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Posted in Business on Nov 24th, 2011
Last night on his now weekly spot with Bill Colley on WGMD, Sussex County GOP Chairman Glen Urquhart spoke about many things, including the need to create an environment in Delaware that is conducive to bringing businesses to Delaware. He spoke of the over regulation by state government that has led to the [...]
Or, alternate title: Why Small Business Owners in Delaware Get Frustrated SCENE 1; ACT 1: Cut to interior of Sal’s Barber Shop. Sal is giving Joey, a customer of twenty-five years, a hair cut. Dominic, Sal’s business partner of thirty years is sweeping hair from the floor of his station. SAL: Hey, Dominic, grab me [...]
Posted in Budget, Business, Education, Jack Markell, Markell on Aug 20th, 2009
August 19, 2009 Governor Markell and the General Assembly members for the Dover area held an under advertized town hall meeting for the local residents at the Kent County Administrative Offices in Dover. The 2 hour meeting began with the Governor laying out some of his vision and answering questions from the public. It [...]
Posted in Business, Development, Employment, Jobs, Minner Failures, Stuff on Jul 28th, 2009
…I worked for Judge Bill Lee’s gubernatorial campaign last summer, I was fortunate enough to get a chance to check out this company. I spoke about the company frequently when I was at DelawareTalkRadio.com because they invented a vending machine that makes hot, fresh, french fries, and they wanted to open up a manufacturing facility [...]
That’s right America’s government doesn’t want you, it just wants your money. That’s okay though because there is still Canada. Delaware received a brief dishonorable mention as part of a larger, national problem on the Rush Limbaugh show today from guest host Mark Belling. He noted that Tim Horton’s Coffee, a Delaware registered corporation will [...]
Posted in Business, Delaware Democrats, economy on Jun 22nd, 2009
The General Assembly has been sliding toward a disturbing trend this year. It seems to have forgotten the high priority it has set on a pro-business environment which has served us well. The latest target is the construction industry which lost as many jobs in May as are currently left at Boxwood. HB 230 is [...]
Posted in Budget, Business, Healthcare, Stuff on Jun 5th, 2009
Walgreens Pharmacies in Delaware won’t be taking Medicaid after July 6 unless some agreement with the state. New rules which took effect on April 1st reduce the amount of money the state will pay for brand name prescriptions. According to this WBOC story, Walgreens states that “Delaware now has one of the lowest payment rates [...]
Posted in Budget, Business, Change, Election 2008-President, Stuff, US Congress, Unions, economy, unemployment on Jun 1st, 2009
Former Presidential Candidate Ralph Nader chimes in on the GM bankruptcy: Today’s bankruptcy declaration in federal court by General Motors is an avoidable, crude weapon of mass devastation for workers, dealers, auto suppliers, small businesses and their depleted communities. For GM’s voiceless owners — the common shareholders — it is a wipeout. The proximate cause [...]
Posted in Alternative Fuel, Business, Environment, economy on Apr 8th, 2009
The GE plant in Newark that makes solar panels is laying off 85 employees: Rumsey said orders have been falling and inventory piling up as potential customers struggle to find financing for photovoltaic installations, which convert sunlight to electricity. “It’s unfortunate, but we have to align our manufacturing output with the demand that we have,” [...]
Posted in Budget, Business, Delaware Democrats, Development, Jack Markell, New Castle County Council, Spending, Sports, Waste, economy on Mar 20th, 2009
Three new casinos for Delaware? That’s our new Governor’s vision for our beloved state. Think about it…Delaware is 96 miles long…3 new casinos will give us a casino every 16 miles! Oh yeah, and apparently we might need sports betting (even though professional sports is opposed to it), and table games, too. Well, I have [...]
Posted in Business, Change, Earmarks, Earmarxists, Economics, Liberalism, National Dems, National GOP, Revolutionary Reform, economy on Mar 18th, 2009
…Congress warned AIG execs to return their millions in bonuses – or face a possible new law taxing those payouts at up to 100%. “They should voluntarily return them. If they don’t, we plan to tax virtually all of it,” New York Sen. Chuck Schumer declared on the Senate floor. The idea that our government [...]
Here’s a good role model, but more importantly an example that some execs just want a company to succeed. There are executives who sacrifice as much as workers, don’t ever forget that. Watch Video and if you thought this was some sort of BS, and he takes stocks instead, check this out: He only owns [...]
Posted in Business, Economics, Ethics, Regulation, The Bubble on Sep 8th, 2008
The Fed has decided to avoid allowing the uncertainty in the market to devolve into a financial panic. It is has fired the executives of the federal mortgage companies Fannie Mae and Fannie Mac. Their failure would have pulled the entire world into recession and the U. S. into economic turmoil. The executives who lost [...]
Posted in Business, Economics, Election 2008-President, Environment, Regulation on Apr 5th, 2008
Senator Obama is a very intelligent man so how does he justify adding costs to domestic oil consumption by forcing 150 billion dollars of their money to be invested in his chosen energy programs (not drilling or building new refineries that we desperately need )and robbing them of profits as a means to control gas [...]
Posted in Business, Economics, Election 2008 - Delaware on Mar 20th, 2008
Our state has a relatively low unemployment rate. This is good news. The bad news is that according to the State’s economic report written in 2007, our job growth has been weakening consistently over the last decade and a half. We are in the bottom 1/3 of the nation in job creation. This is evidence [...]
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