West Palm Beach The boosterish headline in the West Palm Beach paper was curious and somewhat contradictory. They were trumpeting the fact that the “values” of houses were “bargains” and should be swiftly picked up because the comparable available prices in this normally high flying market had not existed for 15 years or more. Not …
Month: May 2011
The Right Advances; Parenthood Defunding Continues, O’Keefe Wins Tax Exemption
West Palm Beach People are pretty excited here South Florida about the Miami Heat’s victory at least folks who actually live here, since the airports and highways seem to be swarming with folks sick of the cold country looking for warmer weather and mainly willing to memorialize the sun itself this weekend. Add to that …
Banks Silently Step up on Remittances
Atlanta On ACORN International’s Remittance Justice Campaign (www.remittancejustice.org) we have had difficulty getting any response from the big banks except in the most cursory terms. Wells Fargo did finally reply and told us they were doing great within a small footprint of countries. Bank of America and JP Morgan/Chase were stone silent. Not surprisingly given …