{"id":23075,"date":"2017-11-17T19:57:17","date_gmt":"2017-11-18T01:57:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.davidmcelroy.org\/?p=23075"},"modified":"2017-11-17T19:57:17","modified_gmt":"2017-11-18T01:57:17","slug":"giving-up-politics-left-me-flat-broke-its-time-to-earn-some-money-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/davidmcelroy.org\/?p=23075","title":{"rendered":"Giving up politics left me flat broke; it\u2019s time to earn some money again"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Those of you who have been with me since this site started more than seven years ago know that I used to work in politics. I made a lot of money as a successful political consultant years ago, but my conscience eventually forced me to get out — for reasons I\u2019ve explained before.<\/p>\n

For the last five or six years, I\u2019ve been trying to figure out what’s next for me — and it’s been a serious financial struggle. I had done well in the past as a newspaper editor and publisher, but newspapers are dying. Politics was now out for me, too. So what made sense? I knew some things I wanted in the long term, but I haven’t had any idea how to get there. Now it’s time to let you know what I’ve settled on — for those who are interested.<\/p>\n

Nothing is going to change about what I write on this site, but I wanted to explain to you what I’m doing. So I went into the in-house studio at Bluff Park Realty a few minutes ago — which is really just a room in the back that I’ve commandeered for marketing — to give you the basics. This is just a brief chat for friends, not a rehearsed presentation suitable for anybody else. I hope you don’t mind.<\/p>\n