60 Million Kids Are About to Become Investors — Automatically
The Wall Street Journal reported, “Treasury Will Auto-Enroll 60 Million Children in Trump Accounts.” I guess they got tired of waiting for corporate media to tell parents how they can get their kids free investment accounts that, for many of them, would be preloaded with thousands of dollars of stocks. There are so many companies […]
Public safety has not been neglected
When I was a young reporter covering the police and fire operations in the 1960s, there was an effort one year to get cops a pay raise. I had to write stories about it and asked some cops to show me their paychecks. Now, newspaper reporters never have been among the highest paid people around. […]
Finally! Washington Is Eliminating Pests… Just Not the Ones I Had in Mind
I have to admit, I got a little excited when I saw the White House headline: “Eliminating Disease-Carrying Pests and Restoring Enjoyment of the Great Outdoors.” For one brief moment, I thought maybe we were finally going to see some people in orange suits and shackles — particularly a few who have helped spread the […]
Clay County Guardianship Task Force Makes Its First Arrest — Now Keep Going
Well, that didn’t take long. Less than a month after Clay County announced its new Guardianship Task Force, the task force has already produced an arrest. According to the Clay County Sheriff’s Office, Inez Sullivan was arrested after investigators alleged she took more than $100,000 from a disabled adult while serving as that person’s temporary […]
Mayor Deegan, JTA Has Become Your JEA
Years ago, someone told me something about leadership that has stuck with me: Wisdom comes from experience. And experience often comes from making bad decisions. After decades of working with CEOs, I believe that. About 15 years ago, I worked with the CEO of a successful local company he had taken over from his father. […]