By Juan Montoya
It doesn't matter how many times we point out the differences between the Brownsville Economic Development Council and the City of Brownsville's version of the SpaceX project envisioned for Boca Chica and the Environmental Impact Statement the company handed the federal government, yet still the unfounded claims get bandied about by its supporters.
Whether you are for it or not, below are some of the stark difference between the EIS and the claims by local SpaceX boosters abou the jobs the project is supposed to bring her.
You decide who is fudging what.Brownsville Herald quoting BEDC's VP Gilbert Salinas and BEDC CEO Jason Hilts:
"If constructed, the new launch site is reported to directly or indirectly create about 1,000 jobs, all paying in excess of $55,000.
EIS SpaceX submitted to the FAA:
Approximately 30 full-time SpaceX employees/contractors would be present at the vertical launch area and/or control center area in 2013... During a launch campaign, an additional 100 local or transient workers would be working at the vertical launch area and/or control center area. During launch campaigns, the additional workers could work extended hours; however, 2 days prior to launch, full-time SpaceX employees/contractors and the local or transient workers would need to be on-site for up to 24 hours per day. Staffing on-site would return to normal levels (approximately 30 full-time SpaceX employees/contractors) within a day or two after the actual launch.
Table 2.1-2 shows the number of full-time SpaceX employees/contractors working on site plus the local/transient workers necessary during launch campaigns that would be present between 2013 and 2022.
Table 2.1-2. Personnel for Proposed SpaceX Texas Launch Site Operations
Year Full-time SpaceX Full-time SpaceX
Employees/Contractors Employees/Contractors plus
Working On-Site Additional Local/Transient Workers
during Launch Campaigns
2013 30 130
2014 75 175
2015 100 200
2016 100 200
2017 110 210
2018 130 230
2019 150 250
2020 150 250
2021 150 250
2022 150 250
Now, these numbers are the ones given by SpaceX to the federal government in its Environmental Impact Statement. Salinas and Hilt (and Mayor Tony Martinez and the commission) all say there will be 1,000 direct and indirect jobs each paying $55,000 as a result of SpaceX establishing operations here. Are the indirect jobs those shining shoes and washing cars for the permanent workers? Or is it the extra waitress at the Boca Chica buffet restaurant needed every two weeks a month to service them?
At the peak of employment 10 years from now SpaceX says it will need only 250 workers (including the 150 full-time employees) to shoot the rocket. Who's lying?
9 comments:
Jason has been for a long time, and still is a 'Putz'.
Juan,
If you are concerned about the local economy you might want to look into what the future of the biggest private sector employer in town is up to.
Might want to keep an eye on the port with your economic forecast as the Keppel people are building a huge shipyard that will likely replace the work done in Brownsville at Altamira, Tamaulipas in a joint venture with PEMEX. Will create 4,000 jobs. Why would you build a platform in the US when you can do it in Altamira for less than half? There is a ton of oil sitting out in front Tamaulipas. http://latino.foxnews.com/latino/news/2013/10/04/pemex-singapore-keppel-to-build-shipyard-in-mexico/
Check out the Sierra Club's comments on the EIS. Just google: Sierra Club SpaceX EIS
what kind of rocket scientist can you get for only $55,000 a year?
FYI EVEN SPACEX WILL NOT CHANGE THE REALITY THAT DUMBOCRATS ARE BOTTOM FEEDERS AND WILL ALWAYS KEEP THIS AREA POOR AS LONG THEY'RE IN CONTROL!!!!!!!
The poorest cities in America
By Christine DiGangi
In the annual American Community Survey, the U.S. Census Bureau releases statistics on the population. Age, race, location, income — these and more are outlined in the report, and the 2012 survey, released this month, gave insight into the country’s wealth distribution.
Last year, the median U.S. household income was $51,371. To determine which areas have thehighest and lowest median incomes, we used the bureau’s American Fact Finder tool to sort the data of 2,120 metropolitan and micropolitan statistical areas.
Much like the high-income areas, the low-income areas showed an interesting geographical makeup. Nine of the 10 lowest median incomes are found in the South, as it is defined by the Census Bureau.
Conversely, the high-income areas showed more geographical diversity. While half of the them are on the East Coast, including the cities surrounding Washington, the other five are in California, Hawaii and Alaska. The high-income areas reported a median income of more than $69,000 a year.
Meanwhile, the low-income areas don’t go above $32,860. Three of them are in North Carolina, two are in Texas and the only area outside the South is in New Mexico. Other states with cities on the list are Alabama, Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia. Virginia is the only state to have cities on both ends of the median-income spectrum.
And as far as population goes, the high-income areas are generally larger than the low-income ones. The Census Bureau defines a metro area as containing a “core urban area of 50,000 or more population, and a micro area contains an urban core of at least 10,000 (but less than 50,000) population.”
Only one of the high-income areas is a micro area, and only two of the low-income areas are metro. Population didn’t directly correlate to the area’s rank in its list. For this list, we used the 2011 population estimates, as those are the most recent available for these areas.
10. Dalton, Ga.
• Population: 142,741
• Income: $32,858
9. Forest City, N.C.
• Population: 67,538
• Income: $32,836
8. Nacogdoches, Texas
• Population: 65,466
• Income: $32,555
7. Martinsville, Va.
• Population: 67,300
• Income: $32,196
6. Cookeville, Tenn.
• Population: 106,498
• Income: $31,813
5. Talladega-Sylacauga, Ala.
• Population: 81,664
• Income: $31,547
4. Brownsville-Harlingen, Texas
• Population: 414,123
• Income: $30,953
3. Roanoke Rapids, N.C.
• Population: 76,066
• Income:$29,930
2. Gallup, N.M.
• Population: 73,664
• Income: $29,696
1. Lumberton, N.C.
• Population: 135,517
• Income: $28,293
Yep only pathetic democRATS think 1000 or 400 jobs in 10 years IS PROGRESS?????? This area will see a boom very soon due to the big OIL discovery in Matamoros. Many professional jobs will be created which most of theses people will live here, invest here and not in Mexico, especially if the narco war is ongoing. Spacex is just a rouse for democrats grease their pockets.
i remember not to long ago the Titan tire plant was going to creat lots of jobs? what exactyly happen? and alll th emoney they got? was that ever returned back to the EDC? Mr. jason can you answer that one? i dont think so, MMS
Reminds me of a joke I heard . This no so bright young woman went to fill out a job application. There was section asking the
applicant's sex. Her response was ," Once in Gallup".
y la turtles, we cant hurt the turtles, no spacex after all shut it down, we must make an enivronmental study for the next 10 years and give the study contract to one of my compadres. ems
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