The former mayor writes in today’s N&R:

The citizens in the Piedmont Triad should thank Honda and HondaJet Corp. for selecting Piedmont Triad Airport as HondaJet’s world headquarters.

History will prove this is one of the most significant industrial announcements for our state in a long time. Honda Corp. is a world-class operation and anything they do is done well. I predict that HondaJet will be a major factor in the small business jet industry soon…..

HondaJet has set the standard for incentive packages in that they requested such a small amount for so many high paying jobs.

We’ll see. In the meantime, thank you, HondaJet. Thank you, thank you, thank you, a million times thank you….