Category Archives: Patrick Murphy’s Blog

Consider this example: The US Centers for Disease Control operates with a massive $9 BILLION dollar + budget (from taxpayers) and employs over 15,000 people.  Google, a free enterprise company is consistently able to predict better, simply by monitoring its … Continue reading →

Community Cafe promotional: “For people to collaborate in initiating significant community change, they must, first and foremost, talk to each other”. I confess I sure didn’t much like it when the first speaker at my first table started with her … Continue reading →

What are some ways to stop repelling small business from locating (and creating jobs) here in Summerland? To comment go to the link at the bottom, but please note the article below first: “small business the backbone of provincial economy” … Continue reading →

I read this on a f/b item from Summerland CROSS FIT TRAINER Brent Hayter Today we mourn the passing of a beloved old friend, Common Sense, who has been with us for many years. No one knows for sure how … Continue reading →

“BCREA economist Brendon Ogmundson said it is not entirely clear why Summerland has out performed…”  Quote from Summerland Review under the headline: “HOUSING COSTS RISING”.  Well, why don’t you just sit right down and I’ll explain it to ya! No … Continue reading →