In April 2025, I was talking with fellow small business owners about executive orders that destroyed the market for my business. Some SBOs were in tariff purgatory. Others found out that contracts they had with the federal government were cancelled midstream. I realized that these aren’t problems of bad policy- these are violations of the rules that make it possible to run our businesses. The rule of law.

I started looking to see what the associations that represent us as small businesses were doing in response. What I heard was, “we’re not interested.”

Since then, I’ve been working with other small business owners to speak up directly about executive overreach and violations of the laws and rules that protect free enterprise.

Along with hundreds of other small business owners, I’m writing to say hello, and

Welcome to Integrity Matters. Here’s what we’ve been up to.