By: Phil Raney

By: Phil Raney

Woe is me.

That seems to be the general cry of the public now. In light of the recent (dare I say recession) down fall of our economic base it is fast becoming evident that we are in for some rough times ahead. Many people are seriously reviewing their annual budget numbers. I don’t feel we have much to fear as I know we operate daily with inadequate maintenance funds. Yes! It’s time that the tough get tougher or the faint of heart step aside. You know as well as I do that in this type of economically stressed environment we excel. It must just be in our general make up that we choose not to whimper instead we just get the job done.

Often I listen to the news and hear the concern and at times fear in the voices of our news media, politicians, economists and bean counters! Isn’t it funny that our general public is in a panic. Daily we struggle with limited funds and stretch every penny. How often do we go out there and aggressively seek funding for emergency repairs? You know as well as I do that we don’t have the luxury of borrowing above our means to keep our facilities safe and on line.

It is good to know that you are not the only one out there preparing to tackle this money monster. Remember we are all in this together and if we can’t rely on anything we can rely on each other. That is just one more reason that IBOA is a winner in my book! So put away the tissues, pull up your socks and roll up your sleeves and just do what you do best. Continue to be the very best group of professional facility operators around!

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