Huppenthal Signs Anger Intel
More shenanigans in Arizona's LD-20 race. From the AZ Republic:
1. Huppenthal's claim that he "helped bring Intel jobs to Chandler" has already been effectively debunked by Donna Gratehouse in their debates. The tax break Huppenthal voted for is unlikely to have been a significant factor in swaying Intel's decision to expand here compared to other locations, particularly when they already had such a vested interest and infrastructure in this location.
2. Huppenthal here blames the potential copyright infringement on his "sign guy". Used to, Republicans were in favor of taking "personal responsibility." But I guess a lot has changed since the good old days.
So, an overblown campaign claim, followed by dodging responsibility. Great.
At least Intel has clarified that they do NOT endorse John Huppenthal. Of course, another question does arise:
What, if any, was the correlation and timing between Intel's donating to Huppenthal's campaign and Huppenthal's voting to give them a tax break?
Update: Another good article on this, here, with a bit more information:
The "final and deciding vote", eh, John? Sounds like another overblown claim.
Unfortunately, Intel - an excellent company - has had some difficulties lately and has been laying off significant numbers of people this past year. It's expected to be about 10% of it's workforce, or perhaps as many as 10,500 workers, worldwide. The expansion will continue, but now the expansion jobs will be filled predominately from WITHIN the company.
So, not only has the expansion effort failed to create as many jobs as had been expected, it seems unlikely that there will be many more new jobs in Chandler created at all through this expansion effort.
However, I'm sure Intel appreciates their tax cut. And Huppenthal appreciates the money they gave to his campaign.
As for Huppenthal's signs, though, they're only the tip of the iceberg...
On Monday, Intel asked Huppenthal to remove or cover the Intel-like trademarks on several political signs touting legislation he supported that helped bring new Intel jobs to Chandler. An Intel brand manager spotted the signs, two of which are near Chandler Fashion Center and about two miles away from Intel's original factory. Its government affairs department then contacted Huppenthal.A couple of observations:
1. Huppenthal's claim that he "helped bring Intel jobs to Chandler" has already been effectively debunked by Donna Gratehouse in their debates. The tax break Huppenthal voted for is unlikely to have been a significant factor in swaying Intel's decision to expand here compared to other locations, particularly when they already had such a vested interest and infrastructure in this location.
2. Huppenthal here blames the potential copyright infringement on his "sign guy". Used to, Republicans were in favor of taking "personal responsibility." But I guess a lot has changed since the good old days.
So, an overblown campaign claim, followed by dodging responsibility. Great.
At least Intel has clarified that they do NOT endorse John Huppenthal. Of course, another question does arise:
What, if any, was the correlation and timing between Intel's donating to Huppenthal's campaign and Huppenthal's voting to give them a tax break?
Update: Another good article on this, here, with a bit more information:
Huppenthal added that he's proud of supporting sales factor reform legislation last year that provides tax savings for companies with most of their sales outside the state. The change is credited for persuading Intel to add more than 500 high-pay, high-tech jobs in Chandler. The 5-foot-high signs feature a footnote nearly as large as its main boldfaced message. The footnote states that Huppenthal was the "final and deciding vote" on the legislation, although legislators vote at the same time on such bills and he was among 16 senators who supported the legislation.
The "final and deciding vote", eh, John? Sounds like another overblown claim.
Unfortunately, Intel - an excellent company - has had some difficulties lately and has been laying off significant numbers of people this past year. It's expected to be about 10% of it's workforce, or perhaps as many as 10,500 workers, worldwide. The expansion will continue, but now the expansion jobs will be filled predominately from WITHIN the company.
So, not only has the expansion effort failed to create as many jobs as had been expected, it seems unlikely that there will be many more new jobs in Chandler created at all through this expansion effort.
However, I'm sure Intel appreciates their tax cut. And Huppenthal appreciates the money they gave to his campaign.
As for Huppenthal's signs, though, they're only the tip of the iceberg...
posted by Geo at 9:23 PM
1 Comments:
Is anyone else in District 20 tired of seeing multiple Huppenthal signs on every street corner? I am. I guess the oversized 8x20 signs are for the voters that didn't see the previous 2 or 3 signs just 20 feet away. What's wrong with him? I can't vote for someone who is littering our city with these obnoxious signs.
If Huppenthal is that insecure about his ability to continue to represent Dist 20 that his only method of reaching out to the voters is by plastering his name all over town when he doesn't deserve to be re-elected.
My vote will go to Donna Gratehouse who will bring a new voice to Arizona and Dist 20.
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