The Burke Blog
My money. My business. My life.

For those of you that were not aware, I’m coaching a five and six year old baseball team at Ooltewah Youth Association this year. We are the 5 & 6 Cubs.
I noticed before the season started how intense some of the other coaches were – almost too intense for this young age. At [...]

The headline reads “Minding Your Business,” and the photograph is me in my store on East Brainerd Road. Times Free Press staff writer, Jennifer Adkins, contacted me last week to interview me on a story she was working on that discussed young entrepreneurs entering the economy.
I was very impressed with the thoroughness of her [...]

Several years ago I purchased a 52″ Toshiba DLP Projection TV. I thought I had arrived! I had never had a television that large. Everything was wonderful…until the lamp went out.
I called Toshiba, and they informed me there was a recall on the lamp, and they would replace it for free. [...]

If you’re like me, you probably cringe every time you pull into a gas station to fill up your car. Here in Chattanooga, the average price for a gallon of regular unleaded has been treading around $3.65. How would you like to save 5% on every gas purchase you make no matter the [...]

I’m currently working on a site that will focus on building long term wealth by investing early and practicing fiscal responsibility. This article is an example of what might appear on that site.
How many of you have considered or are considering purchasing a hybrid vehicle in response to rising gas prices? I would [...]

I’m going to focus much of my writing over the next few months to financial talk. I’ll start today with how I completely wasted $2,600 over the past 12 months!
Around this time last year, local public golf course, Windstone, announced they would go private. For their membership drive, they were offering a no-initiation [...]

I sent out a letter to many of my supporters today explaining my reasoning for withdrawing from the Hamilton County School Board Race.  Below is a copy of the email:
I hope this message finds each of you doing well as we approach the summer months.  As many of you have already heard, I have withdrawn [...]

Definitely a time waster, check out Escapa! It’s actually pretty cool and very addicting.
Below is a screen shot of it:

I normally dislike receiving forwards through email because I get at least 200 emails per day, but there are a few people who I’ve given the OK to send their chain letters. They know who they are because I’ve told them. They only forward me the really good ones – and 99.9% of [...]

I quit blogging back in March when I announced my candidacy for the Hamilton County District 7 School Board seat that was being vacated by Joe Conner. I really enjoyed being involved in the “Education Debate” in Hamilton County, and I had the opportunity to meet many people. My campaign team felt confident [...]