[BC] The nub of the issue

[Mike McCarthy]

I beg to differ Dana.  There are PLENTY of good "bean counters' out 
there who report to equally vested managers.  While they have to be 
tightfisted for discipline's sake, I know of a few who care more for 
doing it right than doing it for the next quarterly 
report.  Especially if the company is tightly held AND they're not 
beholden to but a few stock holders who have long term goals instead 
of short term returns.  Which is the VAST majority of firms out there.

I really annoy's me when the misdeeds of a few high profile zealots 
are stereotyped into a black wash across a whole profession.

I fully agree with Robert that senior management MUST include a 
finance person as part of the visionary and guiding team.  They're 
now just as important as the GSM, DoE, and PD in small and medium operations.

MM

At 04:09 PM 3/31/2008 -0700, Dana  Puopolo wrote
>Then, unfortunately for us, these clowns now seem to be the RULE, not the
>exception.
>Your kind of financial guy is as extinct as the Bald Eagle.
>BUT..let's hope they wind up coming back (like the eagle)...before it's too
>late!