"A republic, if you can keep it." Vegas, taxes.
"A republic, if you can keep it." Vegas, taxes.
California cities irked by borrowing plan California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, wants to invoke a 2004 law to force municipalities to loan the state 8% of their property tax revenues. Administrators of already cash-strapped cities and counties said the loans would…
We’ve “stopped falling off a cliff.” Oh, sure, sure. Now we’re bouncing down the scree: Housing starts unexpectedly slid 13 percent to an annual rate of 458,000, led by a 46 percent tumble in multifamily starts, which tend to be…
Comedy writer Andrea Wachner says about Palos Verdes High School: When she received the invitation to attend her 10-year reunion, she said she would not have dreamed of going because she hated her years at the school, where BMW and…
A new twist on Disney and their recurring theme of dead mothers and traumatized babies — this time its dead babies and traumatized mothers. Bob and I saw (part of) the new Disney movie, “Earth”, tonight. Typical Disney set-up of…
A new swine flu with “pandemic potential” is spreading in Mexico, and has reportedly also been sickening those in the United States. It bears re-posting: There’s not much you can do about a influenza pandemic except “be prepared.” It is…
“We don’t pay taxes. Only the little people pay taxes.” – Leona Helmsley, tax defier. In 2008 the Department of Justice revitalized their efforts to track down and prosecute tax evaders and those formerly known as tax protesters. The new “TAXDEF”…