On network news Monday night, a GM dealer bemoaned "the great uncertainty" of bankruptcy and the jobs lost by clerks, salesmen, janitors and others who work at the dealership. ...more

June 3, 2009

The difficult economy is taking a bite out of this weekend's Honda Grand Prix of St. Petersburg. ...more

March 30, 2009

The Obama administration was finishing work on a plan to give more financial aid to two Detroit automakers in return for tough cost-cutting measures that will ensure the companies' survival. ...more

March 28, 2009

A vote last week by a state regulatory commission means auto manufacturers may have to revamp the cars and trucks they sell in Florida to meet a tough new emissions standard. ...more

December 7, 2008

Auto manufacturers may have to revamp the cars and trucks they sell in Florida to meet a tough new emissions standard that state regulators adopted today. ...more

December 2, 2008

The main topic today is the "bailout" of the "Big 3" auto manufacturers. This is a very serious security situation. Our enemies are patiently watching for a weakness so they can strike us; without the auto companies, who will make our weaponry like they did in World War II? In the past, the auto workers union was shrewd enough to play on the greed of the companies to get all kinds of "goodies." ...more

November 24, 2008

A posse of several dozen auto dealers from across the country is blanketing congressional offices this week to tell legislators the $25 billion isn't just a bailout of Detroit's Big Three automakers - it's a local issue. ...more

November 20, 2008

To save money and support neighboring farms, Scott Dubbelde began mixing gasoline and cheaper, ethanol-based fuel in his cars years ago, driving first to the gasoline pump and then to the ethanol pump. ...more

June 26, 2008

Peter Drucker said, "There is nothing so useless as doing efficiently that which should not be done at all." ...more

June 22, 2008

Politicians on both sides of the aisle make claims for the need of a U.S. energy policy. Yet, all they have given us is a slightly raised fuel economy standard for automobiles and a nebulous list of items, some ridiculous and others unattainable. They include subsidies for ethanol, coal, landfills and nuclear industries. All of which have dire negative aspects and are couched around our supposed "addiction to foreign oil." Many of the plans enrich them that's got and harms most, the majority of average Americans. ...more

May 30, 2008