Hey Tom,

There was an article in the LA Times business section today about your area. The were talking about how bad it really is there. They talked to a 56 yr old with a MIT and Stanford background who is now a $20/game junior high baseball ump.

There were also comments from economists that due to the size of the job losses it will take a minimum of 10 yrs for the area to come back. The main gist of the article was how the orginal numbers were grossly understated by state published stats. Far more people from the Valley are out of work.

PF