Local Mechanic Hits the National News

The Atlantic Magazine has a story this week on a local mechanic and the evolution of automobiles.

A Mechanic Faces the Age of the Self-Driving Car

Joe Sevart, an auto technician turned business owner in Kansas City, Missouri, talks about the future of servicing more advanced vehicles.

Joe Sevart owns an auto-service business in Kansas City, Missouri, that specializes in computer diagnostics. I spoke with Sevart about his transition from technician to business owner, why he hired a business coach, and how electric and driverless cars are changing the traditional auto industry.

Mr. Sevart is out East at I-70 Auto. I used to be a patron, for what it's worth.

What government is for

We got two examples in the last 24 hours of exactly what government is for.

It was announced that President Obama is toughening rules on automobile emissions and mileage, which is nothing but good for the country se we use less oil and pollute less and put less carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, which would contribute more to climate change.

Then, an overhaul of rules for companies extending credit via their credit cards so they couldn't and wouldn't change their own lending rates to clients at will, to the detriment of those same clients.

This government is no longer working against us--against the "little guy", the "man on the street."

This administration is working for us.

And we need much more from our government, too, like a working health care system, for one. One that isn't based on big profits for corporations.

It's been years.

It's been at least 8 years.

And that's why the Republicans are in trouble, finally, thank goodness.

Links to stories:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/19/business/19emissions.html?_r=1&th&emc=th
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/19/business/19credit.html?th&emc=th