[The franchisees had borrowed heavily to buy the company.] We were staring a 20% interest rate in the face, ... And so any excess cash didn't go to building doughnut shops. It went to pay off debt. But we beat all of our projections, got ahead on our debt, and by 1992 the company was in great financial shape. |
Courts don't let you ban sexually oriented businesses, ... There is a balancing act between free speech rights and protecting citizens from these secondary effects. These court rulings explain how to do that, so we want to be current and updated. |
I think, truthfully, people are whipped. |
If you stay out of the water, the man o' war's not an issue. |
It is hugely worrying. I have never heard of this being done before. |
It's been bad all week. We've been telling people to stay out of the surf. You can't even wade in it. |
It's the Gulf. There is always something out there. |
mostly about the trouble I got into around here when I was a kid. |
That could buy a lot of rescue equipment. |
The local area around Tampa will outperform the U.S. through 2007 and beyond. |
We're in a wait-and-see pattern, but I will be willing to bet we'll have surf this weekend. I've already put the word out to the lifeguards that the lull is over. |
We've had a mild winter and the water's warmer, and we'll be short-staffed until our staff gets out of school. They've been doing a fantastic job so far. |
Whether he drowned or not, it still hurts to lose someone. We have been working very hard to keep people safe on our beaches. We will look into this and see what we can do. |