Oh Mayor Leffingwell is there nothing you won't do for the corporations?

this past Sunday in the Stateman, in an article entitled "Incentives Fight" in the Business section. (I would post a link but I don't have an online subscription)

The article goes on in minor detail in regards Dropbox, U.S Farthane and National Instruments dropping their plans of opening offices here in Austin and creating more jobs.

In Austin's push to grow and expand, anyone paying the least bit of attention would know of the sweetheart deals our glorious mayor gives to the various companies in the form of massive tax breaks. Which, in turn, has to be made up by the home owners here in town.

Our wonderful mayor who loves himself some corporations, recently lamented on the reasons as to why these three companies choose not to expand into Austin. Here is the direct quote from the article, "In recent months Austin City Council action instituted stringent requirements in regards to economic incentives", leffingwell said in a written statement, "It concerns me that we have greatly diminished the effectiveness of our incentive program by placing burdensome conditions into the agreements. These obligations rang from exceedingly difficult reporting requirements to new provisions regarding prevailing wage and minimum living wage and other requirements".

So let me get this straight mr. mayor, you are willing to sell out the low wage workers hopes of making a living wage just so you can garner more corporations to line your pockets with more political donations? is that right? And leffingwell, (or as I like to call him, Laughingwell all the way to the bank), calls himself a Democrat?

What a truly despicable fuck.

This is just one of many things he has done and is doing to screw the poor people of Austin. I so can't wait till this lousy piece of shit is out of office. He has destroyed our once wonderful city with his greed and opportunism.