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Opinion
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05/19/10
These days no one can dispute the importance of State Department officials receiving up-to-the-minute training on security. We just hope the rest of that job is being handled better than the federal government's quest to consolidate that training at a new facility to be built on 2,000 acres of farmland near Centreville in Queen Anne's County. Find Us On Facebook
You might think that during a recession it would be easy to sell the residents of a rural county on a $70 million federal facility that would bring more than 400 jobs to the region, not to mention the economic stimulus from 10,000 trainees a year spending time in the area. As it...
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One bureaucrat's bungling - 2010-05-19 18:36:42
At the first community meeting one bureaucrat came unprepared and it was down hill from there. Blame the messenger not the message. This is unfortunate for Queen Anne's citizens looking for good jobs. The environmental issues must be addressed, but the County and State should be fostering efforts. I know Mr Kratovil and Senator Milkulski worked to get this into Queen Anne. Suing the Federal government.... yeah well that takes time. The 'Feds'... (is that like a a family or a group?) can find other plenty of other jurisdications more than happy to take the jobs.
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An easy sell? - 2010-05-19 16:52:20
Why should it be easy for the federal government to sell this project? It is NOT going to bring 400 jobs to QA County, most would be transferred in. Yes, GSA did bungle this whole project, but it would never be wasy to sell to these citizens - they have enough sense to question the negative impact on their area while realizing the positive impact was overstated.
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