List of Non-Chamber Member Businesses Grows
Mesa County citizens: Have you had enough of the Grand Junction Area Chamber of Commerce’s overbearing political antics, fake programs […]
Economics
G.J. Chamber Ignores the Single Biggest Business Issue Around: the Government Shutdown
The Grand Junction Area Chamber of Commerce took the time to endorse school board candidates in a what is supposed
Grand Junction’s Bad Rap and What to Do About it
Op-ed The dilemma of Rick Brainard, the Grand Junction, Colorado city councilman who pled guilty to criminally assaulting a woman
Consumer advocacy, Economics, Ethics, Pop culture
Look for This: Rounding on Restaurant Checks
Next time you dine out, take a close look at your check. Restaurants are starting to round the pennies on
Hostess Fleeced its Workers, Showered Execs with Extra Cash
Hostess Brands publicly blamed its workers’ union for forcing it out of business, but now Hostess CEO Gregory Rayburn has admitted to
The City of Grand Junction, Colorado’s Shameful End-Run Around the Constitution
Anyone who thinks that electing narrow-minded people to city councils in small American towns doesn’t get expensive, think again. The
Time for GOP to Dump Norquist, Handmaiden of Cigarette Companies
Op-Ed Grover Norquist, who for decades has been the patron saint of anti-tax sentiment for Republicans, is fast losing relevance
Walmart Workers Tell the Real Stories of Working at Walmart
Walmart employees have embarked on an effort to bring more respect, better pay and improved working conditions to all Walmart
New Youth Front Group Agitates for Cuts to Entitlement Programs
Salon.com reports a new “youth” front group has appeared consisting of young people who have ostensibly joined together to fight
This is Going to Hurt: What Your Doctor Doesn’t Say Can Cost You
Insurance companies are hot targets in the national discussion of skyrocketing medical costs and health care reform. But there is
Marx MasterCards Prove Highly Popular in Germany
The Sparkasse Bank in Chemnitz, in eastern Germany, asked customers to vote on images they would most like to see
Advertising, Corruption, Economics, Ethics, Front groups, Grassroots advocacy, Health, Lobbying, Media, Secrecy, Tobacco
Big Tobacco’s Ties to Funding of Prop. 29 Opposition Exposed
An NBC investigative team has exposed historical and financial ties between many of the supposedly independent groups actively opposing Proposition
Corporations, Economics, Ethics, Ethnic/Minority, Grassroots advocacy, Media
Cookie-Cutter News Taking Over U.S. Media Market
If your local TV news broadcasts are all starting to sound the same from channel to channel, it’s because they
Tobacco Companies Work in Secret to Defeat California’s Proposition 29
A pitched battle is on over California’s Proposition 29, a measure on the statewide ballot to raise the cigarette tax
“Robin Hood Tax” Proposal Gains Global Support
Nurses led a rally in Chicago May 18 ahead the NATO summit to boost the idea of instituting a “Robin
How Many Millionaires Pay a Higher Tax Rate than You?
The White House has posted a new online tool people can use to calculate how many millionaires pay a lower
Consumer advocacy, Economics, politics
The Current High Gas Price Scam
Sixty four percent of all contracts written for bulk oil purchases in the U.S. are made by companies that will