President fumbles policy on jobs and the economy

The NFL season kicked off right after President Barack Obama’s jobs speech came to a close. As a free-market, supply side economist, I’m no fan of Obama’s policy agenda. As a Minnesota Vikings fan, I’m not too crazy about the New Orleans Saints, who beat the Vikings in the NFC championship game in 2010 and […]

Main Street still missing from lackluster jobs plan

American small business owners didn’t have high hopes that President Barack Obama would remove the obstacles preventing them from creating jobs, so they weren’t terribly surprised when he rolled out his lackluster American Jobs Act before a joint session of Congress. The nation’s job creators learned long ago the president’s warm words for Main Street […]

Life insurance benefit affordable and appreciated

Since September is Life Insurance Awareness Month, it’s a great time for employers to consider an affordable benefit for their employees and perhaps review the benefits they offer employees. What is life insurance? Life insurance is often called “love” insurance, a product that pays out a financial benefit (also known as death benefit) tax-free to […]

Lawyer pens novels that offer inside look at legal system

Mike Moran,  The Business Times: Carroll Multz writes legal thrillers designed not only to entertain, but also offer an inside look at the judicial system. “I kiddingly refer to my novels as textbooks disguised as novels,” says Multz, a retired Grand Junction trial lawyer who also works as an adjunct professor at Colorado Mesa University. […]

Business owner seeks election to commission

A long-time business owner has announced his candidacy for the Mesa County Board of Commissioners. Wes D’Aponti seeks the Republican nomination in District 1 for the 2012 election. D’Aponti had scheduled a news conference on the steps of the Mesa County Courthouse in Grand Junction for Sept. 15 to announce his campaign. D’Aponti and his […]