finance

Given the current economic conditions internationally, people should consider these age old words of wisdom:  My humble opinion, learned over many years:

Easy does it.  Have a plan for your future, and stick with it.

Timing is everything.  (While it is important to know that you should buy things when the prices / interest rates are low, and sell them when prices are high, it is also important to know that by putting your comprehensive financial plan into place NOW, the compounding gains in value will go to work for you sooner.)

In case you haven't surfed on over to the Supervisor of Elections website in the past few days, the newest batch of campaign financial figures for Clay County's elected officials and wanna-be's have been posted. I made my first appearance on the list of candidates, right there in the middle of the Republican candidates for the District 3 seat on the County Commission.

If you're interested in my particular stats, I can save you a couple of minutes. I have had $1,000 in contributions. Except for $100 donated by Bob Cook, a retired FBI agent who has been a great family friend since we all first moved to the area in the summer of '59, the rest of the money came from me. Less than a hundred has been spent so far, on office things and some copying of petitions to qualify me for the ballot. It didn't take me long to file my first report.