The day after Proposition 30 passed, triggering $6 billion in new annual taxes, Arizona launched a campaign to lure some of California’s top companies.
KCRA 3 has learned that 24 chief executives are flying to Phoenix, Ariz., to explore the land of lower taxes and a much friendlier business environment.
View photos — Ariz. launches campaign for Calif. businesses
“We can deliver the mayors, we can deliver the CEOs, we can deliver the legislative support,” said Barry Broome, president of the Greater Phoenix Economic Council.
Broome launched his campaign to recruit California CEOs one day after voters in the Golden State approved Prop 30 last November, and the campaign is working.
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It's incredibly frustrating that the state of California should still be an economic powerhouse that is leading the nation.
Instead, for decades the government has done everything possible to destroy the middle class, the agricultural industry, and damn near everything besides Hollywood and Silicon Valley.
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