Keeping tabs on job creation results

I don’t always jive with what happens on the editorial page of the Mesabi Daily News, but the MDN fired off a pretty good editorial last Saturday about the proposed hire of an Iron Range business recruiter for our mining-funded state agency Iron Range Resources. Like the MDN, I’m not against business recruiting, but I also agree that we need to keep track of the results that these high-priced hires produce. All of this will be determined at the next Iron Range Resources board meeting, which has been rescheduled twice because of a failed quorum since the budget debate was tabled more than a week ago. I think this business recruiter deal is a sure thing, but there might be some sparks over some of the public works projects and other spending priorities.