Monteverde After working all morning we drove a couple of three hours to San Elena and Monteverde and the cloud forests, finding ourselves surprisingly rising above the beautiful bright to a land of rain, wind, and, happily, rainbows. We were blocked from the Nacional Biological Reserve because trees were falling, but we were not disappointed. …
Month: January 2010
US Census Backlash Hurts Cities
Monteverde Admittedly in the 24-hour news cycle the memory lasts about the same length of time, but it wasn’t that long ago that we got to read about the cave-in of the U. S. Census Bureau to the partisan assault on their partnerships, including ACORN and more recently SEIU. This is all rich since it’s …
Finally Regulating Tax Preparers
Octatel This may be a case of doing the right thing for the wrong reason, but under any circumstance, it is good news for the the 60% of American taxpayers who pay money to tax preparers for help with their returns: the IRS finally announced that they are going to require certification and registration for …