Gov. Abbott invites Musk to move Twitter to Texas

 Houston Chronicle:

...

Shortly after the news broke Monday of the Tesla CEO reaching an agreement to acquire the social media giant following weeks of negotiations, Abbott took to Twitter to encourage Musk to relocate the company's headquarters from the heart of San Francisco to the Lone Star State. "@elonmusk. Bring Twitter to Texas to join Tesla, SpaceX & the Boring company," the Republican leader tweeted.
And the proposal isn't a stretch, as Musk, the world's richest person, already lives in Texas and the state has steadily become the base of operations for many of his companies. Austin recently became home to Tesla's newest Gigafactory, which officially opened earlier this month. The city also now serves as the electric vehicle maker’s global headquarters following Musk's decision to move the company’s headquarters from California to Texas in December.

The tech billionaire also operates his aerospace company SpaceX in Brownsville, Texas, and recently moved the headquarters of his tunneling and infrastructure company, the Boring Company, to Central Texas.

This isn't the first time Abbott put his state forward for Musk's consideration. More than a year before Musk finally relocated Tesla's headquarters, Abbott had said he had discussions with the billionaire about the move, calling Texas a "perfect fit" for the company.

Musk has also gained popularity among Texas Republicans, who have agreed with his notions of restoring "free speech" to Twitter.

Following Twitter's deal with Musk, Sen. Ted Cruz asked his followers if “Elon Musk’s purchase of Twitter a good thing?” The two options were “yes” and “no, I hate free speech.” Cruz also said he agreed with a statement from Musk Monday ahead of the buy, that said "I hope that even my worst critics remain on Twitter, because that is what free speech means."
...

I think Musk would find that Texas employees of Twitter would be much more attuned to his idea of the company as a free speech platform.  The disgruntled current employees could stay behind and try to find gigs in California where free speech is not as popular.

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Should Republicans go ahead and add Supreme Court Justices to head off Democrats

Washington Post: Some Democrats eye adding more justices to the Supreme Court to change its ideological bent The once-remote idea has gained the attention of liberals angered by the GOP push to remake the federal courts. Probably the easy way to defeat this court-packing scheme is for Trump to propose doing the same thing now.  It would lead to Democrat denunciations and claims that it would be wrong, thereby blowing up any attempt by them in the unfortunate event of Democrats winning a presidential election.
Read more

29 % of companies say they are unlikely to keep insurance after Obamacare

Conn Carroll: A new survey of 368 midsize to large companies found that 29% of them are considering terminating their active employee health care plans when Obamacare is full implemented in 2014. Only 71% of employers surveyed said they did not expect to drop their health coverage, while 20% said they did not know and 9% said they were planning to exit. The latest survey, conducted by Towers Watson, echoes an ealier survey by McKinsey & Co. finding that 30% of private-sector employers were planning to drop their employee health insurance coverage by 2014. When the Congressional Budget Office crunched Obamacare's spending numbers, they estimated that only 7% of employees currently covered by employer-sponsored plans would lose their plans. ... This means the cost of the health care fiasco will be hundreds of billions more than estimated by the CBO and Congressional Democrat. It is also clear that Obama's pledge that you could keep your health care plan if you wanted t
Read more

Bin Laden's concern about Zarqawi's remains

James Robbins: ... Bin Laden suggests that President Bush should allow Zarqawi’s body to be returned to his family in Jordan, but this is a matter that is up to the Jordanian government, which so far has not shown much interest in facilitating a homecoming. Bin Laden mocks King Abdullah II, calling him a Coalition minion, and asking “w hat scares you about Abu Musab after he’s dead? You know that his funeral, if allowed to happen, would be a huge funeral showing the extent of sympathy with the mujahedin.” A large crowd would definitely turn out, though most people would be on hand to demonstrate their anger and disgust. Last November’s hotel bombings in Amman , masterminded by Zarqawi, are still fresh in people’s memory, and mentioning them to Jordanians has the same visceral impact as memory of the 9/11 attacks does here. Jordan has adopted a zero-tolerance policy towards those who choose to mourn the country’s least favorite son, and four opposition members of parliament who paid con
Read more