tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28521945.post5624814490224982278..comments2024-03-29T02:53:45.372-07:00Comments on Robert Dyer @ Bethesda Row: MoCo Council again tries to sabotage Montrose Parkway EastRobert Dyerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01975969463714952623noreply@blogger.comBlogger28125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28521945.post-5305134447655362842018-03-27T05:57:35.561-07:002018-03-27T05:57:35.561-07:008:39: The Montrose Parkway will eventually extend ...8:39: The Montrose Parkway will eventually extend to the ICC -<br /><br />Huh? The 1970's called - they want their plans back.<br /><br />The Montrose Parkway is an obsolete "road to nowhere" that was once envisioned as an outer beltway, but that was long, long ago. The ICC is a more updated version of what the Montrose Parkway was originally supposed to be. Because of the unfortunate NW-SE alignment of the ICC is does almost nothing for those living in lower MoCo.<br /><br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28521945.post-83782357951168526942018-03-27T03:39:10.433-07:002018-03-27T03:39:10.433-07:00Dyer, are you so stupid that you think that "...Dyer, are you so stupid that you think that "work site" means "construction site" and absolutely nothing else?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28521945.post-41578424548694522602018-03-26T22:34:45.308-07:002018-03-26T22:34:45.308-07:0011:16: Retail jobs are necessary for entry-level j...11:16: Retail jobs are necessary for entry-level job-seekers, which is why our net loss of retail jobs has been so devastating. However, only idiots would suggest retail jobs are the foundation of economic development.<br /><br />Large work sites are only temporary, until the building is finished. The Northrop HQ generates decades of high-wage jobs.<br /><br />The idea that we would just sit back and let the HQs go elsewhere - which is what your bosses on the Council have been doing - is, again, some kind of anarchist/extremist position. You agree with Hans Riemer that farmers markets and 9-person tech startup offices are the future of economic development? <br /><br />You are the BS artist, old sport! The vast majority of people, and mainstream business organizations across the region, agree with my position on attracting corporate HQs. Your position sounds like something from the Ted K. manifesto.Robert Dyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01975969463714952623noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28521945.post-81613160521912218512018-03-26T11:16:26.480-07:002018-03-26T11:16:26.480-07:00"What are the salaries of those 1130 jobs? A ..."What are the salaries of those 1130 jobs? A lot more than the jeans-folding, latte-making jobs Helpless Hans Riemer thinks are the future."<br /><br />I thought you were the one wringing your hands over "Montgomery County losing 2,000 retail jobs since 2000"? A claim which you have never documented.<br /><br />"Large HQs also generate associated jobs around them, ranging from contractors to restaurants."<br /><br />So do all large work sites. But why the fixation on Fortune 500 headquarters? Given the amount of air travel you claim is needed for their staff, it would seem that the staff would spend too much time off-site to support nearby restaurants.<br /><br />"No one has ever described economic development and relocation of major companies as 'reshuffling the deck chairs for the US economy'."<br /><br />Poaching Fortune 500 headquarters from other jurisdictions is most definitely a zero-sum game and "reshuffling the deck chairs" is an accurate description of it. And it is certainly not the only form of "economic development" available to our County, yet you seem to think that it is.<br /><br />"You sound like someone who doesn't understand the world of international business, more like an anarchist or something."<br /><br />You sound like someone who is desperately trying to divert from your lack of expertise or experience in any field, or lack of any sort of gainful employment since at least 2006, through childish insults to any one who challenges your bullshit which you pontificate from Mom's basement.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28521945.post-70873185934946356302018-03-25T20:26:54.254-07:002018-03-25T20:26:54.254-07:008:39: What are the salaries of those 1130 jobs? A ...8:39: What are the salaries of those 1130 jobs? A lot more than the jeans-folding, latte-making jobs Helpless Hans Riemer thinks are the future. Large HQs also generate associated jobs around them, ranging from contractors to restaurants.<br /><br />7:03: No one has ever described economic development and relocation of major companies as "reshuffling the deck chairs for the US economy." You sound like someone who doesn't understand the world of international business, more like an anarchist or something. Robert Dyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01975969463714952623noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28521945.post-7172844668814376472018-03-25T19:49:19.303-07:002018-03-25T19:49:19.303-07:00Hi Robert, I like the idea of more Fortune 500 hea...Hi Robert, I like the idea of more Fortune 500 headquarters but can you address the points made by 8:39am?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28521945.post-25995394747282207052018-03-25T08:39:40.128-07:002018-03-25T08:39:40.128-07:00Volkswagen USA HQ - 400 employees
Northrop Grumma...Volkswagen USA HQ - 400 employees<br /><br />Northrop Grumman HQ - 300 employees (moved to former Exxon Mobil headquarters after they were poached by Texas)<br /><br />Intelsat HQ - 430 employees<br /><br />(I could not find the numbers for Hilton or the others.)<br /><br />Seems like there are far more efficient ways to create 1,130 jobs, than to try to poach three corporations' headquarters from other states. And as we've seen many times, these jobs are the first to disappear following mergers and acquisitions.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28521945.post-1363383531828670492018-03-25T07:03:27.199-07:002018-03-25T07:03:27.199-07:00Would it not just be reshuffling the deck chairs f...Would it not just be reshuffling the deck chairs for the US economy?<br /><br />Those HQs that moved to Fairfax moved from sormwhere else, right?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28521945.post-46480237199085775652018-03-25T04:36:38.874-07:002018-03-25T04:36:38.874-07:006:13: What would it matter who lost those HQs? We ...6:13: What would it matter who lost those HQs? We lost to Fairfax in the competition to get those thousands of jobs. Robert Dyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01975969463714952623noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28521945.post-68884027336771478442018-03-24T15:15:50.640-07:002018-03-24T15:15:50.640-07:00"M-83, like MPE, is an old road"
