Tire King and candidate for Lt. Gov. Robbie Rudolph’s arrogance cost Western Kentucky hundreds of jobs. In a lucrative real estate deal Rudolph snubbed his nose at a world-saving (at least in Calloway County) opportunity to create nearly 1,000 jobs.
Major groups like the Tennessee Valley Authority pushed Rudolph to put turning a personal profit aside in favor of permanently improving the region. Instead, he bought an 800,000 sq ft warehouse and employs one person.
That’s definitely the way Kentucky should be run! Right? Stifling job growth like crazy while parading all across the Commonwealth preaching about the importance of creating jobs.
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1 Jim Anderson Stivers // Sep 24, 2007 at 3:02 pm
I know about the participation of TVA in the Development Process.
Jim Cattlett, from Hopkinsville, was the founder of the proposal that used TVA money to assist in the creation of new jobs.
It was his organization, that drummed up leads for new clients in Western Kentucky. And, with the help of Project Managers from the Economic Development Cabinet, was able to make a slight mark in the manufacturing development in Western Kentucky. Steve Zea, was an excellent leader of the Murray Foundation and was always ready to assist.
The fact that Rudolph bought the building is only significant to this degree. The state put a lot of money into the location of Fisher Price at Murray and Rudolph, a business man, saw an opportunity to make a buck or two.
But, why did he raise the price of the property to two times the price at which he bought it, if he were trying to help ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT in Murray?
If it had just cleared his investment, that would have been a great public service.
But, he didn’t do that?
Why?
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