Today was Tom’s last day with the SBA Office of Advocacy as its chief counsel.

Now, I’ll admit it. I have opinions. I take sides. And, I’m told, it’s pretty clear how I’m inclined to vote based on the things that I write.

Among other things, my admiration for Mr. Sullivan can serve as a refutation of those who have sometimes accused me of partisan bias. Not that I’m saying I’m not biased, because I am.

I’m biased in favor of microbusinesses.

As for Tom, he is smart as well as shrewd, and perhaps one of the most outstandingly qualified individuals who has served in the Bush Administration. The only down side is that what he has been doing is relatively obscure and un-sexy, and far too few people pay attention to it.

Yet, his work has impacted the bottom line of millions upon millions of small business owners, who have been able to save billions of dollars in regulatory compliance costs over the last seven years through Advocacy’s … um … advocacy.

And the research funded and published by his office in that time has accomplished a very great deal for our overall understanding of small businesses, of microbusinesses, and of how both groups make critical contributions to the economy.

And you wonder why I’m a Tom Sullivan fan.

Best of all things to you, Tom. We’ll miss you.

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