Too much bureauracracy to build anything anymore.

This is in response to the February 10th article on the front page entitled, "Business lobby hopes to exploit tough times". It appears that the powers that be are reluctantly easing restrictions to make a more friendly business atmosphere to lure large companies to our area. My question is this: why on earth would any large company want to come to this Ergonomic happy,Environmental-Liberal, taxamania, unionized state to open up shop? My Grandfather worked on the construction of the Golden Gate Bridge back in the 1930's. I doubt with all of the aforementioned employee friendly work environment that we could undertake such an endeavor today, and they had far less technological equipment back then. We've become administrative top heavy, soft and spoiled whining about our rights causing project costs to go up and endless bureaucratic gridlock. There appears to be a mass exodus of large companies leaving the North West, can you blame them? Until we realize that those large companies pump dollars into the community, and we treat them with a welcome attitude, this place is going to become a ghost town.


John Wilson

Longview, WA.