Ask any relocating employer escaping the tax hikes of the Northeast, and they will tell you, government has a heavy hand in the success of an area's business climate.
Covering the Charlotte County Commission just a couple counties south for the past three years, I heard this touted time and time again by government officials.
Then, for the past few months, I saw the other side while covering business in my present role with the Bradenton Herald.
Dozens of companies, from the Pittsburgh Pirates to small medical manufacturers in Lakewood Ranch, said they chose Manatee because it's simply easy to do business here.
My experience came full circle while sitting in on a duo of Manatee County Commission work sessions Tuesday. Only this time, I heard the same sentiment from both sides.
The second of the two workshops focused on health care in the community, how patients can expect costs to rise and how government can lure the industry back. The conses among presenters: Fund more programs geared at prevention -- keeping the uninsured healthy and out of the emergency rooms.
It will be interesting to see just how they tackle that.
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