So, while San Antonio and Atlanta have virtually no zoning restrictions and allow liberal home construction during good times, they've been consistent leaders in job creation and Moody's rates them as second and sixth, respectively, for job growth through 2017.
Brown has established and is emphasizing a new unit in the Governor's Office to work with businesses to make sense of any bureaucratic hurdles for expansion and job creation, consistent with state policy to protect the environment and support workers and consumers.
Moreover, the lackluster pattern of job creation was consistent with the weak job growth recorded since the end of spring, when a rise in the price of gasoline put a dent in the economic expansion.
Visible efforts at job creation and consistent attention to the plight of the unemployed will make a difference in how much trust we put in the competence of the administration.
"It is a form of corporate welfare that is consistent with other social goals like job creation, clean air and boosting a domestic source of energy," he said.
"Whatever is ultimately the plan, it's going to be consistent with the process of community revitalization, job creation, education and service to the local community," said Darren Walker, chief operating officer for Abyssinian.
In case you have not noticed, there is no positive correlation between the consistent rise in the stock market and job creation.
Democratic sources familiar with the drafting of the proposal insist that the 80-page document, which included a $470 billion job creation program, is largely consistent with the philosophical blueprint the White House has pursued during the past year.
This is consistent with the fact that August 2011 was a very weak month for job creation.
"We will see more job creation this month than we did in March, and today's jobless claims numbers are consistent with that expectation," said Robert A. Dye, chief economist at Comerica.
