Editor:
I’ve been subscribing to the Grand Rapids Business Journal for a dozen or so years, right after starting my own small business. In the early years, I remember how I thought the business news of the city was so interesting and exciting. Contributors like Paul Hense really connected with me. Over time, though, I noticed I was just skimming over stories, and old copies were building up in my pile of unread items. Several years ago, I realized why I was losing interest. There doesn’t seem to be many stories about business anymore! It seems almost every story revolves around government or some quasi-government entity, with any leftover space taken up by government-subsidized, clean/green issues. Is that what now makes up business thinking in our area? If so, we should be greatly concerned. |