He must not have looked very hard. College students are always eager
to earn a buck in entry level positions

Bwah-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha!

Our company distributed newspapers in Iowa City (and many other towns) from
1997 to 2002. When we opened, I, too, foolishly believed that college
students would provide a ready and reliable source of workers. After all,
there are 35,000 of them, right?

In those five years, I had one (that's ONE) college student delivering a
motor route. He lasted precisely three days.

College kids want nothing to do with working at 3 AM.

Santa Barbara has priced themselves out of existence, as far as workers
go.
I haven't found that to be the case. Reliable help is about $10/hour.

If you must pay $10 per hour to get a newspaper delivered, and it's gonna
cost a LOT more than 50 cents per copy. I paid my drivers $.17 per copy
daily, $.35 Sunday. From that had to come their gas, etc. The newspaper
model works in areas with affordable housing and a ready supply of eager,
entry level workers.

Many housekeeping staff commute daily from nearby Ventura. You're not
suggesting that those myriad Montecito and Hope Ranch mansions are un
staffed, are you?

I think in a hotel, the situation would be better than for newspapers,
that's for sure.

My friend went out of business inside of 6 months. He simply couldn't
find
anyone to deliver the papers.

What was the name of the newspaper?

It was the local daily paper. I don't recall the name.

Not to rule the place out on this basis -- I love Southern California --
but
without housekeepers and desk staff, you can't run a hotel.

It's just too far left of Iowa for your taste.

NO AREA is to the left of Iowa City. (After all, we are *still* the only
city in America to have ever elected a card-carrying member of the Communist
Party to our city council. And we're still the Lesbian Capital of the
World, according to "Gay Times" -- or whatever that big gay magazine is
called. And the last Republican elected to office in Johnson County
occurred prior to 1958... It's "Conservative Hell" here, I tell ya! :-)
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
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