Teresa Jacobs, Orange County mayoral candidate believes that the culture and environment of Orange County needs to change from that of an “insiders club” to one that is fair and predictable, if new industries are to be attracted to locate here. Jacobs made these observations recently, in an exclusive and wide-ranging interview with West Orlando News Online.
“New industries do not want to locate in an environment where they feel there is an insiders club or a pay-to-play environment where they have to know the right people in order to get their developments approved,” Jacobs said. “We have to change the reputation that Orange County has and we change that reputation by changing the culture of Orange County–getting rid of the ‘good-old boys’ insiders club mentality.”
Jacobs said that creating a fair, level and predictable playing field would be one of her top priorities should she be the next Mayor of Orange County.