Um, no..."M-83, like MPE, is an old road"<br /><br />Um, no, it's not. It was never built. Saying "...was proposed a long time ago" would be correct.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28521945.post-36248969365584787372018-03-24T06:13:11.570-07:002018-03-24T06:13:11.570-07:007:41 don’t be a jerk I’m 6:04 and that was a real ...7:41 don’t be a jerk I’m 6:04 and that was a real question. So fairfax county attracted four or more in the last decade? Which counties lost those headquarters? Has anyone else gained/loss? And isn’t this just reshuffling the deck chairs for the national economy?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28521945.post-64608552900293942872018-03-23T20:07:09.290-07:002018-03-23T20:07:09.290-07:00Why does Dyer consider poaching Fortune 500 headqu...Why does Dyer consider poaching Fortune 500 headquarters from other jurisdictions, to be a valid metric for job creation?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28521945.post-21691720336747340082018-03-23T19:41:28.078-07:002018-03-23T19:41:28.078-07:006:04: Lol - ever heard of Fairfax County? Volkswag...6:04: Lol - ever heard of Fairfax County? Volkswagen, Hilton Hotels, Northrop, Intelsat and more, in only the last decade alone! Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28521945.post-62252235349648515452018-03-23T18:34:48.448-07:002018-03-23T18:34:48.448-07:00@6:04: Don’t hold your breath waiting on an answer...@6:04: Don’t hold your breath waiting on an answer. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28521945.post-4277550873164101962018-03-23T18:04:08.183-07:002018-03-23T18:04:08.183-07:00How many counties in the past two decades actually...How many counties in the past two decades actually have attracted a major corporate HQ I am curious? What is the baseline here?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28521945.post-23510478487401928812018-03-23T14:19:11.617-07:002018-03-23T14:19:11.617-07:008:04: You might want to talk to the residents of A...8:04: You might want to talk to the residents of Aspen Hill, who strongly favor the MPE.<br /><br />8:39: The Montrose Parkway will eventually extend to the ICC - hardly a "road to nowhere."<br /><br />5:08: Economic development is more than residential development. We haven't attracted a single major corporate HQ in two decades.Robert Dyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01975969463714952623noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28521945.post-69974257576292606582018-03-23T08:39:04.243-07:002018-03-23T08:39:04.243-07:00Robbie loves his Roads To Nowhere.Robbie loves his Roads To Nowhere.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28521945.post-59899948550890531662018-03-23T08:04:03.806-07:002018-03-23T08:04:03.806-07:00"What we do know is that developers have want..."What we do know is that developers have wanted to kill the road outright, because it only benefits residents and commuters."<br /><br />This statement is utterly idiotic. It's residents, not "developers" who oppose this road.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28521945.post-56182187286835410702018-03-23T07:58:10.974-07:002018-03-23T07:58:10.974-07:00I'm hoping to God that 5:37 AM is parody.I'm hoping to God that 5:37 AM is parody.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28521945.post-77634270726469160952018-03-23T07:57:27.615-07:002018-03-23T07:57:27.615-07:00"Tim" posted at 5:03 AM (Dyer Standard T..."Tim" posted at 5:03 AM (Dyer Standard Time), just 3 minutes after the article was posted. That's a rather brief interval to reload the homepage, see that a new article is up, read said article, and then post a comment.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28521945.post-38583975503837557072018-03-23T07:57:26.763-07:002018-03-23T07:57:26.763-07:005:28/5:37: This is some absurd paranoia on display...5:28/5:37: This is some absurd paranoia on display. Virginians infiltrating local blogs with false-flag concern trolling so they can hoard all the development dollars for themselves!! Give me a break. Baloney Concretenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28521945.post-32466670062783405322018-03-23T07:53:38.856-07:002018-03-23T07:53:38.856-07:00"You know that's not a bad picture of Dye..."You know that's not a bad picture of Dyer that he's using, but, to me, it looks like someone walked into the room and surprised Dyer. Like he's thinking 'hey, what are you doing here?'"<br /><br />When a couple of members of the Council went for a bathroom break, Robbie took a selfie at the Council table before they chased him away.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28521945.post-1002749450630049592018-03-23T05:37:03.280-07:002018-03-23T05:37:03.280-07:00Your such a Maryland hating Virginian. People are ...Your such a Maryland hating Virginian. People are starting to figure out that the people that speak out against Highway building in Suburban Maryland are from Virginia and it is known that most people in Virginia do not want Suburban Maryland develope like Northern Virginia with Major Highways, Upscale Retail Sh op pping Malls, Glassy Office Towers, and 5 star Hotels. However you people want to force dense housing and fake transit aka BRT and Lightrail in the Maryland suburbs and try to trick Maryland tax payers in to believing that is a sign of economic growth but in reality it is a sign of economic destruction for Suburbsn Maryland....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28521945.post-26757894280482310072018-03-23T05:28:40.135-07:002018-03-23T05:28:40.135-07:00Mr. Dyer is on point about the MPE and M-83 projec...Mr. Dyer is on point about the MPE and M-83 projects. Montgomery County has a long history of Maryland hating Scumbag politicians trying to keep Suburban Maryland from developing like Northern Virginia....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28521945.post-84964506480492166322018-03-23T05:27:08.240-07:002018-03-23T05:27:08.240-07:00Good. Hopefully it will never be built.
You know...Good. Hopefully it will never be built.<br /><br />You know that's not a bad picture of Dyer that he's using, but, to me, it looks like someone walked into the room and surprised Dyer. Like he's thinking "hey, what are you doing here?"Annahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12863519287702677992noreply@blogger.com