We Are America
November 30, 2009
WE ARE AMERICA… and we had better start acting like it. We are small business and we are the backbone of the economy in our country. Small businesses and entrepreneurial endeavor are as American as apple pie, as patriotic as the flag, and more real and necessary as any members of, or decisions made by federal or state government. We have and should continue to be the largest job provider in the country....
You Light Up Our Lives
November 30, 2009
Well, sort of. You certainly light up our cars. Albrico is the featured vendor in this issue of the Pomona Swap Meet Newsletter. Albrico, owned, founded and operated by Al Schioppi, is one of our valued long time vendors. For over 25 years Al has been at the swap meet featuring some unique, hard to get items for seasoned automobiles....
Cash For Clunkers?
October 9, 2009
Time brings change, not always for the better. We Americans love our cars. We often have names for them and they become part of the family. They have been with us through the birth of our children, they have taken us on vacations, visiting loved ones, there in emergencies, sitting waiting patently for us to have a use for them, and almost always responding to the call....
General Motors Or Government Motors?
July 31, 2009
I’m deeply hurt! I feel like a jilted lover. For 50 years I’ve had an affair with a car company. My family has been carrying on with this same company for generations. My great grandmother drove Chevy trucks; my mother had a Cadillac and then a Buick. Over the years I, proudly drove and owned four Oldsmobile’s, five Chevy trucks, a Pontiac and two Cadillac’s. My wife’s first car was a Chevy convertible. My daughter drives a Chevy Suburban and my son-in-law, a Chevy diesel truck....