Monday, August 04, 2014

Fight! Fight! Florida and New York are talking trash over business recruitment

Dara Kam and Jim Turner, The News Service of Florida

Florida's Chief Financial Officer Jeff Atwater is telling media in New York that the Empire State's "Start-Up NY" — a marketing campaign to coax businesses to new tax-free zones — should prominently feature positive aspects of Florida.

Atwater began making the pitch because New York Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo apparently had the audacity to cast the net for new business into Florida; a state that has made poaching companies from other areas part of its economic-recovery blueprint.

"These advertisements portray an image of New York that simply cannot be supported by facts, particularly in comparison with Florida," Atwater wrote in a letter to Cuomo. More here.