Read the legals

Most of us say we love the small businesses and want to support them. When we support the small businesses in our community, we are supporting ourselves. If you are buying from a local business, your tax dollars stay in our community and help us all.

I was just looking at the pages of The Madera Tribune that we call the “Legals” and was pleased about how many of the ads are “Fictitious Business Name” ads. 

Let me explain what they are, for those of you who do not know.