Hey Gov, It's Still About Jobs

From the State House News Service today:

FDIC: STATE JOB GROWTH FIFTH-WORST IN COUNTRY: Only five states posted slower job growth in the fourth quarter of 2005 than Massachusetts, which gained 0.5 percent between fourth quarter 2004 and the end of last year, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. said yesterday. As a region, New England trailed the rest of the nation. The construction sector led the Bay State’s 2005 growth with a 2.6 percent gain, followed by professional and business services, according to the report. Manufacturing employment continued to lag, tumbling 2.1 percent last year. The FDIC confirmed trends that have been vexing policymakers, including the flight of the “young adult cohort” to “exurbs, alternate cities, and other states.” While New England saw the nation’s fifth-highest rate of home price increases during 2005 at 9.9 percent, the Commonwealth saw the region’s lowest, an 8.2 percent.

Then, this anecdote from the Globe's Business Section.

The Romney-Healey administration ran its 2002 campaign on jobs. Almost four years later, we are at the bottom of the pack in job growth. This is unexcusable. And I see no policy coming from this administration that even remotely begins to address this issue. The time has come for a Governor Lieutenant Governor who will keep their promises and be accountable for their actions.