Jobs Are Weird?

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.