Opinion
Part II: the Wall Street empire strikes back By Donald Gould | Special to the Courier This is the second in a three-part series of reflections on changes in the investment industry in the 25 years since I started Gould Asset Management in Claremont. In part one of this series, I described how core investment […]
“When you’re young and work in a restaurant, your co-workers become family. There’s something about the physically demanding, high stress environment that brings people together. I had co-workers who were not so secretly in love with one another, others who were rivals, some were destined for greatness, others tragic ends.”
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“Many on the left will want to blame someone, but today I’m not feeling like there is anyone to blame. Kamala Harris couldn’t have made her position and her character any clearer. Neither could Donald Trump. There is much that both sides don’t want to see or understand about the other. The people have spoken; the Republicans won and now we have to figure out how to move forward, how to live with one another, how to find what’s good in one another, how to be the United States.”
by Russ Binder At nearly every City Council meeting, Claremont Tenants United urges the council to create a rental registry, which is typically a system maintained and administered by the city government intended to track rental properties and their landlords. Goals include ensuring compliance with housing regulations and protecting tenants’ rights. Landlords would be required to […]
“There’s no getting the genie back in the bottle. John McCain is dead. Add our brutal, broken politics to the long list of shameful remnants our kids are going to have to deal with after we’ve joined him. I’d like to think there’s a better world out there in which the old white guys (like me) who run our two-party system call a timeout and reckon with their mess, but let’s face it, that ain’t happening.”
“It was like my dad had another, secret life. His field of study was a very high level of algebra, far above the algebra II that I struggled through in high school to get a grade adequate to get into the University of California. In this rarefied math world, my dad was something of a rock star. After his death, we received e-mails from mathematicians and former students from all over the world offering condolences and singing his praises.”
“Driving home on Lake Tahoe’s Highway 89 after one of those late nights at the office, I was struck by a sound emanating from my AM car radio. It’s impossible, I thought. Could it be? It was Vin Scully, that reassuring voice from home, calling a Dodgers game. I pulled over, thinking I must be hallucinating. I was 500 miles from LA. How could I be picking up a Dodgers broadcast?”
“Over a year has passed since Jan Wheatcroft last blessed us with her rambunctious way of living life. On Sunday, people who had not seen each other in years, even decades gathered to remember her. That was especially true for me, where keeping in touch is not a strength. But the distance really didn’t matter because we all had a strong connection: we knew Jan Wheatcroft.” Photo/by Genaro Molina
“I’ve come to realize these holidays are about more than exploring other countries and decompressing from our professional and familial obligations. What’s really happening is a sort of extreme relationship test. The good news is the marriage is still going strong, despite my sometimes adolescent chimp-like behavior and tendency to shift from jovial to sullen as my blood sugar levels drop.”
I have been living in Claremont since 2008. I walk and bike all over this beautiful town. I love the variety of architecture I see in houses and other buildings. But above all, I love the trees.
“No more coal! No more oil! Keep the carbon in the soil!” “Hey hey! Ho ho! Fossil fuels have got to go!”
Claremont has a dog problem. With few exceptions, our public parks prohibit canines. I believe that limiting dogs to the city’s two “off-leash areas” harms canine welfare and does a tremendous disservice to the entire community.
“The first injection rendered Scooter unconscious. My left hand was directly over his heart. I could feel it slowing as he relaxed, his mouth slack. After a few minutes, and more goodbyes from the kids and me, we were told the second injection would stop his heart. The room was hushed, reverent, but for the sounds of their sobs. I kissed Scooter, and the veterinarian injected him at the top of his left front leg. By the time the syringe was empty, Scooter’s heart had stopped. His body went limp. He was gone.”
As you might know, I have been a busy Village Mouse, advocating for and supporting small businesses. Again, choosing what you want to see to thrive takes intentionality.
by Donald Gould Twenty-five years ago, I started Gould Asset Management in a small office above what was then Goldstein Optometry, on the east side of Indian Hill Boulevard between First and Second streets. The occasion of our silver anniversary prompted me to reflect on the major changes I’ve witnessed in the investment world since […]