Thread: Phoenix, 4 other cities, showed big job gains in 2010

Report: PHX showed big job gains in 2010
Posted: 11:12 AM
Last Updated: 43 minutes ago
By: Associated Press

WASHINGTON - The unemployment rate fell or stayed the same in December in two-thirds of the nation's largest metro areas, fresh evidence that employers are slowly adding jobs.

The Labor Department says the unemployment rate dropped in 207 of the 372 largest metro areas, the most to report a decline since September. The unemployment rate rose in 122 areas and was the same in 43.

Nationwide, the unemployment rate dropped sharply in December to 9.4 percent from 9.8 percent. About half that decline was because more unemployed workers gave up on their job searches. The government doesn't count people as unemployed when they stop looking for work.

Even with high unemployment nationwide, five metropolitan areas reported large job gains last year, including: Washington, D.C.; Dallas-Fort Worth; Boston; Phoenix, Ariz.; and Minneapolis-St. Paul.

http://www.abc15.com/dpp/news/region_ph ... ns-in-2010

Heheh....here is an eMail I got just today:


ARIZONA TAKING A BEATING FOR SB1070

Illegal immigrants are boycotting Arizona by the thousands, showing their outrage with Arizona's controversial new SB-1070 law by moving elsewhere.

In the small town of Guadalupe AZ south of Phoenix, Manuel Renaldo is one of those who is punishing Arizona by leaving. As he loaded his stolen car with his belongings and family of ten, Renaldo told this reporter through an interpreter "It's a matter of principle. I refuse to be supported by a state that treats me like a criminal."

The effects of the exodus are being felt by Arizona retailers everywhere who are reporting dwindling sales of beer, spray paint, and ammunition. Also hit hard are the state’s hospitals, which have reported a dramatic decline in births and emergency room visits. Scores of Tattoo parlors are reportedly going out of business too.

Renaldo further told this reporter through the interpreter "He and his family are moving to California, which is a state that he knows will support him and his family with dignity."