  Roy Blunt speaks to Steve Lynch. |
SAINT ROBERT, Mo. (July 8, 2010) — Steve Lynch routinely combines furniture sales with fiery oratory supporting the Waynesville-St. Robert area, and during Wednesday’s appearance by U.S. Senate candidate Roy Blunt at his store, Lynch said something must be done to change national economic policies if small businesses are to thrive or even survive in the future. Lynch, whose grandfather founded the business in 1942 shortly after Fort Leonard Wood began as a training post for soldiers headed to World War II, is a former president of the Waynesville-St. Robert Chamber of Commerce and his family were among the founders and former mayors of St. Robert. However, he said he’s no longer sure his business has a long-term future. “I am a third-generation furniture guy and proud of it. There aren’t many third generations of anything anymore, but the question that I’ve got today, the question that I’ve had for the last year, is will my small business go to the fourth generation,” Lynch said. “You know me and I am a fearless businessperson … yet I have found myself afraid for my business’s future. Not so much immediately but down the road when I think of all of the money that our government is spending, as a businessman I know that money has to be paid back someday.” Click here to read more on Pulaski County Daily News ...
By Darrell Todd Maurina
