Remember President Reagan’s Trickle Down Economics policy? It’s pretty plain to me that we are experiencing his mantra first-hand — except in reverse. The news is replete with reports of bankruptcy, foreclosures and unemployment. Tuolumne County only recently experienced the closure of our local Mervyns store. Last year they closed down Albertson’s with promises of [...]

I was a shopper at the local Wal-Mart here in Tooele, Utah. Over the past 10 months I’ve lived here, I’ve been slowly getting more disgusted with their total lack of customer service. The other day I bought plants at Wal-Mart only to have the associate stand there and watch me load them into my [...]