In our local school board election, there’s actually an ad spot that claims some of the folks running for the board would be beholden to Wall Street “special interests.” Apparently this ad asks all of us to forget the fact that three of the candidates featured in the ads claim they have no political agendas […]
I always laugh (OK, cry) every time the government is forced to lay off or cut “nonessential” personnel or programs. I guess being a business owner has taught me that paying for something “nonessential” is just plain dumb. Or in another word: worthless. To a business, wasting hard-earned money on something “nonessential” is the very […]
I might not be the smartest businessman on the planet, but I do know one thing. If I keep writing checks my account can’t fund (or my backside can’t keep) my bank will do the simplest of things: It will shut me down. And if I keep writing checks after things are shut down, there’s […]
The anniversary of the worst terrorist attack on American soil has me thinking about freedom. Like you, I can recall exactly where I was on the morning of Sept. 11, 2001 and I first saw the images on my television. I had just returned home the night before from a trip to Seattle visiting and […]
In response to some of my recent Facebook posts, and well, yes, some of my columns, people have told me I tend to be negative in what I have to say. I guess it’s hard to argue that point when one looks at the headlines in the news internationally, nationally and even locally. Most of […]
And so it goes in Happy Valley once again. Up next is another citizen-based effort to order the rest of us to change to suit someone else’s idea of what would be best for the masses. This time it’s renaming North Avenue to University Boulevard. As expected, the folks initiating the idea offer plenty of […]
Since I printed my opinion about the Grand Junction City Council subsidizing the Avalon Theater, I’ve been inundated by Avalon supporters who use the old standbys of “You just don’t understand;” “If you had all the facts, you’d change your opinion;” and my personal favorite, “You don’t want to hear other opinions that differ from […]
Then again, the reason certain things happen is also very simple. I’m not sure what has me thinking this way. Perhaps it’s just that there’s a lot going on in my life — yours as well, I’m sure. And make no mistake, folks with special interests and agendas count on keeping our lives as busy, […]
Got a struggling business? Perhaps you have a startup idea that’s proven it can’t work in the free marketplace. Maybe you don’t like the landscape along the street on which your small business is located. Well, have no fear. The Grand Junction City Council just uncovered the last remaining money trees the Obama administration hasn’t […]
Perhaps you find that harsh. Well, so are life, love, war and especially business for the vast majority of us. Unless, of course, you are General Motors, Chrysler, certain banks, insurance companies, a campaign donation bundler who happens to have a green energy firm or a favored political group, then life is a subsidy away. […]