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[quote=Anonymous]I think the anti-business stance, even if most of it affects low-level employees or smal business, sets the stage. Larger companies think -- gee, if they are going to regulate that, will they regulate X next? Next, large companies have people who low-skilled employees too, not only janitorial staff but accounting, admin assistants, and so on.

To give an example of an anti-business practice that may affect them, there's a recent proposal that if a contract worker is working &lt; 30 hours/week, they need to be paid fro 30 hours/week as it makes them eligible for health care. That kind of regulatino would make MoCo stand out, in a bad way, compared to all neighboring jurisdictions.

Then there's just commitmen to progress in general, which I think is the bigger thing. Look at VA and how they are able to expand roads without an issue. 495 has HOT/express lanes now. In MoCo, anything to improve the roads meets with opposition, and then even public transport meets oppositino -- Purple Line was mired in lawsuits for years.

Then the Westbard redevelopment in Bethesda -- they had to scale back their designs after political pressure.

As a business, who wants to deal with that when I can just locate in Frederick or Fairfax county?[/quote]

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