There are those who question the effectiveness of incentives in promoting economic development — in particular in attracting businesses to an area. A recipient stays long enough to take advantage of the incentives, then moves on to another location to obtain even more incentives, one argument goes. It’s a specious contention. There are exceptions. But […]
If our last school board election taught us one thing — on either side of the political spectrum — there are myriad problems within Mesa County School District 51. While it’s obvious each side has its peculiar sets of concerns and won’t agree how things should be done to alleviate and eliminate (politically) those problems, […]
Who wants to be a millionaire? That’s both the name of a television game show and what’s got to rank as one of the most ironic rhetorical questions ever posed. While there are perhaps a few people who’d answer “No thanks. I’m good.” I’m willing to bet — $1 million in fact — the vast […]
If there’s a set of two-word, federal and state governing ways of doing business, it should be these two in the headline for this column. In fact, one of these has become the only allowed way government now controls the confiscation and waste of our hard-earned dollars. The other is becoming the way government controls […]
Wait, what? That’s a favorite saying my buddy Clark and I recite. It usually comes out when something obvious is stated that was being ignored or when either of us says or does something completely, well, nonsensical. You’d think calling for New Year’s resolutions in February seems kinda illogical on my part. But is it? […]
One of my tasks as editor of a business journal is to revise the news releases that are submitted to fit what I term newspaper style. Sometimes this process involves a proverbial wrecking ball — demolishing a news release and reconstructing it word by word. Other times, I’m relieved to pull out the equivalent of […]
In just a month, 2022 has brought a surge of COVID-19 cases due to the omicron variant as well as the Marshall Fire, which destroyed more homes than any wildfire in Colorado history. To state the obvious, these twin emergencies represent real lives that have been affected. If you or a loved one has found […]
Jean Baptiste Colbert, financial minister to Louis XIV, is credited with saying, “The art of taxation consists in so plucking the goose as to obtain the largest amount of feathers with the least amount of hissing.” A tax is defined as a compulsory contribution to state revenue, levied by the government on workers’ income and […]
A quarterly survey of Colorado business leaders always yields interesting results — offering not only a statistical snapshot of their collective mood, but also an indication of their plans for hiring, capital expenditures and sales. The latest survey results also reflect the strange juxtaposition in which business leaders find themselves these days. The COVID-19 pandemic, […]
My mind works in mysterious ways. Otherwise, how could a casual conversation about car insurance take me back to one of the banes of my existence? Yet, somehow I end up at the National Football League and its instant replay rules. Before all you absolute, boycotting crazies start in on me, please note I’m not […]