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Where are the Jobs?

Feb 1, 2012

Jobs, jobs, jobs. It’s an issue that is on everyone’s mind these days, regardless of political affiliation. As of September 2011, the United States sits at the highest unemployment rate since the recession of the late 1970s and early 1980s – 9.1% now vs. 9.2% in 1981 – and almost 60% higher than that experienced during the prosperity of the early 1990s. What that add...

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Manilla Folders

Jan 24, 2012

When Ronald Reagan was Governor of California, he conducted a survey to identify waste and inefficiencies in state spending as one of his first actions in office. Approximately 250 private sector leaders, with expertise spanning every line of activity in California, volunteered to examine the state’s habits and provide recommendations that would reduce any unnecessary ...

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Complacency Kills

Jan 11, 2012

I vividly recall Sgt. Tony Veltre, one of my instructors at the police academy, shouting, “Complacency kills!” A mantra he would repeat throughout our instruction until it became indelibly imprinted into each of our brains. After graduation, I was fortunate enough to work for an agency that carried that same philosophy into practice on the street. As most of us in la...

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Word on the Street

U.S. Department of Labor Visits Carbon Motors

Dear Secretary Solis,

Thank you for dispatching Executive Director Jay Williams to visit with us at Carbon Motors in Connersville, Indiana last week.  We understand he is operating under the directive of the President of the United States to coordinate the development of Federal pr...

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Carbon Motors Begins Rebuilding “Little Detroit”

CONNERSVILLE, IN — Carbon Motors Corporation announced today that it has commenced refurbishment of the idled brownfield site in Connersville, Indiana, and will be turning it into a modern, 21st century, highly efficient and environmentally responsible redevelopment t...

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When Basic Physics Trumps High Technology

The National Transportation Safety Administration attributes 10 percent of all fatal accidents to driver distraction, and a squad car cockpit is cluttered with distractions. That is exactly why a purpose-built patrol vehicle is essential to the safety of our law enforcement first responders!<...

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