Word: thompson
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...With reporting by Aaron J. Klein / Sderot, Jamil Hamad / Bethlehem and Mark Thompson / Washington
...boss has been around even longer. Owner Frank Thompson, 77, who has been selling cars for 57 years, still brown-bags his lunch every day and puts in 40-45 hours a week, remembers even darker days for dealers: the oil embargo in 1973. Having lived through tough times before, Thompson was ready this time. In July, when he began to notice "For Sale" signs seemingly reproducing on neighborhood lawns overnight and hearing new horror stories every day about people who were upside-down on their mortgages, Thompson put his Dodge salesmen on salary, so they wouldn't have...
...Then in September, Thompson cut his own salary 30% and slashed the rent the dealership pays him for the land he owns underneath the cars. "The sacrifice starts at the top," he said...
...week. But December's numbers are solid, he said, thanks in part to his deep roots in the community and solid ties to bankers. Compared to many dealers, Overland Park Jeep Dodge hasn't been troubled by lack of consumer credit. All of his 70 employees have safe jobs, Thompson declared...
...Thompson has faith in that flame. "I love this business even in the worst of times - it's still fun for me," he said, with confidence...