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Kinder slams Holden for failing to address important economic issues at Jobs Summit

Senate president pro-tem Peter Kinder says Governor Holden's Jobs Summit missed the mark. Elizabeth Gill reports:

Kinder says Holden failed to address the most important economic issues facing business owners at his Jobs Summit on Monday.

He says the needs and concerns of business owners and employees were overlooked, in part because more than half of the people at the summit were government officials.

Kinder said the summit should have included more representation from the private sector:

Kinder says the Governor neglected issues like workers compensation and lawsuit liability.

Holden says workers compensation and lawsuit liability are political issues, not business issues.

From the state capital, I'm Elizabeth Gill.