WTF?
Phoenix officials said Monday they remain confident Dubai is still a good place to do business, even after the Middle East emirate's investment arm announced it would not be able to pay creditors on time for some of its nearly $60 billion in debt.
"It's just a matter of when business will pick up again," said Community and Economic Development Director Don Maxwell, who has been bullish on the Middle East and Dubai, one of seven city-states that make up the United Arab Emirates. "You just don't know what the timing will be, but it will happen."
Seriously, why are we paying Phoenix government officials to opine on stuff like this, and why is it news?
The two cities have exchanged best practices for wastewater management. Dubai imported 80,000 Palo Verde trees from a Phoenix nursery. And Charity Charms, a Phoenix-based maker of charms for nonprofit groups, received a $13,000 order from a Dubai arthritis support group shortly after the agreement was inked.
Oh, I see now. $13,000 in charms? Dubai was practically driving our economy.
Xmas:
Dubai is never a nice place to do business...
http://www.marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2009/11/debtors-prison-.html
November 30, 2009, 11:07 pmDrTorch:
"“It’s just a matter of when business will pick up again,†said Community and Economic Development Director Don Maxwell,"
Why does everything these people say like it's straight out of Atlas Shrugged?
December 1, 2009, 7:22 amrichard:
Warren,
Everybody knows that Phoenix officials are the best in reading the (financial) market.
That's why we should be grateful that they put their considerable skills to work for us, the common people.
I think we should be grateful for that and I hope that you will join me in celebrating that such benign people still can be found working for our beloved government.
December 1, 2009, 7:27 amJohnB:
Unfortunately for the rest of us, Phoenix does not have a monopoly on bonehead public officials ... they are everywhere.
December 1, 2009, 7:58 am