Published May 17, 2013
I love Milwaukee. As a kid living in rural communities, I couldn't wait to one day move to the big city. Summer festivals, Brewers games and Lake Michigan seemed to call my name at an early age. After graduating from college, there was little doubt where I would end up starting a life. That being said, the realities of living in the big city drew a stark comparison to the expectations I had built up in my own mind.
Published April 30, 2013
Living in the City of Milwaukee has provided a rollercoaster ride of assessments since I bought my house a decade ago. You've likely experienced the same. On Saturday, we got our new assessment and found it had dropped another 8 percent and our home is now assessed at less than we paid 10 years ago. That's depressing.
Published March 26, 2013
One of the truths of private sector business is that not all of the effects of a recession are bad. It allows businesses to "trim the fat." The owner's nephew that shows up late once a month for the last three years will be let go. Employees that aren't hard working, reliable or trustworthy are downsized. Companies will look everywhere for ideas on cutting back on expenses and spending. Employees are cross trained and will end up doing more work with fewer resources. Companies will necessarily purge redundancies in order to save money, enhance margins and grow profits.
Published Feb. 13, 2013
Eugene Kane wanted to know if the Liberty Tax Guy on the freezing corner planned to watch the State of the Union address. So he asked.
Published May 31, 2012
How in the world can anybody be undecided when it comes to the recall election? What the candidates stand for is clear as day - which is why the weather might be the ultimate deciding factor.
Friday May 10th, 2013 – Caledonia, WI Like it or not, I have to knuckle down and make some money. On this cosmic plane, I have not figured out a way to get over the financial hump, and it absolutely stinks. I keep hearing tall tales of how people start with a piece of lint a...
Thursday February 28th, 2013 – Chicago, IL/Fox Lake, IL Ah, the good old “cost of doing business”. That’s the money that never really gets replaced, but always ends up finding a way to drain the wallet of the self employed entrepreneur. It’s always a ...
Monday October 22nd, 2012 – Mt. Prospect, IL It’s hammer time, but not in the rapper kind of way. When the hammer drops in my world, it’s usually of the sledge variety and the location it drops is the base of my skull – numerous times. I am experiencing one...
Most observers agree that the October 3 "Presidential Debate" was "won" by Mitt Romney, and they are right.President Obama's big mistake was to repeatedly denounce Mitt Romney's "$5 trillion tax cut," which Romney deni...
"There are 47% of the people who will vote for the President no matter what.....who are dependent on government, who believe they are victims...47% of Americans pay no income tax." Mitt Romney (1)If Romney is right, all Obama needs to win a 51% share of the popular vote is to gain...
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