News NM Note (Spence) It wasn't much of a contest and the outcome was entirely predictable. The progressive-dominated City Council in Las Cruces is one of the most anti-business governing bodies in the state.
Business Week - A city in the heart of southeastern New Mexico oil and gas country has been selected to hum with the latest next-generation technology -- but there might as well be digital tumbleweeds rolling down the streets of this scientific ghost town.
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The $1 billion residentless city to help researchers test everything from intelligent traffic systems and next-generation wireless networks to the latest in automated washing machines and self-flushing toilets will be developed in Hobbs and Lea County, officials said Tuesday.
Hobbs Mayor Sam Cobb said the unique research facility will be a key for diversifying the economy of the town, which after the oil bust of the 1980s saw bumper stickers asking the last person to leave to turn out the lights.
"It brings so many great opportunities and puts us on a world stage," Cobb told The Associated Press before the announcement.Pegasus Holdings and its New Mexico subsidiary, CITE Development, said Hobbs and Lea County beat out Las Cruces, for the Center for Innovation, Technology and Testing. Read full story here: News New Mexico
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As a business owner and resident of Las Cruces, I wonder what where the actual reasons that Las Cruces lost out on this.
Or moreover how is Las Cruces not Pro Business.
Paul
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