[Vision2020] Just What is it that Attracts Job Hunters to Pullman?

[Jerry Weitz]

Tom, Another part of the answer is private business sector expansion  (such 
as Schweitzer) and business/ed infrastructure (the port district's 
development).  It helps to have a strong public k-12 that addresses the 
needs of protech/voctech, running start programs, new buildings, etc.  A 
first tier University that constantly revisits its role and mission 
helps.  Thus a modest increase in the minimum wage is easily 
handled.  $5.15 should have been indexed and not static.  Moscow needs to 
refocus to things that count.  Jerry



At 12:09 PM 10/6/06, Tom Hansen wrote:
>Just why are people seeking employment in Pullman instead of beautiful
>Moscow, you ask?
>
>Perhaps (just maybe), one reason could be (from today's - October 6, 2006 -
>Spokesman Review) . . .
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>Washington's minimum wage will increase 30 cents to $7.93 an hour beginning
>Jan. 1.
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>The state Department of Labor and Industries recalculates the state's
>minimum wage each year. In 1998, Washington voters approved an initiative
>that pegged the state's minimum wage to the cost of living.
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>Currently, Washington has the highest minimum wage in the nation, at $7.63
>an hour. Idaho's minimum wage matches the federal rate, at $5.15 an hour.
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>Seeya round town, Moscow.
>
>Tom Hansen
>Vandalville, Idaho
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>"The minimum wage issue is just another example of those in government,
>weilding the power of government, imposing anti-market, anti-business
>regulations on our supposedly free market."
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>- Varnel W. (April 2, 2006)
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