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Letter: All citizens should be economic development recruiters Note on this unsigned article: There are some interesting proposals in this letter, which was unfortunately, unsigned. The figures used as to the cost of the Industrial Recruiter are way off. The current, highly capable Economic Development Recruiter offered to work for free, but the Economic Development Authority insisted she received a nominal annual pay of $10,000 a year. Also, when you do write, we hope you'll have the modest courage to at least use your real name. None of the signers of the Declaration of Independence signed the document "Concerned Citizen." If they had all been that timid, we'd still be subjects of the Crown. We do agree with the writer that the Economic Development Authority needs the broadest input. In the past, one sometimes wondered if the IDA were simply waiting to head off a business already hell bent on coming to Columbia long enough to organize a ribbon-cutting so they could pat each other on the back and get their picture took receiving a plaque. No so today, but sometimes, it happened that way--in the past. The late Ruel Wooten used to have a sign in his window say, "There's no telling how much progess we could make if we didn't worry about who gets the credit. - Ed Waggener To ColumbiaMagazine.com I would love to see this area be able to sustain various new businesses, both large and small, that would be able to offer competitive jobs. Did hiring an Industrial Recruiter help bring in or develop these desperately needed jobs? No. But I do feel that hiring the right Industrial Recruiters could help. I understand that a lot of our tax dollars went into developing the new Industrial Park located off of Highway 55 that appears to be a ghost town. Are there any businesses at all located in it? I believe the answer to that census is zero. This is my suggestion: We have a very interesting mix of intelligent people in our area that come from all walks of life and have connections to various types of industry. Why not utilize each and every one of these individuals by allowing everyone to become Adair County Industrial Recruiters? In order for all of us to become Recruiters we must first be given the rules and guidelines of the Industrial Park. Recruiters would also need other guidelines in regards to required permits, licensing, taxes (tax incentives). All of the documents could be linked or scanned on the Chamber of Commerce web site and be easily available to the public. Can anyone tell me why all of this information is not already easily available? I not sure of the exact amount of funds that went into paying for the position of Industrial Recruiter and other associated cost involved, but lets say it was $85,000.00 total. Without going into great detail, $85,000.00 could be earmarked for Finders fees to develop or obtain new industries and jobs in this area. The Finders fees could be paid out in installments calculated accordingly on new tax dollars and years of operation similar to how tax incentives are handled. Signed by "Private Taxpayer"First name, no contact information, on file This story was posted on 2009-01-07 11:20:15
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