Alabamians Fear Roy Moore Is Bad For Business

[Dulcinea]

Back in September, then-Birmingham, Ala., Mayor William Bell and other elected officials stood before the media in a downtown park.

"I know everyone's gotten a lot of call[s] about this box in the background," Bell told them.

The box towering over them is made up like a package from Amazon. It was part of Birmingham's campaign to land Amazon's proposed second headquarters.

The city might be a long shot, but the state has landed many big names in the automotive industry and advanced manufacturing including Mercedes, Honda and Airbus. State economic development leaders promote Alabama as a low-tax state with a low cost of living.

But for weeks, much of the news from Alabama has been about Senate candidate Roy Moore. He has denied allegations of sexual misconduct with teenage girls when he was in his 30s. Some in Alabama's business community fear the Moore controversy will make recruiting companies and jobs to the state more difficult.

https://www.npr.org/2017/12/03/567797304/alabamians-fear-roy-moore-is-bad-for-business

[janterry]

1. Good and if he's elected: boycott the state

[Skittles]

2. GOOD

[Le Gaucher]

3. Have never been to Alabama ..what is there for me to boycott

[BumRushDaShow]

4. U.S. Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville

(including the famous "Space Camp" ) - https://www.rocketcenter.com/

Birmingham Civil Rights Institute and Monument - https://www.nps.gov/bicr/index.htm

[Sam McGee]

7. More . . .

Alabama Civil Rights Trail
http://tourism.alabama.gov/group-and-international-travel/tour-itineraries/civil-rights-trail-itinerary/

Gulf Shores and Dauphin Island
https://www.gulfshores.com/#sm.000140d55ilvjel7xo72n2adir9nv

Mobile, AL, at Mardi Gras
http://www.cityofmobile.org/mardigras.php

Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail
https://www.rtjgolf.com/

Dreamland Barbecue in Tuscaloosa
http://www.dreamlandbbq.com/

[Iahotdog]

5. Elections have consequences they say.

[Raven123]

8. Let's hope so. Let's hope people keep track of what businessses

do after the election.

[gademocrat7]

6. Vote for the immoral Moore

Revenues will decline.

[klook]

9. Was talking yesterday with a neighbor

whose family has been vacationing in Bon Secour and on Dauphin Island since she was a kid. They're sending letters to the rental cos. they deal with, as we'll as other local businesses, to tell them if Moore is elected they're never coming back.

[world wide wally]

10. There's Space Camp and opening soon... Pedophileland

[hatrack]

11. Well, better plan and act accordingly, Yeronner . . .

.

[Aristus]

12. I'm guessing tourists with teenage daughters will steer clear of

Alabama for a while.

That's okay. Teenage girls don't usually buy very much stuff...

[Midnight Writer]

13. My sister and her family vacation 4 weeks a year at Gulf Shores. They are mad as hops.