Author: Staff

  • Sure, Let’s Have More Guns in Schools

    Dennis Alexander  also teaches, is a reserve police officer and a Seaside city councilman, pointed his gun and was “providing instruction related to public safety” as reported by the police. [1]

    Seaside City Council Member
    Dennis Alexander, City of Seaside Council Member and Mayor Pro Tem [City of Seaside website]
    References:

    1. The Washington Post, March 14, 2018, Fred Barbash – Gun-trained teacher accidentally discharges firearm in Calif. classroom, injuring student
    2. The Californian, March 13, 2018, Joe Szydlowski – Teacher, reserve officer, councilman accidentally fires a gun off at school

  • Marketing Your Web Presence? Note Where Adults are Active

    Where U.S. Adults Are Active on Social Media
    Where U.S. Adults Are Active on Social Media

    References:

    1. Statista, March 13, 2018, Felix Richter – Where U.S. Adults Are Active on Social Media
    2. Pew Research Center, March 1, 2018, Aaron Smith and Monica Anderson – Social Media Use in 2018




  • States Most Reliant On Steel Imports

    According to statistics from the Brookings Institute and Census Bureau data, many states will be impacted especially in the center of the United States. [1,2]

    The U.S. States Most Reliant On Steel Imports
    The U.S. States Most Reliant On Steel Imports

    The states that rely most on steel and aluminum imports as a share of their total import base cut an interesting economic geography. In Missouri, Louisiana, Connecticut, and Maryland, aluminum and steel imports account for at least 5 percent of total state imports, double the share of the nation’s 2 percent total. [2]

    References:

    1. Statista, March 12, 2018, Miall McCarthy – The U.S. States Most Reliant On Steel Imports
    2. Brookings Institute, March 6, 2018, Max Bouchet and Joseph Parilla – How Trump’s steel and aluminum tariffs could affect state economioes

  • Oh, I Didn’t Know That!

    Interest paid on home-equity loans will no longer be deductible, with no option to grandfather in. If you already have a home-equity loan or line of credit, 2017 is the last year you can write off the interest paid on it.

    References:

    1. Churchill Mortgage, 2018 Tax Changes: How it Affects You

  • Great Scuba at White Star Quarry, Gibsonburg, Ohio

    Diving at White Star Quarry is considered to be the best inland diving that Northern Ohio has to offer.

    References:

    1. Google Maps
    White Star Quarry, Gibsonburg, Ohio - Scuba
    White Star Quarry, Gibsonburg, Ohio – Scuba
    White Star Quarry, Gibsonburg, Ohio - Scuba
    White Star Quarry, Gibsonburg, Ohio – Scuba
    White Star Quarry, Gibsonburg, Ohio - Scuba - Jim Dunlap
    White Star Quarry, Gibsonburg, Ohio – Scuba – Jim Dunlap