That’s right. I asked if you survived the blizzard of 2014. What blizzard, you ask? Obviously I’m referring to the storm that hit on Feb. 4 as the latest issue of the Business Times went to press. After all, just a quick perusal of Facebook would give anyone craving information all the evidence needed this […]
A few stories in the news have got me thinking about all the problems of the world and how our nation got to the point where only the selected elected have the ability to solve them. Isn’t that the basis for political elections anymore: To take someone’s problems; create a bunch of problems; or my […]
If there’s one thing that strikes fear into hearts of the good people and business owners of the Grand Valley, it isn’t this cub reporter/advertising rep/publisher pounding on their door, calling them out of the blue or using the United States Postal Service to terrorize them into buying an ad or subscribing to the Business […]
For those of you who know me well, this might sound like a very odd thing to say given the upheaval in all things personal. But with every cloud comes a silver lining. When one door closes, another one opens. It’s always darkest before the dawn. Yeah, I know, whatever. You get the picture. But […]
I’ll be the first to admit I have absolutely no idea what the FBI was doing and has been doing out at Grand Junction Regional Airport. I only can attest to the fact the FBI was at the airport on Nov. 6, because I was delivering papers that particular day. (Yes, under the job title […]
I wonder how many folks knew Nov. 19 marked the 150th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address? Since Lincoln is my all-time favorite president, I celebrate his greatest speech every year at this time. The Gettysburg Address offers the premier example of the dreams and beliefs our founding fathers had in terms of their abhorrence […]
Better get used to hearing one form or another of those two phrases when it comes to your health insurance plan. The preliminary reports on the Obamacare rollout show a severe lack of affordability, coverage and common sense. That is, unless you believe the constant spin coming out of the White House. While many folks […]
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 […]