August 07, 2004

SCHWARZENEGGER LAUNCHES AN AD CAMPAIGN in Las Vegas encouraging businesses to come back to California. The answer of business folks? You've got to be joking. Quotable:
The day before the launch of the ad campaign, construction materials manufacturer Quickflash Weatherproofing from Huntington Beach announced that it would be relocating to Las Vegas and the city of Henderson passed zoning changes to accommodate the relocation of intermodal distribution company Pacer Stacktrain's corporate headquarters from the Oakland area, bringing 350 job with it. In addition, three California companies had contacted the NDA to inquire about relocating to Nevada the same day Schwarzenegger launched the campaign ..

Of the 60 new companies that relocated [from California to Nevada's] Clark County .. last fiscal year, 32 came from California .. ".

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