Comments for Tom Abate http://www.tomabate.com Public Editor-at-Large Sun, 03 Jul 2011 17:35:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 Comment on Small business suffers as global biz booms by Tim Holmes http://www.tomabate.com/small-business-suffers-as-global-biz-booms/#comment-107 Tim Holmes Sun, 03 Jul 2011 17:35:04 +0000 http://www.tomabate.com/?p=326#comment-107 The flipside perspective of what I've said about local small businesses vs. chains. When the going gets tough the chains leave town while the local businesses have no choice but to buckle down, suck it up, and either wait until things change and hold on as long as possible, or innovate, spend, or market your way out. Either route is better for the local economy, the health of a city itself, than the holes left around town by departing chains. These are depressing visual reminders of the failure of the life of cheap calories and excess consumption and the low quality, short term production that makes up virtually all of chain retail, which has played a direct role in our country's current financial decline. The flipside perspective of what I’ve said about local small businesses vs. chains.

When the going gets tough the chains leave town while the local businesses have no choice but to buckle down, suck it up, and either wait until things change and hold on as long as possible, or innovate, spend, or market your way out. Either route is better for the local economy, the health of a city itself, than the holes left around town by departing chains.

These are depressing visual reminders of the failure of the life of cheap calories and excess consumption and the low quality, short term production that makes up virtually all of chain retail, which has played a direct role in our country’s current financial decline.

]]> Comment on The Tomline by Cindy Watter http://www.tomabate.com/the-tomline/#comment-79 Cindy Watter Fri, 24 Jun 2011 20:31:47 +0000 http://www.tomabate.com/newsite/?page_id=20#comment-79 Tom, give us a call when you can. Great scrapbook--it brings back some memories. Cindy & Neil Tom, give us a call when you can.

Great scrapbook–it brings back some memories.

Cindy & Neil

]]> Comment on Contact me: by Phil Buckley http://www.tomabate.com/contact-me/#comment-76 Phil Buckley Thu, 23 Jun 2011 17:15:18 +0000 http://www.tomabate.com/?page_id=8#comment-76 My daughter turned me onto your site. I enjoyed your stories of getting a job. It sounds like you would be good at writing proposals for high tech. I'll read more in the future. Thanks. My daughter turned me onto your site. I enjoyed your stories of getting a job. It sounds like you would be good at writing proposals for high tech. I’ll read more in the future. Thanks.

]]> Comment on The Tomline by Richard Holden http://www.tomabate.com/the-tomline/#comment-15 Richard Holden Wed, 08 Jun 2011 22:30:09 +0000 http://www.tomabate.com/newsite/?page_id=20#comment-15 Hi Tom, I heard from Deanne that you moved back to the 'woods to return to the NCJ. Hope everything is going well up north. We miss your writing and incisive economic analysis...Really! Feel free to pester us for economic information and plug in your new venue. Best regards, Richard Hi Tom,
I heard from Deanne that you moved back to the ‘woods to return to the NCJ. Hope everything is going well up north. We miss your writing and incisive economic analysis…Really! Feel free to pester us for economic information and plug in your new venue. Best regards, Richard

]]> Comment on Writing as a vocation by Margarita Miranda-Abate http://www.tomabate.com/lorem-ipsum/#comment-6 Margarita Miranda-Abate Mon, 06 Jun 2011 02:44:12 +0000 http://www.tomabate.com/newsite/?p=236#comment-6 Hmm. Can't wait to see what we will discover. Perhaps this could lead to a book? Always curious about your thoughts Tom. Hmm. Can’t wait to see what we will discover. Perhaps this could lead to a book? Always curious about your thoughts Tom.

]]> Comment on Writing as a vocation by Tina Nocera http://www.tomabate.com/lorem-ipsum/#comment-5 Tina Nocera Mon, 06 Jun 2011 00:17:30 +0000 http://www.tomabate.com/newsite/?p=236#comment-5 If you recall your Brooklyn days, we would toss money in a new car to wish someone well on a safe journey. The advances in technology have been terrific, but I don't see a place to leave coins. Instead I leave you a note to wish you well on this new journey. All the best to my big brother! If you recall your Brooklyn days, we would toss money in a new car to wish someone well on a safe journey.

The advances in technology have been terrific, but I don’t see a place to leave coins. Instead I leave you a note to wish you well on this new journey.

All the best to my big brother!

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