This morning the Democratic National Committee announced that its 2012 convention will be held in Charlotte, NC. Charlotte was selected over St. Louis, Minnesota, and Cleveland; it can be assumed that the city was chosen for its location in the new swing-state of North Carolina, which Obama won in 2008 and that the GOP must win if it has hopes of recapturing the White House.There's more at the link regarding the DNC's previous promises to the unions.
North Carolina has another distinction: it’s the least union state in the country, with just 3.2% of its workers belonging to a union (coming behind even Arkansas, Georgia, and Mississippi). And the DNC’s host city of Charlotte has exactly 0 (zero) union hotels in which the 15,000+ visitors will stay for the convention. Finally, the host venue in Charlotte, the Time Warner Cable Arena, does not appear to have any union workers. (I called the arena; the operator laughed at the notion that employees would be union members, and a press contact hasn’t replied yet.)
Union leaders had previously asked the DNC to not choose Charlotte or Cleveland for their lack of union hotels. The DNC had said at the time that union representation was one of “a number of factors” the DNC considered in site selection.
According to another report I read Sen. Claire McCaskill of Missouri asked the DNC not to have their convention in St. Louis. She didn't want the competition for fundraising for her re-election campaign. That call probably cost the greater St. Louis area about $200 million in economic activity.
They REALLY need a new senator.
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I also hear there's a really big Tea Party crowd in STL, and she doesn't want them on TV every day.
Maybe Unions, like majorities, need to look elsewhere for representation of their interests. The party in power is owned by Wall Street. there has been no move since they took power to restrain or oppose the interests of this group. I mean no anti-business sentiment by castigating "Wall Street". They are far from a representation of the free enterprise spirit.
Correction..."minorities"
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