November 11, 2005
November 11, 2005
Governor Continues to Work to Create Jobs in Michigan
LANSING – In her weekly radio address, Governor Jennifer M. Granholm today called on Legislative leaders to pass the bipartisan jobs package they recently announced with the Governor, but have since walked away from.
“The longer it takes to pass this critical legislation, the longer Michigan has to wait for new jobs,” Granholm said. “That’s why I fully expect the Legislature to come back to the table and put a jobs package on my desk that is true to the agreement we reached only a few days ago.”
Granholm called the jobs package a huge victory for Michigan’s citizens, workers, and businesses. The package would diversify the economy, create thousands of jobs of the future, and make sure our children would be able to find good-paying jobs in Michigan.
Businesses would also gain from the plan’s tax cuts and critical relief to manufacturers, like Delphi. It would fight outsourcing and instead “insource” new jobs, new industries, new businesses, and a whole new era of growth for Michigan’s economy.
Even as the Speaker of the House and the Senate Majority Leader back away from their agreement, the Governor continues her work to create jobs in Michigan.
Economic development efforts this year have convinced 31 companies to choose Michigan over more than a dozen other states, creating and retaining 50,000 jobs and leading to almost $2 billion being invested in Michigan’s economy. In addition, MI Opportunity Partnership has placed 13,000 unemployed workers in good-paying jobs since May and more than 160 public investment projects have been initiated this year, creating more than 3,000 jobs, through the Jobs Today Initiative.
“With the cooperation of the Legislature, the jobs package will be another step, a great bipartisan step, in continuing our work to grow Michigan’s economy,” Granholm said.
The Governor’s weekly radio address is released each Friday at 10:00 a.m. and may be heard on broadcast stations across that state through an affiliation with the Michigan Association of Broadcasters. The address will also be available on the Governor’s Website on Mondays as a podcast for general distribution to personal MP3 players and home computers.
Broadcasters Note: Governor Granholm’s radio address can be accessed through Sunday evening exclusively through the Members Only page of the Michigan Association of Broadcasters website.
Publishers Note: The text of today’s address is attached.
