Ruskin business owners say inflation is their biggest concern this election [Video]

RUSKIN, Fla. — When asking small business owners in Ruskin what their biggest concern is for the upcoming election the answer was always the same: inflation.

Jeanine Dowling has owned Sheer Style Studio for the past six years. She said the people who sit in her chair are more than clients—they’re family.

“So I love it because I not only get to make people look beautiful on the outside but be there and help them on the inside,” said Dowling.

Dowling said it was heartbreaking to have to tell her loyal customers that she was raising her prices, but she had no choice.

“With the inflation, I’ve noticed now that my products have literally doubled or even tripled, so in February, for the first time in a long time, I actually had to put out a notice that I had to increase all my prices in order to be able …