How often will we prostitute ourselves, rape the planet, pollute the water supply and genuflect to every developer/promoter who rolls into town promising jobs? There are successful solutions implemented in other areas, including Astoria or Freiburg, Germany. What is in it for the chamber to ignore these opportunities and promote a position of weakness and fear?
Recently, local business owner and self professed “numbers guy” Al Pettit presented Coos County poverty and unemployment figures. He says the local Chamber of Commerce Legislative Action Team is trying to educate lawmakers about “good business practices” and how to make Oregon more business friendly to improve these statistics.
Because they are a non-profit organization they do not have to list their donors allowing the businesses that funded Ken Messerle’s legislative soiree this session to remain anonymous. Nevertheless, the chamber is bought and paid for and like any hired gun is delivering on the very narrow interests of its benefactors.
HBGary Federal, a cyber security firm with US government contracts, privately pitched a deal with Bank of America intermediaries to smear Wikileaks supporters,… humiliated by Anonymous
Wow! US Chamber of Commerce soliciting foreign money to run ads to keep American jobs out of the country. The Chamber of Commerce is actively working to keep American’s unemployed.
Conservative groups increasingly turn to tactics which allow anonymity of major donors, even from foreign countries. One popular vehicle for campaign donations is the Chamber of Commerce!
Fukushima – 7.5 earthquake could be deadly for environment
Colbert – Super PACs and “spooky” PACs
Are the structure and governance advisory committees irrelevant?
ALEC corporate sponsors desert in wake of bad publicity
The Daily Show – Good Morning Sarah Palin
Colbert – Barack Obama-Gun Control Conspiracy
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