Incentives In Greensboro: Part 1

Some years back, after  Lorillard had already announced its intentions to move its corporate headquarters to Greensboro via way of its SEC (Securities Exchange Commission) Filings, the Greensboro City Council voted to give incentives to Lorillard to move to Greensboro.

And to think, in the print only edition of yesterday's News & Record (Sunday, Dec 29, 2013) Greensboro Mayor Nancy Baracat Vaughan wrote:

"It's irresponsible to suggest the council haphazardly offers incentives to every company that makes a request."

By the time I'm done with this series, Nancy Baracat Vaughan will wish she had been born without fingers with which to type her letters to the News & Record. On that you have my word. Is 2014 going to be a great year or what!

Continue reading Incentives In Greensboro: Part 2.