...recession into next year. "You are probably looking to the middle of next year, into the second quarter," said Raymond Keating, chief economist with the Small Business Survival Committee, a Washington-based advocacy group. "For at least...

...salvage a plan after it was overwhelmingly defeated in a 1997 referendum. "It's been an uphill battle," said Raymond Keating, a Washington-based economist whose Small Business Survival Committee opposes the use of public funds for stadiums...