It’s never fun bringing bad news, but we’ve got problems right now.  Things aren’t looking any better for our local economy.  Sure, the downtown mall rebricking is complete and under-budget, but between unemployment rates, general business activity, a slow real estate market, mall vacancies and increases in welfare recipients, our recession looks like it’s getting worse, not better in the near term.  I talk about each in detail after the break…

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