Business managers don't want to come here because you have a former business manager on the board,

Managers at headquarters now have an up-to-the-minute picture of how every part of the retail business is performing, which has aided accountability and helped shape strategy.

From the beginning of time, business has cozied up to government and gotten restrictions on competition and subsidies and stuff.

As a company's fortunes fare, so do the CEOs and other top managers, and that is the way it should work in the business world,

The role of business is to provide products and services that make people's lives better - while using fewer resources - and to act lawfully and with integrity.

It is a drop in the bucket considering the economy in Idaho. But to business managers, it's not a drop in the bucket.