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John Bel seals deal on biggest job-creating project in the state’s history

Posted on 6/11/19 at 2:08 pm
Posted by GoodOleBoy54
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Posted on 6/11/19 at 2:08 pm
Posted by Cosmo
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Posted on 6/11/19 at 2:09 pm to
Must have been a nice payoff to company brass
Posted by Btrtigerfan
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Posted on 6/11/19 at 2:11 pm to
Worst governor of my lifetime, and there was some serious competition.
Posted by Quidam65
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Posted on 6/11/19 at 2:11 pm to
The craft malt liquor brewery?
Posted by 91TIGER
Lafayette
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18907 posts
Posted on 6/11/19 at 2:12 pm to
Hope you enjoy his last 6 months, he's done !
Posted by RemyLeBeau
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Posted on 6/11/19 at 2:19 pm to
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“The biggest part of the upfront money we gave to DXC wasn’t to cover some of their cost of coming to New Orleans,” Edwards told BF. “It was money that we gave to our universities and technical colleges to develop the programs that DXC needed.”


Corporate welfare. Dems cannot get excited about this project and should shame the Governor.
This post was edited on 6/11/19 at 2:20 pm
Posted by GoodOleBoy54
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Posted on 6/11/19 at 2:21 pm to
lol ok
Posted by GoodOleBoy54
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Posted on 6/11/19 at 2:22 pm to
What are you talking about? He gave money to higher Ed. Something you obviously never took advantage of
Posted by Bumble Bee
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Posted on 6/11/19 at 2:22 pm to
New Orleans. North Louisiana is desperate for economic development, jobs, but we keep getting ignored.
Posted by GoodOleBoy54
Member since Apr 2015
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Posted on 6/11/19 at 2:24 pm to
I bet ! He actually gave a shite about the people in the state ! Doesn't he know LA politicians are meant to be bigoted and backward. Dam libtards and their education
Posted by boosiebadazz
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Posted on 6/11/19 at 2:24 pm to
Sentrius won’t like this one bit!
Posted by Hamma1122
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Posted on 6/11/19 at 2:26 pm to
Enjoy the last few months
Posted by RemyLeBeau
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Posted on 6/11/19 at 2:27 pm to
He gave money to support a specific company. Otherwise he would have proactively pushed for the specific training in hopes of luring this company or one like it. The deal was made to get them here as part of negotiations.


Posted by member12
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Posted on 6/11/19 at 2:28 pm to
John Bel Edwards payed a publicist good money for this bullshite.

BTW, DXE is basically an HIB company.
Posted by Bard
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Posted on 6/11/19 at 2:31 pm to
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They didn’t ask me about taxes, they didn’t ask me about the hurricane risk-reduction system after Katrina—they asked about higher education


And they still came? Was he using Trump's magic wand?? I'm guessing they didn't ask about NO's S&W Board.


That's great for New Orleans and all but how about putting some effort into other parts of the state?
Posted by RemyLeBeau
Member since Mar 2015
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Posted on 6/11/19 at 2:37 pm to
From the Advocate:

quote:

To land the deal, Louisiana Economic Development offered DXC an incentive package valued at about $115 million.


The Advocate story on DXC circa 2017
Posted by SlowFlowPro
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Posted on 6/11/19 at 2:38 pm to
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In an exclusive interview with Business Facilities at the governor’s office in the state capitol in Baton Rouge, Gov. Edwards said that DXC’s biggest concern was access to skilled workers—and an assurance that Louisiana could keep producing them.

“They didn’t ask me about taxes, they didn’t ask me about the hurricane risk-reduction system after Katrina—they asked about higher education,” the governor recalled.

this is destined to work out smoothly
Posted by RemyLeBeau
Member since Mar 2015
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Posted on 6/11/19 at 2:38 pm to
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He gave money to higher Ed. Something you obviously never took advantage of


Higher Ed =/= intelligence. Something you don't seem to understand with you presumptuous high horse
Posted by SlowFlowPro
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Posted on 6/11/19 at 2:40 pm to
oh this is hilarious

quote:

The DXC project was one of the crown jewels of an influx of projects that have made Louisiana a high-tech leader and have fueled a surge in personal wages (LA had the second-highest percentage increase in wage growth in the U.S. during Q2 2018).


what is the section this is found under?

quote:

MUCH MORE THAN FOSSIL FUELS


Posted by Sentrius
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Posted on 6/11/19 at 2:42 pm to
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Gov. Edwards said that DXC’s biggest concern was access to skilled workers—and an assurance that Louisiana could keep producing them.

“They didn’t ask me about taxes, they didn’t ask me about the hurricane risk-reduction system after Katrina—they asked about higher education,” the governor recalled.


That's how I know this "article" is publicity bullcrap for JBE.

If they're looking for skilled workers and good higher education, they're in the wrong state. And that's on top of being completely derelict in asking about what impact local and state taxes would have on their business model and also asking about flood protection for a possible location.
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