Thursday, May 20, 2010

Did Keith Brown just save Guilford County and Greensboro $13,000,000?

Crony Capitalism and Local Developer Roy Carroll Red Flags
on American Express Incentive Deal

Keith Brown
Triad Watch, Wednesday, April 21, 2010

"American Express chooses eastern Guilford County for data center

American Express will locate a data-services center in eastern Guilford County.

...“It is confirmed that American Express is coming here,” said Pat Danahy, president and CEO of the Greensboro Partnership. “I would say congratulations to all of us. This is a big deal. A big deal.”

Earlier this year, Greensboro and Guilford County governments had tentatively scheduled incentives hearings related to the project but quickly canceled those efforts. At one point, local officials said the company was looking for as much as $13 million in combined incentives from the city and county.

Danahy said Thursday that the company would not seek local incentives.

Mark Binker, Richard M. Barron and Donald W. Patterson
Greensboro News and Record, May 20, 2010"

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

i think so

Triadwatch said...

i hear ya george, thanks for the post

Bob Grenier said...

The Rat still smells, doesn't it?

Triadwatch said...

there is a plenty of questions that need to be asked but from the surface it is not passing the smell test right now.

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