Archive for March, 2009

Jacksonville's foreclosure problems get another mention in today's New York Times: City officials and housing advocates here and in cities as varied as Buffalo, Kansas City, Mo., and Jacksonville, Fla., say they are seeing an unsettling development: Banks are quietly declining to take possession of properties at the end of the foreclosure process, most often... »

Funny that a Waste Management-related ad would pop up...  It reminds me to mention...  A week or so ago, I was privileged to receive a call from the Mayor's Office requesting a meeting.  I've been wanting to share the details of that meeting and my analysis of his approach to the Trail Ridge Landfill... »

Jacksonville Young Democrats are out with another ad on the Landfill contract. »

Wondering which companies have been receiving federal subsidies - or as we more accurately term them, bail outs?  Wondering where AIG funneled all the federal bailout money they received?  Well, wonder no more.  Pew Charitable Trusts has launched a new website, subsidyscope.com,  dedicated to raising public awareness of federal subsidies.  Pew plans to build the searchable... »