[M1EK]

Samsung is (mostly) pulling out. They'll be a lot smaller here when all is said and done. You guys are a bit out of touch on this one.

The problem with offering incentives to lure companies in is that you are then vulnerable to the next place offering an incentive to lure that company away from you. Ref: the move of most of the chip stuff to the Albany area recently. This applies more to suburban employers (note, not employers in suburbs of Austin, but employers in suburban PARTS OF Austin) thanks to lesser investment in infrastructure and lesser identification with the city.

Still, though. The incentives to Intel and Vignette didn't make us look so good (even though they ended up not being paid), did they?