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Friday, August 11, 2006

My residual Floridian-ness got a mild chuckle when I got to the end of this article on an office-rental turf war between Manhattan and Jersey City:

Kathryn Wylde, president of the Partnership for New York City, said that another border war would be unwise.

“What’s important to New York is that these jobs remain within our regional economy,” she said. “We’re long past days where New Jersey is the enemy. It’s more important that these jobs don’t move to Maryland, Tampa or India.”

I’m sure the Tampa Chamber of Commerce (and the chambers in Maryland, for that matter) appreciates being equated with a Third World option for outsourcing.

by Costa Tsiokos, Fri 08/11/2006 04:49:31 PM
Category: Business, Florida Livin', New Yorkin'
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  1. new york: focus on the real enemy

    Kathryn Wylde is the president of the Partnership for New York City. In an inquiry about losing call center jobs to New Jersey, she said she’d rather keep the jobs in the region than lose them to foriegners.

    “What’s important to New York is that…

    Trackback by Sticks of Fire: a Tampa blog — 08/14/2006 @ 01:30:21 PM

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