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Update: Signed, Sealed...
posted at 2007-09-11 17:11 | Last modified 2007-11-14 10:38
Governor Mike Easley wasted no time in finding a pen for House Bill 4, the compromise incentive measure passed today by state lawmakers. Just an hour after it left the Senate, Easley signed it into law with this unusually effusive message:
"This tool is a fantastic statement by the General Assembly that North Carolina is focused on the future and determined that our citizens will compete and win in the new world economy. This legislation will create cutting edge economic competitiveness in North Carolina, unlike any state in America. It requires huge investments -- each more than $200 million -- by companies that accept the challenge to build world-class facilities here that are the most technologically advanced on the globe. The bill ensures workers' job security, wages, benefits and advanced training as part of the incentives. It is performance based with clear criteria for earning any incentive."
Is that a sigh of relief I hear? Why, yes, I believe it might be.
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