RT Roundup - 11/16/2008 Edition
Here’s what I’ve been reading:
- If by “special interests”, this D&C LTE writer means corporate fraudsters getting tax breaks, or developers getting taxpayer money to build housing when there’s an oversupply, well, sure. If he’s talking about the poor, then he better hope he never has to walk a mile in their shoes:
[State legislators] must make difficult decisions to make the cuts needed. You cannot continue to listen to special interests.
- Maybe it’s because Monroe County houses aren’t as overpriced as much of the rest of the country?
- Semi-liberal, off-the-wall DJ Brother Wease is officially back on the air, on WFXF, 95.1 FM. We interviewed him back in March.
- Henrietta got an environmental award. I guess this is why some people have said that the Henrietta town government is a bunch of Democrats in disguise:
The town government, the Rush-Henrietta School District and local businesses were all credited for cutting vehicle emissions, preserving land space and educating children on environmental concerns, among other things.
Town Supervisor Michael Yudelson said the award signifies that Henrietta has been dedicated to improving environmental sustainability while still promoting local development.
“We made a commitment several years ago to join with Audubon International in bringing a sustainability model to Henrietta, specifically with the idea that this is not anti-development, but how to have planned development with regard for the environment,” Yudelson said. “To the point that we’ve been involved in the project so far, I think it’s had exactly that intended benefit.”
- D&C Columnist Denise-Marie Santiago counsels those of us with nausea from the economic roller-coaster to turn to our junk drawer and organize it. Small victories, I guess.
- A local legal publishing firm with several hundred people is shipping a number of those jobs to India and China. And if I’m not mistaken, they’ll still get a tax break for doing it. Gotta love those free market economics.
- More people are considering going back to college due to the crappy job market. Although there are apparently opportunities out there, though the article doesn’t say how much the wages for those jobs are compressed from what they used to be just a few years ago.
According to Burns Personnel, jobs as process technicians, maintenance mechanics, model makers, packaging and computerized numerical controlled machinists are hot blue-collar jobs locally.
The top five white-collar jobs include software developers, software testers, system administrators, technical customer support and purchasing.
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