re: $63.5 million Deep South Studios proposed for New Orleans Metro

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Everyone cites "jobs created" but, after having the "
Pitch Perfect film production camp in my neighborhood for a week I disagree. I talked to a ton of the crew and staff and none of them are from here. They are all in town during the filming and then scatter back to their homes. The only LA folks were the extras and a few contractors doing the low paid hourly jobs (i.e. Traffic control) which causes me to question the self-serving job claims that come from industry and political sources. I need to see a figure from an independent source before I swallow the bait in the future.

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yes, but investments like these keep these jobs here. The initial push was to get the business. Now we are setting the table to service the industry with facilities located within the state. This will create long term jobs, filled by locals and transplants.