Chief Justice John Roberts surprised the planet by effectively siding with the Supreme Court’s four liberal activists in upholding most of ObamaCare as constitutional. In a stunningly convoluted and contradictory majority opinion, Roberts said the ObamaCare individual mandate — that everyone must have or purchase health insurance coverage, or if not, face penalties — was […]
At least that seems to be the campaign slogan for Colorado. Did you catch President Barack Obama’s latest campaign stopover in Colorado Springs last week? It would be difficult not to, what with all of the hype, promises and rhetoric that raged across the foothills of Colorado with more ferociousness than the fires themselves. In […]
The way Jack Hays explains it, it sounds so simple managing the companies he’s launched in Western Colorado. It’s just a matter of identifying and exploiting opportunities for growth. Hays puts it this way: “We find a need and fill it. We provide solutions.” Any good entrepreneur like Hays will attribute success in large part […]
It takes a lot of courage to start a small business. It takes even more courage to stick with it during tough times like these when the nation’s financial structure is wobbling, uncertainty fills the air and even the basic principles of free enterprise are questioned by anti-business politicians. Although the sinking economy has threatened […]
Why should small business owners and their employees care about the recall election in Wisconsin or local elections in California? The key reason: The failure to remove Gov. Scott Walker constitutes a significant failure for government labor unions. Those labor unions didn’t like the fact that Walker carried through on his campaign promises to limit […]
As I write this column and the Business Times goes to press on a Tuesday, I’m prompted to write about two things that will be decided before most of you even read this: The Obamacare Supreme Court decision and our local primary race for Mesa County commissioner between Rose Pugliese and Woody Walcher. Yes, those […]
The residential construction industry has long constituted an important component of the Mesa County economy. Consider that the construction of 100 single-family homes creates an average of more than 300 jobs. So it was significant when the home building industry surged in the boom days and suffered in the bust that followed. Now there are […]
In its latest economic outlook, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development projects further economic underperformance in the U.S. and other developing nations. While the global economy is “gaining momentum,” the OECD warns “the recovery is fragile, extremely uneven across different regions. The group forecasts Europe will barely grow at 0.1 percent in 2012 and […]
Got your eye on a new way to expand your business? See a sure move to beat competitors? Today, you and lots of small business owners are eager to seize opportunities to grow, create jobs and capture market share. But that big cloud of uncertainty hanging over Washington, D.C., stops you dead in your tracks. […]
There’s no small measure of irony in the fact the company that manufactures components for the largest and most innovative aquarium projects around the world maintains its headquarters in the landlocked desert of Western Colorado. Nonetheless, there are millions of reasons to be thankful Reynolds Polymer Technology is located in Grand Junction — as in […]