In the blog "Dateline
Houston" by Emily DePrang which can be found on the Texas Observer website she wrote a
blog titled “Helena Brown Is Coming For Your Gun (Manufacturer)” on March 9,
2013.The blog post was written on a liberal news source so the intended
audience were liberals. There was
not really an argument made, the blogger was just trying to put a negative spin
on a potentially positive story.
The story was that Council Member Helena Brown from Houston and Lt. Gov.
Dewhurst were trying to bring the gun manufacturer Beretta to Texas, Brown more
specifically to her district. The blogger implied that Brown has some sort of
secret agenda and that Lt. Gov. Dewhurst just wants the publicity. While that may be true there is no evidence or reason to think that (although after some research I found council
member Brown to be quite odd).
Again the blogger has no evidence of any wrongdoing but certainly
implies something is not right.
She claims that it is “weird” because Brown’s district is “a dense
residential area with largely settled and aging population”. Under the assumption that if the
company were to move they would need to keep the same amount of workers, 300 in
this case, I do not see how brining more jobs into your district is a
problem. While her district may be
largely settled and aging I am sure there are still people looking for jobs and others that would be willing to move their or commute for
employment. In regards to Lt. Gov.
Dewhurst she again said it was “weird” but this time it was because “everyone
has already done it”. Again I don’t see how more jobs can be a problem. The blogger says “everyone has already
done it” when referring to asking the company to move into their state or
district but later goes on to say “ as of March
9 at least seven other states have courted Maryland’s gun manufacturers,
including the governor of Texas, West Virginia’s House speaker and an Illinois
congressman.” This is hardly
“everyone” in fact it is hardly anyone.
I think it would have been “weird” if the Lt. Gov. didn’t back the Gov.
of Texas and help him bring some jobs to Texas. I think the blogger tried to put a negative spin on them
because they are Republican and the jobs would contribute in the manufacturing
of weapons. I’m sure if the people
involved were Democrat and the 300 jobs were for a cotton candy manufacturer
she wouldn’t have cared where, why, or how, instead she would have praised them
for their valiant efforts of trying to bring jobs to a struggling economy.
