Many of you may have watched our new ad on television. Some of you may have noticed our new large signs on the side of the road. Now, you might be asking: What is a jobs congressman?

“A jobs congressman” is my pledge to the people of the 4th Congressional District to not only go to Washington, D.C. to support  both social and fiscal conservative principles, but also to work overtime to recruit new businesses to the Upstate. Remember how Carroll Campbell brought us BMW? I want to recruit a diverse array of  businesses to the Upstate as your Congressman. We need a Congressman who will meet with the business leaders who are looking into relocation or expansion to recruit them to the Upstate. We can’t just expect businesses to relocate to the Upstate on their own. As your next Congressman, I will work tirelessly for you to ensure that your quality of life will no longer decline, but will increase for you, your children and grandchildren.

Unemployment is on the rise and many people are out of work. It is high time we get the 4th Congressional District working again. That is why I pledge to bring conservative principles back to Washington and to work to bring businesses to the Upstate, using my position as a congressman. All it takes is a little hard work and I’m ready to roll up my sleeves to work for you!

David

Bus company’s plans of 1,300 jobs show ICAR paying dividends

By Rudolph Bell
and Tim Smith

Upstate workers who haven’t had much to cheer about in a stretch of unrelentingly bad economic news will see the clouds part more than a bit with the expected announcement this week that Greenville has landed an electric bus assembly plant that could employ as many as 1,300.

It’s a desperately needed shot in the arm for Greenville County, where unemployment stands at 10.5 percent, and for South Carolina, where the jobless rate has climbed to 12.6 percent — the fourth-highest in the nation.

It was unclear late Monday over what period of time the jobs would be created.

Though the Protera LLC bus manufacturing company of Golden, Colo., declined to say anything before its scheduled Thursday announcement, state Sen. David Thomas confirmed late Monday that it is coming.

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