SAISD Superintendent candidate Manuel Isquierdo claims that his troubled experience proves he has learned from his mistakes, which will make him a better leader of my kid’s local school district. My past experience as a distressed investor helps me plumb the public record of personal financial distress very quickly. Let’s see what the public record

Taking a break from commenting on Wall Street, the Dow’s highs and personal finance topics, I recorded a show yesterday with San Antonio, TX-based smart commentary site, Plaza de Armas. A friend and fellow small finance business owner Shirley Gonzales announced her candidacy for San Antonio City Council, District 5.  Shirley had previously introduced me to

In this interview Bryant talks about the difficulty of employing oilfield workers, who often look for trouble. Bryant:           Hello, my name is Bryant, and I presently work for a company that develops and operates frac-sand silo terminals in the Eagle-Ford shale. Bryant and I spoke about his views working on the fracking world in an

I had a conversation with a friend who ships trainloads of ‘frack-sand’ into the Eagle Ford shale in South Texas.  We talked about the Natural Gas Revolution, as well as the surprising and possibly regretful turn his life has taken, far from working in book publishing in Brooklyn.   Bryant:  Hello, my name is Bryant,