United

United Airlines is looking to move its world headquarters from its current location near Chicago's O'Hare airport. Possible locations include downtown Chicago, Denver, and San Francisco.

But for some reason, according to the Chicago Tribune (subscription req'd), United

has not requested formal proposals from any of the three cities of what they would offer to lure the nation's second-largest carrier. . . .

The lack of a formal request for possible tax breaks and other incentives doesn't mean United isn't interested in the communities, said Dennis Conaghan, executive director of the San Francisco Center for Economic Development. The airline may have adopted a wait-and-see approach, he said.

Could it also have something to do with United not really caring too much about incentive offering because that would mean wasting more time with bureaucratic government officials? That's just one man's question. You can bet that when United does make a decision the development organization for the winner will take far more credit than they deserve and neglect to point to other circumstances that are beyond their control.



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