Week of 5/20/2021

We remain encouraged by continued vaccinations and hope the trend continues. We enjoyed Brad McMillan’s story of his return to in-person work at Commonwealth and imagine it mirrors many other people’s experiences. We realized that we had not announced this, but please consider our office fully open for in-person appointments. We have been vaccinated and are comfortable meeting without masks per current guidelines. If you prefer to meet wearing masks, we are happy to accommodate you.

Nearly every business-owner that we speak to who is looking for additional employees is finding it difficult to fill open jobs. Our experience is anecdotal, but includes food service, dry cleaning, construction, and medical. We talked about inflation last week, but this piece provides an in-depth explanation on the topic. According to AAA, the average price of a gallon of gasoline reached $3.04 last Friday (5/14/21), up 79 cents/gallon YTD. The last time gasoline closed a calendar year above $3 a gallon was 2013. A CIA agent, working undercover in Uganda, sang in a band called the Kampala Jazz All-Stars to recruit local assets. The band became so popular that he inadvertently became a local celebrity. Walt Disney World has revised their mask policy to require their use only when inside. For anyone who knows what it is like during the summer, the timing couldn’t be better. Also, we learned that Richard Nixon was once accidentally kidnapped by Walt Disney when Disney asked a monorail driver to take off, leaving then-VP Nixon’s security detail behind.

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