That is what lacks from your Creative Tampa bay, Chamber and even your school, no action to change this issue, no leadership, nothing but weak debates against reality.

I don’t agree that we’re last, nor do I agree that we’re good at it.

There’s working towards improvement and then there’s recognizing what we are. Without an understanding of both, head-to-wall will fall softly.

This is not to say there is nothing that Tampa Bay can improve upon. Obviously I know there are improvements to be made, or I would not be so involved with Creative Tampa Bay and working hard to facilitate change. I was simply responding to the methodology on the Forbes survey, and to say the picture they painted isn’t completely correct. I have a problem with using a small, unique part of the population to make generalizations about all young professionals.

Forbes has for years sent us the data and message that we need to wotk on this, and each year the fire brigade of silly people and institutions insists thee is no issue.

Now we need someone to say how we pay in sunshine, and ignore the transient nature of our workforce.

We all must keep our heads in the sand and up the establishments rear, keep up the company line, ignore the issues and keep the blinders firmly in place.

Why work on our economic issues, we are at 5.6% unemployment and rising,. but hey, we got sunshine. Why work on the loosing of skilled workers, we can just change the subject. Every answer provided is one that requires no change, no progress and no accountability.

Our leadership is failing us.

And perhaps its because the area lacks a large annual import of ivy league educated business graduates that the ones who do come (or stay) are afforded more opportunity to succeed professionally.

After all, isn’t that exactly what this generation is most known for: a focus on self and personal gain? If true, Forbes would have more justly served their readership by disclaiming they calculated these tired methods on an abacus.

And the research was for the top elite schools of the county, to ID those grads who could go anywhere they chose to go.

USF is nice, but it is not a top elite school. In fact lets not brag about keeping Florida graduates in Florida till we improve the schools down here.

Wait, I get it! This was Megan’s way of insisting there is no problem. Saying “nothing to worry about, nothing to see, plesae move along” and ignore the fialures of her USF, her Creative Tampa Bay, her Chamber of Comerce, our governments and all of our community leadership.