Thursday, February 05, 2004

Let the Lobbying For Legislation Begin
Another story that appeared locally was one titled "Turning the tide on U.S. offshore workers"
I note that the Minnesota High Tech Association is slated to discuss a proposed legislation this Friday. Our governor is withholding comment on the subject until hearing the report. Through his spokesperson, the governor is saying that on the whole he "is not in favor of offshore contracts".

The Minnesota proposal is called The Minnesota Job Protection Act. It is scheduled to be introduced today. When available online, I will post a link here. Lest, we hold out "hope" (and I say hope, because "hope" may vary depending on your position in the issue) that legislation will provide immediate relief, a lobbyist involved is describing all of this as "legislative blunderbuss" which I'm sure is not lacking!