It’s not often we see the media writing well-done, well-researched articles these days so we are happy to report, there is one in town with the mainstream media. Nate Monroe at the Florida Times Union.
Nate Monroe’s twitter description states: “Florida Times-Union city hall columnist (@jaxdotcom). Louisiana expat. References to “the Syndicate” = Jacksonville donor class.”
WOW!
Calling out the donor class in Jacksonville will usually get you fired. Why Nate is still there is beyond EYE — but we’re glad he is. And we hope he stays and continues to push for more transparency and calling out the powers to be – whoever they be!
You might want to follow Nate on twitter — https://twitter.com/natemonroetu?lang=en
As the local elections take off – Nate’s done some great work and we are pleased to send him a WINK and a nod. We need to support anyone who writes like he does and spends time doing the deep dive on our city government. And he is not afraid to call it like it is. Check out many of his articles at http://www.jacksonville.com
If something happens and the TU decides they’ve had enough of him, we hope he will call us. We would love to talk strategy and pour over research with him. There needs to be more exposure about corruption and cronyism and applause when transparency and integrity shows up. In other words, it’s good to hold our government “leaders” accountable to us.
Thanks Nate. Thanks, too, to the Times Union for having the gumption to keep him on board.
Maybe pigs do fly after all.
She craved anything leadership related and enjoyed being around the world of entrepreneurial CEOs. She watched as they made decisions; pondered how they would make payroll when cash flow was tight; and appreciated how they created career opportunities for hundreds of thousands of people. Because of her experiences, she has emerged as a key resource for the media and others who want to understand important insights about executives, management teams and board dynamics.
In 2008, Billie became discouraged as she watched some of her clients struggle with the political economic impacts on their businesses. The same CEOs who mortgaged their home and charged up their credit cards to make ends meet to build a business and keep others working, now watched as their government bailed out the big banks who had mismanaged their resources. She cringed as most of her clients laid off employees for the first time and she vowed she would help them… somehow…someway.
That somehow…someway showed up in the Tea Party Movement in America. She formed one of the largest tea party group’s in America (more than 9,000 members strong) and helped bring attention to America’s debt problem, out of control spending, over taxation and regulation strangulation on companies.
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Her favorite quote has become her mission to help CEOs succeed:
“Vision without execution is hallucination.” – Thomas Edison
