Bay Area Chamber feigns objectivity, sort of
To be completely up front I should divulge my general disdain for the Bay Area Chamber of...
Read MoreTo be completely up front I should divulge my general disdain for the Bay Area Chamber of...
Read Morein case you want to start your year off with an inoculation of “glass slipper” economic development fantasy football.
Read Moreshe is not quoting me but Timm Slater, the manager of the Center
Read Moreafter paying Sandy Messerle’s $70,586 salary and benefits package and other expenses that do NOT appear to include rent for their presence at the Visitors Center, the organization operated in the red to the tune of $16,939.
Read MoreThe publicity arm of the Bay Area Chamber of Commerce dutifully printed vehement denials by executive director Timm Slater, relating to allegations that chamber volunteers at the Coos Bay Visitor Center are telling people not to eat at the Blue Heron Bistro
Read MoreBesides deflating this set of soaringly solemn covenants, the Chamber’s repeated bad-mouthing of my business has violated the relationship of trust not just with me, but with its entire membership.
Read MoreCabal – a group of people united in some close design together, usually to promote their private views or interests, often by intrigue
Read MoreIf it was your intent … turn off a potential business … you have succeeded.
Read Morefunctional stupidity is prompted by the contemporary economy of persuasion which emphasizes symbolic rather than substantive aspects of organizational life. In organizations this encourages a major focus on symbolic manipulation– often in the form of attempts to develop strong corporate cultures and identities, corporate branding, and charismatic leadership, exercised often through stupidity management…
Read MoreMesserle, fills in all these gaps though with his folksy “kick the can down the road”, “elephants in the living room” and “every ship needs a captain” metaphors and his famous “jaws of death” reference complete with arm gestures and by ending 90% of his sentences with the phrase “moving forward”. Messerle, once again appears to be confused about the county budget, pass through funds and the $20 million general fund.
Read MoreThe same individuals who help organize the weekly chamber luncheons, distribute gifts and collect for the weekly cash drawings also spent their time breaking open campaign flyers, cards and buttons for Fred Messerle and displaying them on the welcome table. If the same services were offered to the other candidates they either didn’t get the memo or didn’t take advantage of it because Messerle was the only name being promoted at this “impartial candidate forum”.
Read MoreTuesday marks the deadline for filing to run for local office and as we have learned some of our commissioner candidates are looking to run on a “jobs” platform. Prepare yourself for the upcoming forums and debates by refreshing your memory and theirs about past promises and expensive taxpayer funded boondoggles by reading Wim de Vriend’s well documented and often hilarious, (if it weren’t so sad), account of the failed economic development schemes promoted by the Port of Coos Bay, SCDC, the Bay Area Chamber of Commerce and supported by all the usual suspects, some of whom are now running for commissioner.
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