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Ed Morrison · Cuyahoga’s vulnerability
August 8th, 2010
The Plain Dealer adds commentary to the latest data from the Census Bureau on County Business Patterns.
U.S. lost 104,000 businesses in first year of recession
Last 5 posts by Ed Morrison
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August 9th, 2010 at 3:09 pm
And is this where our regional economic development gurus explain to us how much worse things would be here without their diligent efforts and inspired leadership?…Probably not…because the preponderance of these companies are undoubtedly small businesses which, as we know, don’t count for much here in Northeast Ohio, unless they’re buying something from COSE…It can be only the apathy and paralysis of our erstwhile business leaders which keep The Usual Suspects employed…because there is simply no objective standard of measurement which suggests that the tens of millions of dollars being spent by GCP and its minions is doing anything to improve the area’s economic performance…