Posted on 03/30/2010 2:24:21 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
Charlotte Mayor Anthony Foxx traveled to Washington, D.C., two weeks ago to meet with President Barack Obama. Now, Obama is planning a trip to Charlotte.
"Next week we will have as much of a connection as you can have with a visit from President Obama," said Mayor Foxx, who Friday toured a steel plant in north Charlotte.
The tour was part of Foxx's initiative to keep existing jobs in Charlotte, and jobs is what he wants to hear about from the president during his visit here Friday.
"The country wants to focus on jobs and how we create jobs in this climate," Foxx said.
The Charlotte region has seen some 62,000 layoffs since the start of the recession, but Foxx says there have also been some success stories that he wants to share with Obama, like the new hundreds of new jobs created just this month at Siemens Energy.
"The administration wants to shift way we deliver energy in this country. Well, we've got an energy producer in our community and many supporting services, and that industry wants to help reinvent the way this country delivers energy," said Foxx.
Some Democratic Party leaders are already talking about luring the Democratic National Convention to Charlotte in 2012.
Party Chairman Joel Ford said cost had to be weighed but added, "I am excited that we are even having the conversation."
Asked if Obama's visit might be a prelude to getting the convention, Foxx laughed and said, "I don't know. We'll all treat it like an early interview."
The White House and city officials are still working on the details of the visit, trying to firm up a location where Obama will speak. Foxx said he hoped it would be a public event, as much as that is possible when dealing with security.
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Bet he doesn’t have the guts to show up at Charlotte Motor Speedway for the next NASCAR event they have.
“The country wants to focus on jobs and how we create jobs in this climate,” Foxx said.
...hey doofus! The gummit doesn’t “create” jobs! Lowering taxes and leaving us the hell alone creates jobs butt munch! The “climate” you refer to ass-wee-pay was created by Obama! Stupid %#^& &^@# &*!!!
How is Obama looking in NC for 2012? He doesn’t deserve to be within 20.
You wouldn’t want him to. He’d show up in his “mom” jeans.
And we don’t deserve to have the corrupt Democrat government we have here. But we do.
Do like we did in VA. Just purge the rats out. Show no mercy vote against them across the board.
Good for you! And thank you for doing this. I hope you have many, many other folks join you in telling the Socialist-in-chief that we don’t like his commie agenda.
bummer. i’m flying through there next week. hopefully not the same day.
There’s nothing “democratic” about the Democrats.
Read the comments to the article. They’re great.
Deploy the Tea Party!
Obama is seeing how he can destroy jobs – that’s what he meant by all that ‘Jobs talk’
Demonic maybe?
Obama is going to another Blue State.
Problems in the banking industry have hit Charlotte very hard. Hopefully he will be confronted by tens of thousands of ex-bank employees asking “Where’s My Bailout?”
Protest Obama's Visit to Charlotte
Time: April 2, 2010 from 2pm to 3pm
Location: Grady Cole Center on campus of CPCC
Street: Elizabeth Ave & KIngs Rd
City/Town: Charlotte
Please take your pitchforks and torches!
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