(Editorial – Graphic Illustration – MetroCreativeConnection)
Since the start of his term, Gov. Patrick Morrisey has promoted an “Economic Backyard Brawl” between West Virginia and its neighboring states. The mission, he said, is to make the Mountain State “the most attractive state to live, work, learn, play and run a business.”
He likely didn’t expect one of those neighboring states to take the opening kickoff and run it back 90 yards for a touchdown.
President Donald Trump recently visited Pittsburgh to announce more than $90 billion in new investments in energy and artificial intelligence in Pennsylvania. Nearly two dozen technology and energy companies will invest in the Keystone State to establish a new artificial intelligence economy.
All of a sudden, West Virginia is looking at the scoreboard…
