WHAT DO YOU THINK WE SHOULD DO

GOOD MORNING FLINT!
12/10/09
BY Terry Bankert
A Flint Divorce Lawyer sharing his opinion on issues you may find important.
Link to this post.
http://goodmorningflint.blogspot.com/2009/12/what-do-you-think-we-should-do.html

See responses at end of article!

Mayor Walling will host a Jobs Growth and Economic Development forum on Thursday, December 10, 2009 from 6:00 p.m until 8:00 p.m. in the 3rd floor city hall council chambers at 1101 South Saginaw Street. [6]
　
Recently the Mayor of Flint has called a hastily arraigned summit later called a forum in Flint City Hall at either 3 pm as channel 25 reported or 6 pm as reported elsewhere see above. It is at 6 P.M..

Why, so he can tell Obama he did it and to cater to the agenda of the Regional Chamber of Commerce [a private club].

But beyond that how can we make it meaning full. I suggest using the tools of social media by your answering the following question and get them quietly to the mayor or scream them lout publicly, my choice. Post to my face book of blog an I will help you.

QUESTIONS, DO YOU HAVE ANSWERE TO SHARE WITH THE PRESIDENT THROUGH OUR MAYOR?

1.WHAT CAN FLINT DO TO BRING NEW INVESTMENTS INTO FLINT?

2.WHAT CAN FLINT DO TO HELP EVERY RECOVERY DOLLAR GET TO WHERE IT IS SUPPOSED TO GO AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE?

3.WHAT IS HOLDING BACK BUSINESS INVESTMENT IN FLINT?

4.HOW CAN WE INCREASE CONFIDENCE IN FLINT AND SPUR BUSINES INVESTMENT?

5,WHAT IS THE CITY OF FLINT DOING THAT INHIBITS RESIDENTS AND BUSINESS FROM INVESTING IN FLINT MI?

6. CAN THE SCHOOL SYSTEM K- COLLEGE AND THE UNIONS DO TO BETTER SUPPORT AND PREPARE OUR WORKERS?

Let the mayor know at
http://flintdawn.blogspot.com/
Or
http://www.ci.flint.mi.us/
Or tell it to the world.
http://goodmorningflint.blogspot.com/
Or
http://twitter.com/terrybankert
Or
http://www.facebook.com/attorneybankert
　

notes-

Flint's mayor is following the White House's lead in seeking ideas for boosting the economy. [1]
Obama asked that communities report back with the ideas and recommendations that result from the local forums. [4]

"I want to hear about what unions and universities can do to better support and prepare our workers -- not just for the jobs of today, but for the jobs five years from now and 10 years from now and 50 years from now," Obama said, according to the text of his speech.
[4]

"I want to hear about what mayors and community leaders can do to bring new investment to our cities and towns and help recovery dollars get to where they need to go as quickly as possible," he said. "I want to hear from CEOs about what's holding back our business investment and how we can increase confidence and spur hiring. And if there are things that we're doing here in Washington that are inhibiting you, then we want to know about it."[4]
　
Mid-Michigan's largest city also has the highest unemployment.[2]
Now, the City of Flint is asking for new solutions to help combat the old problem of joblessness.[2]

Thursday afternoon city officials are asking its residents to come to city hall to be a part of helping to reverse the unemployment trend. Residents will have a chance to offer ideas and suggest solutions to the problem.[2]Mayor Dayne Walling is hosting a Jobs Growth and Economic Development forum on Thursday evening at City Hall. He says it's part of an effort to focus on transforming Flint into a 21st century sustainable city. [1]

President Barack Obama held a jobs forum last week, where he solicited ideas to accelerate job creation. [1]

MAYOR WALLING HAS SPENT A WEEK SETTING UP THIS SUMMIT/FORUM

Flint Mayor Dayne Walling said ..[12/4/09]…he welcomes the opportunity, and the city is looking into holding its own forum. The details are to be announced.[4] The details were release to us Wednesday 12/7/09
　
The jobs forum that Obama will host at the White House on Thursday is an acknowledgment that employment is not bouncing back as quickly as it used to after recessions. It's an opportunity for the president to show that he's engaged and on the job of finding jobs.[3]

