FREMONT — If Dubai, Singapore, and China can turn
their economies around and become successes, so can Fremont, Sandusky
County, and northwest Ohio.
It takes only four steps but they
cannot be approached lightly, said Allan Block, chairman of Block
Communications Inc., which owns The Blade.
The first step is to admit the area has problems,
but not everyone is willing to accept that, he said. “Sandusky County
accepts and understands this, so you’re one step ahead of Toledo.”
Toledo’s mayor, Carty Finkbeiner, can’t admit that his city has
problems, he added.
After accepting and addressing the problems, then “think big,” Mr. Block said.
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Interesting to hear the differences between Allan and John Robinson Block. Allan's a businessman and JRB's a political weasel. Note who's the more successful of the two.
A third step is to realize that investment drives the economy and growth, Mr. Block explained. “Sacrifices may have to be made to get investment. You make it up with the growth.”
I'd be interested in hearing him elaborate on this and seeing if his idea of sacrificing matched with the ideas they have in One Gov't center...
he asked, what if on Labor Day, 80,000 union members rallied to a message of investment for the Toledo economy? That would be likely to attract national attention and catch the eyes of executives who make investment decisions, he added.
LOL - ya think that'd ever happen?? Asking union workers to actually do anything above and beyond?? Well, on the other hand, if they actually PAID them to be at the rally, but then that'd kind of defeat the purpose, wouldnt it...
What do Dubai, Singapore, and China have in common?
A lack of respect for basic civil rights, a surplus of essentially slave labor, and of course a lack of sane government regulation on things like capital flows and pollution.
If anyone thinks this Blockhead is giving us some sort of models to emulate, then you want Northwest Ohio to look more like Albania every day.