“We were looking forward to well-­paying jobs for a lot of people,” Piercy said. “That’s very discouraging, and I look forward to finding out why it occurred.”

Maybe, and maybe not. Perhaps when Broadcom and their management team learned that Oregon Public Schools are ranked third from the bottom nationally,  Broadcom was faced with a revolt on their hands from management refusing to reside in Eugene whereby subjecting their children to such a pitiful level of education.