Pitchers and catchers report to spring training in a few scant days and even those of us laboring under blizzard conditions and unyielding cold gray skies that seem to stretch forever (yes, I live in New York) can glimpse the warmth of sunnier days to come.
Despite recent cold weather that has slowed down removal of the final stretch of spoil from the Imberhorne cutting, and the laying of track and cabling, Mr Watts is confident the stretch will be completed in time.
But both Stretch and Zerbe have an answer to that: Include tax breaks that would put cold cash now in many businesses' hands--for example, an extension of the now-two-year-period in which business can carry back their net operating losses.