[Grovenet] America's Trillion-Dollar Baby

[Ed Davie]

We did and the Ukrainian was better than the 
Italian! Quite good, in fact.
Ed

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: David Morelli
  To: Forest Grove local interests list
  Sent: Saturday, February 10, 2007 12:40 PM
  Subject: Re: [Grovenet] America's 
Trillion-Dollar Baby


  Ron,

  "Labor leakage" would be the percentage of local 
people who work
  elsewhere.  It doesn't address people who come 
here to work.  We are
  not disagreeing over the question of building 
our employment base.
  Unless it is something that would destroy the 
community, e.g. a
  traditional copper smelter.

  Forest Grove's march into the status of "bedroom 
community" is set to
  the beat of the hammers that build houses.  A 
community cannot build
  its economy on the employment of home builders 
indefinitely.  There
  must be some other jobs to balance the system. 
The push to build out
  Forest Grove to solve our city's budget problems 
is going to create a
  larger, more serious problem in the future as 
all of those new houses
  expect public services.  Short term planning for 
long term problems
  leaves the problems for the long term residents. 
The short timers
  can just cut and run.

  BTW, since you mentioned decent places to eat, 
did you try the
  Ukrainian food this week?  They serve Italian 
food most of the time.

  On Feb 10, 2007, at 9:31 AM, Ron D'Eau Claire 
wrote:

  > David wrote:
  >
  > "So, if a city wishes to be viable they
  > will want to reduce labor leakage as one 
factor in reducing
  > purchasing leakage.  Otherwise they become a 
bedroom community and
  > eventually they must be swallowed by the city 
that has the economic
  > base to support public services."
  >
  > -------------------------
  >
  > It seems to me that Forest Grove is already a 
'bedroom community' and
  > becoming more of one every day.
  >
  > I work and live in Forest Grove, yet I spend 
probably 2/3 of my
  > purchasing
  > dollars elsewhere because I can't get what I 
want here in town. Even
  > groceries. As Safeway continues to be our only 
grocery store, steadily
  > cutting back or raising prices on the staples 
I use daily, I find
  > myself in
  > Hillsboro more and more often buying groceries 
I can't get here or
  > which are
  > sufficiently cheaper there to justify the 
trip. I can't buy a shirt
  > or a
  > pair of socks or paper for my printer here, or 
even find a decent
  > meal out
  > in the evening unless I want Mexican food (my 
diet doesn't include
  > hamburgers or pizza).
  >
  > Since I work and live in Forest Grove, I 
resist going elsewhere if
  > I can
  > avoid it. If I were commuting to Hillsboro or 
points east I
  > wouldn't bother
  > to shop here at all. I'd go where I find the 
best prices, selection
  > and
  > convenience. I suspect that's the majority of 
Forest Grove
  > residents today,
  > and that majority is still growing.
  >
  > Bringing more people in town to work here 
would, it seems to me,
  > only enrich
  > the thriving business community in Cornelius 
that has grown rapidly
  > and
  > steadily over the past several years filling 
many of the needs of
  > Forest
  > Grove residents.
  >
  > Ron D'Eau Claire
  >
  >
  > 
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