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Governor’s Weekly Message Transcript: Focus on Jobs in Delaware and at NGA

Former Governor Jack Markell (2009-2017) | News | Date Posted: Friday, February 17, 2012



We got some great news this week, when one of our major employers agreed to add several hundred new jobs here in Delaware.

We try and stay focused, every day, on making our state a better place to start and grow a business. Every time we tackle an issue together, we make sure that jobs are our top priority. We ask – “How can we do this in a way that can helps create jobs and improves our economy?”

But the truth is, no matter how hard we work, and no matter how focused we are, our state’s economic health is tied to the health of our region and our nation.

Next weekend, Governors across the country will come together in Washington to talk about ways we can work together to get people working.  As the Chairman of the National Governor’s Association, my friend Dave Heineman of Nebraska is making sure the NGA stays focused on developing best practices – particularly when it comes to helping small businesses succeed.

Having been elected by my colleagues to serve as Vice Chair, I’ll make sure that what we’ve done in Delaware gets heard and what’s working in other states gets a hard look to see if it could work here as well.

I’ll also be sharing with other Governors some of the great things our Delaware businesses are building and some of the services they have to offer, to see if they have companies in their states that might someday become clients of our companies.

Although, candidly, I certainly wouldn’t mind if some of those out of state companies became interested enough in Delaware to become Delaware employers themselves.

A few of us will also have the chance to talk directly with the President, to make clear that the health of our national economy must remain our top priority now and that the single most important thing we can do to ensure our nation’s economic future is to stay committed to keeping our nation’s public schools strong- to make sure they’re ready and able to meet the challenge of graduating kids ready to compete and win against anyone, anywhere in the world.

For Governors, it seems like it matters a lot less where an idea or policy starts. What matters more is where that idea or policy can help us go. In that way, the NGA seems a lot like Delaware, where people look past differences and work together to keep their states – and Delaware – moving forward.

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Governor’s Weekly Message Transcript: Focus on Jobs in Delaware and at NGA

Former Governor Jack Markell (2009-2017) | News | Date Posted: Friday, February 17, 2012



We got some great news this week, when one of our major employers agreed to add several hundred new jobs here in Delaware.

We try and stay focused, every day, on making our state a better place to start and grow a business. Every time we tackle an issue together, we make sure that jobs are our top priority. We ask – “How can we do this in a way that can helps create jobs and improves our economy?”

But the truth is, no matter how hard we work, and no matter how focused we are, our state’s economic health is tied to the health of our region and our nation.

Next weekend, Governors across the country will come together in Washington to talk about ways we can work together to get people working.  As the Chairman of the National Governor’s Association, my friend Dave Heineman of Nebraska is making sure the NGA stays focused on developing best practices – particularly when it comes to helping small businesses succeed.

Having been elected by my colleagues to serve as Vice Chair, I’ll make sure that what we’ve done in Delaware gets heard and what’s working in other states gets a hard look to see if it could work here as well.

I’ll also be sharing with other Governors some of the great things our Delaware businesses are building and some of the services they have to offer, to see if they have companies in their states that might someday become clients of our companies.

Although, candidly, I certainly wouldn’t mind if some of those out of state companies became interested enough in Delaware to become Delaware employers themselves.

A few of us will also have the chance to talk directly with the President, to make clear that the health of our national economy must remain our top priority now and that the single most important thing we can do to ensure our nation’s economic future is to stay committed to keeping our nation’s public schools strong- to make sure they’re ready and able to meet the challenge of graduating kids ready to compete and win against anyone, anywhere in the world.

For Governors, it seems like it matters a lot less where an idea or policy starts. What matters more is where that idea or policy can help us go. In that way, the NGA seems a lot like Delaware, where people look past differences and work together to keep their states – and Delaware – moving forward.

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Keep up to date by receiving a daily digest email, around noon, of current news release posts from state agencies on news.delaware.gov.

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