MBJ Editorial: Jobs and eminent domain … letting fear strike us out
by MBJ Staff Published: July 17,2011
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Economic development recruiters don’t use brass knuckles when they fight to get a big employer to come to their state. But they probably would if they could. That is the kind of pier six brawl recruiters walk into at the start of every economic development competition. The last one standing walks away with the deal [...] [...]
