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Monthly Archives: December 2009
Importing Manufacturing.. Boon or Bust?
The largest Chinese manufacturer of solar panels, Suntech Power, has announced that it is opening a manufacturing plant here in Metro Phoenix. This is fabulous news. I think. It is hard to tell what it really means. What we know [...]
Startups and Mind Camps and Crowd Pitches. Oh My
It is clear to me that we are not in Kansas anymore. I expected today to be full of amazing as more days than not seem to be that way of late around Gangplank. The morning got going by kicking [...]
Maybe Teacher Unions Are Part of the Problem
House Bill 2011 was signed on September 4th and went into effect November 24th. What exactly is bill 2011?
Districts can no longer have policies that use seniority or tenure for retention or reduction in force.
Districts no longer have to rehire [...]
We Take Open Space for Granted
One of the best things about living in metro Phoenix is that we can be in the center of a seemingly never ending city, but still be surrounded by the beauty of the desert at every turn. There is a [...]
Posted in Community, Personal
Tagged arizona, chandler, economic development, maricopa county, maricopa trail, parks, phoenix
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U of A in Downtown Phoenix.. Does This Smell Funny?
There is a lot of talk about U of A building a new cancer center in downtown Phoenix. There is no denying that this would help fulfill long ago given promises made by the Phoenix Biomedical Campus. I am not [...]
Posted in Education
Tagged arizona, asu, biomedical campus, downtown, economic development, Education, phoenix, politics, uofa
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Helping Find the Money To Make It
I read the Phoenix Business Journal every week as part of keeping up with business here in Metro Phoenix. I was floored when I read “Finding the money to make it“. What was incredible to me were the [...]
