Beaufort SC Mayor Billy Keyserling speaks on his book, civil discourse, and the local economy

BuckwalterRadio.com  General Outline of Topics:  ~ mins:secs ~ 00:00 to 2:00 The mission of Buckwalter Radio.  1:20 Taking the lead on local economic development issues.  2:00 The US Senate in 1970.  4:00 Silos of information cause disconnects in needed conversations. Podcasting, "We are the Media".   10:00 Gross generational underemployment and lack of Lowcountry hope of economic mobility.  11:00 Lowcountry business owners have benefitted from a captive work force.  12:45 Economic gardening - plant, cultivate, and respect wildflowers.  13:30 A great work force resource is the US Marine Corps.  15:00 Mayor Billy's work force vision, confidential project - not ready for public announcement.  16:00 Beaufort, a city of 12,000 people can be a model for the country. "The water is NOT as wide…". 17:00 Gulfstream, Boeing are local - in our metro region.  19:00 The people actually in the game don't respect old barriers.  19:30 Beaufort always looks to the Hail Mary long pass rather than moving 2.5 yards at a time.  Success will come from incremental pieces added by younger-minded people.  Collaboration advice from the Mayor, an example to Lowcountry entrepreneurs.  20:30 Mayor Billy K. told Secretary of Commerce "We've missed it so big with our military bases…". Public/Private economic gardening.  23:00 Old efforts with "absolute answers" - a recitation of prior efforts on commerce parks that didn't work.  24:00 Moneyball and value of homers compared to getting on base.  25:25 Author Billy K. tells how "The Pink Dolphin" came to be, and its impact. Lowcountry Local alert: reference to a white porpoise we named Snowball!  "The Pink Dolphin" by Thomas McDermott-Post in collaboration with Mayor Billy Keyserling. Illustrated by Bill Dula.   Copyright © 2010 All rights reserved. 28:00 Go to http://www.PinkDolphinShop.com/ for the book, T-shirts, and more.  29:00 Subscribe to the Mayor Billy K email list and see his personal missives on http://MayorBilly.com/blog/ Examples of his emails, the topic of "Gun Toting Juveniles"  30:00 Skillful use of New Media and Podcasting solves many issues of communications. The best tool in your toolkit.  For a consultation, email [email protected]  33:00 sign off.