New Orleans Secretary Shaun Donovan and President Obama made yet another HUD announcement of another faux “program” to help foreclosure victims, which once again will not work and plays yet more patty cake with banks and their loan servicers. These charades have become something like a marker of seasons passing as we record yet more …
Category: Foreclosure
Truth in Banking for Welfare Queens and Wannabes
New Orleans When there is actual truth told about banks and bankers that may not mean anything will change, but at least it’s a good way to start the day. On the way to battle the Sioux warriors used to say, “this is a good day to die!” In the battle for banking accountability, this …
Springfield Story: Do We Learn from Disasters?
New Orleans There’s a t-shirt coming: global warming gonna get your mamma! The spate of disasters from Japan to Joplin, Birmingham, Alabama to Springfield, Mass brings all the horror home again. Living in New Orleans and still in recovery from Katrina and weaker and wiser from the experience, I keep an eye on these things, …