Surviving In Washington Shores With Wal-Mart
I have written several articles questioning the sanity of putting a Wal-Mart in our Washington Shores neighborhood. I have received lots of positive feedback on Face Book and elsewhere.
April 19, 2012No CommentRead More
“We Don’t Need Another Wal-Mart in West Orlando”
As I drive around the Washington Shores neighborhood, I see many small stores and businesses trying to survive this down economy. I see small grocery stores, and other food stores. All of these businesses will be negatively impacted by the opening of a Wal-Mart in the area.
April 16, 20123 CommentsRead More
Beyond Trayvon – Is the Black Church Doing Enough?
When I look around the Black communities some of the things that I see confuse me. I am confused because the mission statement in the Black church includes a charge to help the community.
April 2, 2012No CommentRead More
Ignorance and Apathy Abound
The level of ignorance and apathy among the population really astounds me. We live in a time in history when there is instant news everywhere.
March 25, 20123 CommentsRead More
Why Do 95% of Entrepreneurs Fail?
Entrepreneurs and owners of small business startups, are very courageous people. They face the massive odds, trying to provide for their families with little real outside support other than family and friends.
March 18, 2012No CommentRead More
Why Are African-American Children At Higher Risk Around Pools?
A child drowns in a portable pool every 5 days, according to a just released study by the Center for Injury and Research Policy. The danger is even higher in Florida because winter is so short and sometimes the summer seems to last 10 months out of the year.
June 23, 2011Comments OffRead More
Why Is It So Hard To Eat Healthy?
In today’s society everyone wants the most convenient way for their family to live and there is nothing wrong with that…unless it causes you to become over weight, have health problems or financial issues.
June 15, 2011Comments OffRead More
How President Obama is Really Making a Change in the Economic Recovery
There is an article title, ‘20 Ways Obama has Wrecked America.’ By almost any measure that you can think of, this article has got to be the most slanted, misguided piece of fiction that I have seen since the mid-term elections. The piece is headlined and written in a tone that will make the reader believe that President Obama caused these problems or at least made them worse. The article is full of innuendos, half truths or flat out lies. The writer really should be ashamed of himself.
June 14, 2011Comments OffRead More
Will you Retire in Comfort or End Up Working at Wal-Mart in your Golden Years?
In 2011, how is it even possible to save enough for retirement, when millions of middle class Americans have a full-time job and still make barely enough to get by each month? Then factor in the current loss of hours or cut in salaries; high rate of unemployment and foreclosures; stress related illnesses causing additional medical bills; the increasing cost of groceries and utility bills; gasoline price changes daily at the pump.
March 23, 2011Comments OffRead More
