Walker getting desperate, launching ads in MN and IL to bring jobs into WI

[CatholicEdHead]

A half million ad buy on cable news stations in MN and IL is designed to poach some of those jobs into WI, not actually create any new jobs just move from outside states. Even if some of these jobs do move, many businesses will offer existing workers to move before hiring new ones fresh in WI. Of course it is hard to make new jobs in WI with the current anti-intellectual strain that is currently infecting the state.

http://www.sheboyganpress.com/viewart/20140104/SHE0101/140104004/Wis-job-creation-agency-launches-new-TV-campaign

MADISON — Gov. Scott Walker's job creation agency is launching a television ad campaign designed to lure businesses from Minnesota and Illinois, underscoring yet again the intense jostling for jobs between the border states.

Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation officials said two 30-second ads will start running Monday on CNN, CNBC and Fox News in the Twin Cities, Chicago and Rockford. The $537,000 campaign is expected to last eight weeks.

Both ads feature shots of Milwaukee and Madison as well as the Fox River. The faces of a number of Wisconsin executives, including Kohler Co. President David Kohler and Schneider National Chief Executive Officer Christopher Lofgren, appear on the sides of buildings and railroad cars touting the state's workforce and how state government is business-friendly.

"If a company in Illinois, Minnesota or any other state is considering expanding or relocating, we want to make sure that Wisconsin is among the options being considered," WEDC Secretary and CEO Reed Hall said in a statement. "This campaign is designed to help get that message out to those who may not yet be familiar with all Wisconsin has to offer."

[Scuba]

1. Election day is 11 months away. I can't wait.

Now let's work to make sure our more progressive candidate (Vinehout) wins out over her corporate competitor.

[Drale]

2. Walker and Perry and other Red State Governors, don't know how to create jobs

they only know how to attempt to steal them from other states.

[ewagner]

3. So much for the "Anti-raiding" pledge..

Tommy signed it with the Govs of Il and MN to keep them from raiding our industries...back in the day

[Gidney N Cloyd]

7. We need some federal intervention on this state vs state crap.

Corporations pit one state against the other and wind up not paying fair share in taxes; meanwhile state budgets and local economies suffer.

[ewagner]

8. Agree

It's legalized bribery.....and it sucks...the corporations only stay until the subsidies run out and then go fishing for a sucker to give them more.

[riversedge]

4. More State Ad Spending Just As Walker to Begin Campaign(s)...

He uses taxpayer money to make a show for trying to get jobs. Up!!


Sunday, January 5, 2014


More State Ad Spending Just As Walker to Begin Campaign(s)

http://thepoliticalenvironment.blogspot.com/2014/01/more-state-ad-spending-just-as-walker.html

That Gov. Walker is about to announce his re-election and still rides the speaking circuit nationally is a coincidence:

The Wisconsin Economic Development Corp. will use close to 10 percent of its $5.75 million annual marketing budget — itself more than triple last year’s $1.5 million budget — for the two ads.....

[ladym55]

5. My husband has a question for Governor Walker

How would he feel about an ad campaign run by either Illinois or Minnesota designed to lure Wisconsin businesses to their states?

Governor Walker has this in common with his right-wing, anti-worker buddies John Kasich and Chris Christie ... they can't run a state economy on a bet. Ohio, New Jersey, and Wisconsin are all falling far behind their more progressive neighbors in job creation.

(BTW, my husband is a Wisconsin native, loves his home state, and is disgusted by what has been happening there under Walker's "leadership.&quot

[hue]

6. Walker is sooo lame!! He thinks no one can see through this sheeit!!

[CatholicEdHead]

9. The ads are also running on Minnesota Public Radio

I heard a ad this morning. There is the website they are plugging.
http://inwisconsin.com/

[dembotoz]

10. Digital Fertilizer: from website--just about sums it all up

story

Events Directory


Digital Fertilizer: Telling your story

Start Date: 1/13/2014 6:00 PM End Date: 1/13/2014 8:00 PM

Description:
James Oliver, founder and CEO of WeMontage, shares his story of how he got his start, and raised the necessary money to fund his startup. He also explains the importance of brand ethos and telling your story to emotionally connect with customers.

James is a gener8tor startup accelerator alumnus.

Location:

The Green Room Lounge
353 Main Ave.
De Pere Wisconsin
USA
More Information:

Chris Schmitz
Visit event website for full details

[BobUp]

11. Time's a wasting, ain't it?

so much for creating 250,000 jobs before his term is up.

The only way he can grab jobs from Illinois is if he gives big tax incentives to potential job creators, which would be basically giving away to farm, which has already happen in my state. Those only stay for a limited time, until a better offer comes along, then they move to another state.

[AleksS]

12. And I can't imagine this has any impact

And I can't imagine this has any impact. I mean seriously, most people don't actually change their potato-chip eating habits based on TV ads. I can't imagine a commercial will make a difference to an exec looking to move.

CEO: "Well, _____ is the better choice, but Wisconsin had a snappy commercial!"

So in addition to be a sleazy move in the first place, it's a downright ineffective, wasteful sleazy move.