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["Lynda" <lurine AT softcom.net>]

Don't believe in folks who wander around writing papers and expounding on 
theories.

So, I'll take Ken Blackman <g>  Y'all won't find any books written by him. 
You won't find him listed in any magazine about the economy.  In fact, you 
just plain won't find him anywhere.

Some might have called him a dictator. <g>

Ken Blackman was the City Manager for the City of Santa Rosa for decades. 
Under his "rule," the city NEVER borrowed money, never operated in the red, 
always had reserves.  BIG reserves!  Paid cash for all purchases including 
million dollar ladder trucks, etc.  He was brutal with contractors.  They 
either performed as stated in contracts or they had major penalties. 
EVERYTHING bought was done by bid and those bids better have been damn close 
to wholesale.

He weathered recessions and booms and the city budget never faultered.  He 
"saw" the writing on the wall each time and prepared and then acted.

AND, SR was the only city in California that could say that!

I want someone in the Oval Office or someone somewhere in the DC Whorehouse 
that actually knows the nuts and bolts and lives in the real world, not some 
ivory tower!

Lynda
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gene GeRue" <genegerue AT ruralize.com>
> Who is your favorite economist?