[Mpls] Outsourcing

[Steve Brandt]

You know, if a manufacturer or other big company outsourced work to
a lower-wage state, there might be questions about their commitment to
the community. I know this stuff can be hosted literally anywhere on
the planet, and I don't mean to bust anybody's tender parts about this,
and I know the decision may have been made at McClatchy corporate or
some faraway place...but that was the gut reaction I just had.

--Charles Gimon
  Waite Park


Brandt:   Maybe so, but this morning's Pioneer Press indicates that the community may have more exigent outsourcing issues.  Apparently the Vikings flew in strippers from out of state for their party.  I don't know, but I've been told, that there are strippers right here in the Mill City.  So is this a matter of stripper wages in Minneapolis not being competitive against Atlanta?  Is there a supply-demand balance in Minneapolis?  Does that suggest a need to reform the school-to-work curriciulum?  

Steve Brandt
Kingfield