The Blagojevich U-Haul relocation question of the day
Posted by JP on Mon, 06/30/2008 - 16:13
On Friday, Gov. Rod Blagojevich traveled to Harrisburg way down in Saline County to announce he's moving more than 100 state traffic safety division employees there from Springfield. That's a few hours away from the Capitol and, perhaps not surprisingly, few of the employees plan to uproot and move if this ever comes to fruition.
The governor said he's moving the jobs there because Saline County's unemployment rate is among the state's worst and he's trying to help.
With that sentiment in mind, if you were supreme ruler/governor, what state agency or department would you move where for maximum economic impact?
I wouldn't move any. Why not go for business development of some kind, something that doesn't depend on taxpayer dollars in the long term?