Anyone else find this ridiculous? Bank of America and Wells-covia need meetings with Mayor Pat McCrory to help convince them to keep jobs in Charlotte?

Mayor Pat McCrory, who met last week with Bank of America CEO Ken Lewis and Wells Fargo’s John Stumpf in Washington, said he felt it was key to maintaining a close relationship now with both CEOs.

“Because I know how much the survival of the banks means to Charlotte and thousands and thousands of jobs,” McCrory said. … McCrory, anticipating more job losses, says he is in touch almost weekly with bank officials.

“I am going to do everything I can to build a relationship with Bank of America and Wells Fargo to convince them that this is the place for the jobs,” said McCrory.

Pat clearly thinks that selling Charlotte will impact the decisions multi-billion dollar, multi-national operations make in an era of unprecedented change in the world’s financial services industry.

Bless his heart. I just worry that Pat is gonna promise incentives backed by local tax dollars. We certainly know that the banks are not shy about asking for government bailouts.