The risk for Obama is that the forum may be perceived as a public-relations gambit, as Republicans assert. That could further fuel perceptions that Obama has trouble making up his mind to take action, an allegation leveled by critics for the months he took in formulating his new Afghan war plan.[3]

Thursday's gathering of top business leaders and economists comes amid rising populist outrage and a potential political backlash against majority-party Democrats, especially those whose message appears to be that there's little more the government can do on employment[3]

The Flint area's regional seasonally unadjusted jobless rate of 15.2 percent was among the highest in the state in October. It's trying to attract employers as it works to find ways to survive and thrive as a smaller city. [1]

The ideas will then be sent to the White House for consideration.[2]

"One of the unique features of our conversation is that we're not only asking citizens to talk about what the White House can do. We also want to know what city hall can do."[2]

The Jobs Growth and Economic Development Forum will take place on 3rd floor of the Flint City Hall Thursday at 3:00pm.[2] wrong its at 6pm.

Posted here by
Terry Bankert
http://www.flintdivorcelaw.com/
　
　
[1]
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-ap-mi-flinteconomy,0,118593.story
[2]
http://www.connectmidmichigan.com/news/story.aspx?id=388393
[3] 12/1/09
http://www.chicagotribune.com/topic/sns-ap-us-vanishing-jobs-analysis,0,6943843.story
[4]
http://www.mlive.com/news/flint/index.ssf/2009/12/post_65.html
[5]
http://www.ci.flint.mi.us/
[6]
http://flintdawn.blogspot.com/

SOCIAL MEDIA RESPONSES
12/10/09
10:54 AM

FROM ADAM

1.WHAT CAN FLINT DO TO BRING NEW INVESTMENTS INTO FLINT? Make Flint more investment friendly and less fine/fee and ordinance/regulation happy

2.WHAT CAN FLINT DO TO HELP EVERY RECOVERY DOLLAR GET TO WHERE IT IS SUPPOSED TO GO AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE? Remove the "leeches" that suck off the "public tit".

3.WHAT IS HOLDING BACK BUSINESS INVESTMENT IN FLINT? Flint

4.HOW CAN WE INCREASE CONFIDENCE IN FLINT AND SPUR BUSINES INVESTMENT? Quality leadership

5,WHAT IS THE CITY OF FLINT DOING THAT INHIBITS RESIDENTS AND BUSINESS FROM INVESTING IN FLINT MI? Being run poorly like always.

6. CAN THE SCHOOL SYSTEM K- COLLEGE AND THE UNIONS DO TO BETTER SUPPORT AND PREPARE OUR WORKERS? Unions and colleges don't create jobs.
FROM

5,WHAT IS THE CITY OF FLINT DOING THAT INHIBITS RESIDENTS AND BUSINESS FROM INVESTING IN FLINT MI? Being run poorly like always. "Like always" being the fact that the last 40 years or so flint and genesee county have been under one party rule that being the liberal Demoncrats. Give credit where credit is due.

mlive jtmb
You want to know what's holding back business investment? For starters, the high state and federal corporate tax rates (2nd highest in the industrialized world) does NOTHING to bring business investments and jobs to Michigan.

Stimulus funds will not create job growth because they are not tax CUTS which would bring investment, but rather are tax CREDITS which will not solve anything.

If you really want business to hire, then do not support Democratic initiatives like raising the minimum wage. All that did was make it unprofitable for businesses to hire more workers.

Tell that the 30% of teens looking for a job at McDonald's, or the unemployed black male who has suffered the most from failed liberal policies that the Democrats in Flint and Genesee County have long sponsored. Seriously, you want the unions to do a better job preparing workers?

I'll take that last question as a joke because it is plain as day that the union could care less about the welfare of its workers. As long as they entrench their power

REGARDLESS OF THE DAMAGE DONE TO THE WORKERS THEY SUPPOSEDLY
REPRESENT, they will always be part of the problem and not the solution. Obviously the school you attended does not teach economic theory, logic or common sense.
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