Virginia falls to third in CNBC business ratings
Gov. Bob McDonnell gloated last year when Virginia topped CNBC’s annual rankings of the top states for business.
But Virginia has to settle for third on this year’s list, finishing behind Texas and Utah. The rankings were revealed today. Virginia had never finished lower than second in the CNBC rankings since the cable network began its annual survey in 2007.
Infrastructure, particularly transportation, was cited as a shortcoming this year for Virginia, which dropped from 10th to 33rd in that category. The state also dropped a couple of spots to 10th for its economy, largely because of its proximity to the nation’s capital and the federal government’s fiscal crisis.
More on the CNBC rankings can be found here.
– Michael Sluss
July 10, 2012 - 10:50 PM
Unless I missed it, still no coverage on here of Anthony Flaccavento’s assertion he was denied an invitation to a ‘pro-Coal’ rally that was largely a GOP event designed to promote Morgan Griffith.
For those not keeping score, it was a June 2nd event that was essentially a Koch financed Big Coal rally for Morgan Griffith as the lap dog for Big Coal interests.
As I said previously, so much for Flaccavento’s ‘endorsement’ by the UMWA, which is meaningless. It all boils down to money, and the subservience of coal workers to some sort of allegiance to the very interests that impinge on their lives. The rank and file will vote overwhelmingly GOP, which keeps their necks under the boot and only profits their masters.
http://www2.tricities.com/news/2012/jul/09/flaccavento-nobody-invited-me-coal-party-ar-2042653/
Thanks for the note, crooked road. I hadn’t heard about that news in the 9th, but I’ll ask the Flaccavento campaign about it.
– Mason Adams
Who in thier right mind would trust anything CNBC says ? They continue to `preach to the choir`, despite its near non-existence.
Instead of taxing the rich, why don`t we tax the 49% of the Nation not even paying taxes ?
#3 Well, Bobby McD trusted them when they said Virginia was first.
#4 So, rwt2557, you’ve fallen for that right-wing lie that 49 percent don’t pay taxes? How gullible of you.
EVERYBODY pays some sort of taxes.
gdad, everyone pays taxes the gov’t taxes everything and want to tax more , I think what rwt2557 is saying about half the country not paying taxes is federal income tax that half the country pays and the other does not. The top 1% pays more the other 99% and if you took all the wealth from the richest 1% do you think it would be even 100 billion?? and we are 16 trillion in debt?? And I LOVE how this progressive news paper says Virginia ranked 3rd out 50 “yeah how bad”, Saying how BOB gloated ****about being #1 last year, now look at him ! How sick are you people. I could say forbes ranked Virginia #1 this year, but that would be biased…. As for the roads in Virginia , lets get Obama’s EPA out of the way and drill of the coast of Virginia and use those proceeds to fund our infrastructure..
and crooked road , I dont agree with industries controlling our elected , but since you point this out I would like to point out that Obamas stimulus sent tens of millions to solar and wind companies that gave money to obama , in turn those companies made solar and wind products in Denmark and germany and then those green companies that got tax money went under ,stimulating Denmark and costing the tax payers alot of money. I think it cost millions of dollars for each green job created by the stimulus. And created a fraction of the jobs Obama said it was going to do. But Obamas donors got their money and we pay for this failing industry which only exists because the tax payers pay for it. EVIL COAL !!!! EVIL GREEN !!! THEY ARE ALL CROOKS , ITS AL ABOUT MONEY AND POWER. But I would like to see the Roanoke times move away from the huffington post/green peace news articles. vote libertarian!
I see nothing has yet been posted about the Flaccavento controversy. I suppose Griffith’s influence still prevails, since he is a Salem boy, after all.
@1 and @9 crooked road:
We posted something about the Americans for Prosperity “Rally for Appalachian Coal Jobs” and Flaccavento’s thoughts about it in an entry here today.
– Mason Adams