Posts tagged business
Is Donald Trump going to be the next president of the United states? Good chance . Here’s Why.
Apr 27th
Will Donald Trump be the Obama spoiler? Is he already too big too powerful and too much of a Juggernaut to be stopped? Does he resonate with working people ? He’s a worker himself. Will republicans and Democrats alike abandon the feel good politics of Barrack Obama?? It’s starting to look that way .
Donald Trump wants to bring jobs back to American from India, Mexico and China and he says he has a plan. The plan is to stop the Chinese from jiggling it’s currency, making billions at our loss. He wants the yen to be in line or he will tax them 25% on all exports to the USA.
He’ll do the same with India and Mexico if they don’t immediately get their wages in line with ours. Can he do that?? Yes he can. The problem with NAFTA is that the past three administrations were looking out for the world economy and not ours. NAFTA did not worked and it has put us into a 14 Trillion dollar deficit. China made a 1/2 trillion dollar profit last year from us .
You may think Donald Trump is a joke but a lot of people trust his business sense and they are willing to trade Barack Obama in on that point alone.
Donald Trump wants a payoff to go to war in the Middle East. He unabashedly says ….If we go into Libya to free them, we want their oil. Right now China gets all of their oil and we are paying for the war in Libya, while China pays nothing. The Arab league wants the USA to pay for the Libyan war but they have paid nothing and have not given us any oil in trade. In fact they raised oil prices to $4.00 a gallon in Vail today. What Trump says is “screw that”. No more Mamby pambying around. No more America pays for everything.
He is saying what a lot of Americans want to hear. Which is, screw the pansies on the left, He’s going to make other countries pay to do business with us. As an example Iraq has trillions of dollars of oil and they should be paying us back right now. Trump believes in conquering any country we go to war with similar to what we did during WWII, not go in lose American lives, trillions of dollars and then leave with nothing.
Donald Trump is shaking up the political world in New Hampshire and the Democrats are in big trouble. He could very well be the American maverick who caught Barrack Obama flat footed on this day and storm his way to the white house. We give him a 60-40 chance.
Food Trucks Rule : by Rob Smoke
Apr 27th
Rob Smoke is a city side columnist for Boulder Channel 1 news
Food Trucks Rule
Food Trucks Rule
Not being completely informed on the topic, I googled “food trucks” and also “food truck rules and regulations” —
TONS of interesting material
Why in the world does Boulder want to effectively prohibit or discourage new food truck businesses?
It can’t be that the local restaurant industry objects, because if they are objecting, they are merely being stupidly reflexive.
The diversity of food choices that food trucks provide make them potential attractions to a neighborhood or event —
thus, even though they might compete with brick and mortar restaurants, they are still desirable neighbors,
particularly if we are talking about trucks bearing some culinary distinction.
In some places, the trucks are only disallowed via objection by a neighboring restaurant, thus it seems
illogical to demand that trucks simply not be located near one.
In some locales food trucks have ridiculous regulations, but in other places those rules are being revamped and redesigned to
encourage this type of business. Food trucks can make unique offerings — cuisine not otherwise found in the city —
if the rules and regulations are such to discourage anyone who might take a shot, you’d think the city would take a closer look at
what rules are actually necessary regarding health and safety issues, and then go a little easier on the broader parameters that
make it either possible or impossible to do business —
if you have a blanket rule against trucks being located near a brick and mortar establishment, you’re making up a rule
that other cities with successful food truck businesses don’t have —
and for what exactly?
I’m trying to comprehend, but alas…
my comments go either unread or unheeded…with no response from anyone except for one person on council who says they disagree —
yikes!!!
Finally! A new Boulder Public Library Director named
Apr 25th
Maginnis Named Boulder Public Library Director
BOULDER – The City of Boulder today announced Valerie Maginnis will be the new Boulder Public Library director effective June 13, 2011. Maginnis was selected from 78 applicants in a national search. The decision came after public presentations by the finalists and interviews with city staff and members of the Library and the Arts commissions.
“I am honored and excited to have been selected for the position,” said Maginnis. “I am very much looking forward to working with staff, volunteers, and the community to explore ways that the Boulder Public Library can be even more important and relevant to the lives of its current and future patrons.”
Maginnis is currently the director of Library and Cultural Services for the City of Mission Viejo, Calif. She has more than 20 years of experience in city and county libraries. Maginnis holds a master’s degree in Public Administration from California State University and a master’s degree in Library Science from the University of Arizona.
“The Boulder Public Library is a centerpiece of the community,” said City Manager Jane Brautigam. “This is a complex organization to lead and requires a dynamic director who can manage the business operations as well as connect with a diverse and passionate community. I believe Boulder has found such a director in Valerie Maginnis.”
Brautigam added that evaluating a national pool of highly qualified candidates was a difficult task, and community input was a significant component of the process.
“Any time an organization conducts an executive search, it is a time-consuming and challenging process,” said Brautigam. “In the case of our library director, the individual must be able to lead a traditional library system as well as manage a performing arts center. I appreciate that so many residents and staff attended the public presentations to provide feedback on the finalists, and I want to thank members of the Library and Arts commissions for participating in the interviews. It was an excellent opportunity for finalists to meet the community and for citizens to provide input.”
Maginnis fills the position vacated on July 9, 2010, by Tony Tallent. She will earn a salary of $128,000 and assumes her role as Boulder Public library director on June 13, 2011.
