The presidents of the Oklahoma City and Tulsa chambers gave a joint presentation Tuesday to the Oklahoma City Rotary Club 29, with both agreeing their efforts to attract new employers are stymied by legislation considered extremist.
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BY STEVE LACKMEYER slackmeyer@opubco.com
Published: December 1, 2010
Modified: November 30, 2010 at 9:57 pm
The presidents of the Oklahoma City and Tulsa chambers gave a joint presentation Tuesday to the Oklahoma City Rotary Club 29, with both agreeing their efforts to attract new employers are stymied by legislation considered extremist.
Roy Williams, president of the Greater Oklahoma City Chamber, and Mike Neal, president of the Tulsa Metro Chamber, also outlined a list of joint legislative efforts planned for the upcoming year.
Williams and Neal both agreed perception plays a role in whether companies decide to expand into Oklahoma.
“If you could legislate weather that would be great,” Williams said. “When we were talking to the Boeing people, they thought we have tornadoes every day of the year.”
Williams said he also encountered employers who believed Oklahoma enforced the toughest anti-immigration laws in the country — a perception he said was fueled by legislation that was overturned by the courts... FULL ARTICLE
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