Monroe County rates an F in economics
Did you catch the article in the D&C today?
We rate an F according to The Business Council of New York State Inc. (Yep - the Business council is incorporated - OK - weird but we are moving on). Here is a table from the article (my emphasis) .
County grades
Here is how area counties were graded in the economic rating:Genesee: F
Livingston: D
Monroe: F
Niagara: F
Ontario: D
Orleans: F
Steuben: C
Wayne: F
Wyoming: D
Yates: FSOURCE: Public Policy Institute of the state Business Council
So Jay Gallagher provides detailed above the fold, coverage of upstate’s economic woes. You can read the original Business Council’s Press release here. I would encourage you to read both and compare.
Tell me what you think in the comments.
Here is what I think about the article. No kidding.
What was missing is an interview with Maggie Brooks. In fact - I didn’t see a comment or anything from Ms Brooks. Presumably the Monroe County Executive’s office would have been contacted. Presumably she would have made a statement - or the D&C would have said - Hey we contacted the County Exec’s office and they refused to comment.
Then there was no mention of some of our supposedly economic growth engines - like COMIDA. How with all the jobs they supposedly are creating we still rate an F by the business council.
Predictably the D&C Story Chatline as of this time stamp didn’t mention any local Monroe County leadership as having anything to do with it. Such wonderful ideas as NYC out of New York and blame Hillary for the economic woes.
The other thing is this is a Friday where a negative Monroe County report appears above the fold. Will the D&C follow-up next week? We will.
i would like to point out that taking the business council’s grades at face value is like taking union’s stance on wages/working conditions at face value. after all, the business council nothing more than another nys special interest group.
No kidding. (I’m not being snarky here). You may know this however, the bulk of the people reading that article in today’s paper do not. They took it as news. That is unfortunate.
Look at the Press Release and the article. Compare them.
Oh and they are a NYS special interest group that rates an article above the fold.
indeed. the article that should have been front page above the fold is the downtown is the hot spot to rent. who needs good news? that doesn’t fit the d and c’s agenda.
[...] have to credit Rochester Turning for bringing this to my attention [...]
You know, I wrote about the Orleans County impact of this and stlo7 covered the Monroe, but this is really all about upstate and how terrible the economic conditions are. I keep hearing things like “we’re growing” and “our economy is improving” and none of that is happening. It’s pretty disappointing, but not anything that wasn’t expected. Upstate has been struggling for years.
[...] that painted a very grim picture of many counties in New York and New York State in general. Rochester Turning also discussed this [...]
http://timesunion.com/AspStories/story.asp?storyID=618575&category=BUSINESS&BCCode=HOME&newsdate=9/1/2007
This article talks about a “rival” study that says NY is growing. Of course, both ARE special interest groups so they have an agenda in all this. I think it’s better for us to look at our hometown (or county) and ask, “Are we doing better?” I can honestly say in Orleans County (with complete Republican rule here) that we aren’t.