state help quite a few times for their corporate relos. The state has given tens of millions for multiple individual locations for other regions of the state. Why does Houston have to be held to a higher standard?

[DavePa]

Originally Posted by DabOnEm

Huh? Morrisville is in the middle of the Raleigh-Durham Triangle Area which has had a booming economy for a while now. Houston's economy is not really strong right now, but holding steady at a time when the US economy is absolutely booming. Houston needs to diversify badly and these jobs would have helped. The State of Texas doesn't help Houston so it's time for the local leaders to fight a little more. Don't really know what they're doing here as pretty much every corporate relocation passes Houston up, while other parts of the state get flooded with incentives to attract expansions/relocations. Not fair to Houston. Time to contact some local reps.



Only Austin has really been able to do this. DFW has had to use state help quite a few times for their corporate relos. The state has given tens of millions for multiple individual locations for other regions of the state. Why does Houston have to be held to a higher standard?

The States debt is already huge. Rely more on you own expansions .... instead of begging for relocations for decades now to keep growing.

[RMESMH]

Originally Posted by Huckleberry3911948

You are running off business from your state
you have been California nized

[Exult.Q36]

What incentives did the city of Houston offer? Cities themselves have to offer packages and put forth a grand effort to entice companies. That’s not just the state job. Houston should have put down the red carpet for Microsoft. That’s how you woo a company.

[DabOnEm]

Originally Posted by DavePa

The States debt is already huge. Rely more on you own expansions .... instead of begging for relocations for decades now to keep growing.

Again, why does Houston have to be held to a higher standard than other areas in the state who receive more funding?

[jd433]

I think the purposefully let the Microsoft deal go because Microsoft snubbed Austin. 1.3 million dollars is an insult to Microsoft. They knew that wouldn't work.

Originally Posted by DabOnEm

Again, why does Houston have to be held to a higher standard than other areas in the state who receive more funding?

[Jack Lance]

Originally Posted by Exult.Q36

What incentives did the city of Houston offer? Cities themselves have to offer packages and put forth a grand effort to entice companies. That’s not just the state job. Houston should have put down the red carpet for Microsoft. That’s how you woo a company.

I don't know. I had no idea this was even in the works. If you read the article in the OP North Carolina ponied up the lion share of that 13 million dollar package they offered, with the local counties putting up less than 2 million. I'm not a fan of our current Mayor but, I doubt any local agencies here even considered trying to make up that sort of funding gap.

The Governor has been very hands on in other incentive offers and seemed to have been providing leadership in those cases, that was obviously absent during these negotiations...