Article: Biz owners fight back; Fed up with government miscues, entrepreneurs lobby for change.(Small Business Report)(Dr. Ron Cohen - biotechnology entrepreneur)(Bob Cutrona president of Project One Services Inc)

Byline: Judith Messina

As a child, Jennifer Carey was always impressed with her grandmother, a nursing home operator, and with how hard she worked to make her business successful. It was only as Ms. Carey got older that she realized just how much time her grandmother had to devote daily to coping with myriad government requirements.

"I realized that [each business] has a silent partner: the government,'' says Ms. Carey, founder of Manhattan-based JLC Environmental Consultants Inc.

Rather than sit back and swallow mandates from her silent partners in Washington, Albany and City Hall, Ms. Carey has joined dozens of other small business owners in ...

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