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Archive for March 1st, 2006
Wednesday, March 1, 2006 You say created, we say chartered By Steve Sebelius It's told-you-so time.
State Sen. Bob Beers, our lookalike in the upper house, admits his Tax and Spending Control initiative is flawed. Seems the spending limits (population plus inflation combined) may apply only to the state government and cities "chartered" by the state.
Counties? School districts? Special-improvement districts? Not so much. Since they are general-law [...]
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Wednesday, March 1, 2006 Some Quick Hits to tide you over! By Steve Sebelius • The Associated Press reports the White House rejected a call from some congressional Democrats for President George W. Bush to appoint a special prosecutor to look into Bush's authorizing the National Security Agency to eavesdrop on American citizens' phone calls without getting a warrant, in violation of the Fourth Amendment.
Gee, there's a big [...]
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Wednesday, March 1, 2006 Pardon our technical difficulties By Steve Sebelius No, the blog hasn't been cancelled or killed by a virus! It's just changed servers, to an all new server with powers and abilities far beyond those of mere mortal servers. Or something.
In any case, Various Things & Stuff will be back soon with all-new naked outrage, in just a short while.
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Wednesday, March 1, 2006 Housing market faces a new wrinkle By Ian Mylchreest Speculators selling homes that are near new is slowing orders for new homes, reports the Los Angeles Times. Thos investors kept the market red hot last year but now they may be adding to the slowdown.
The paper cites one seller who has had a Riverside home on the market and has had 100 inquiries [...]
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Wednesday, March 1, 2006 Airfares are on the rise By Ian Mylchreest One important sign of change in the airline industry is JetBlue's move to raise prices to cover its soaring fuel costs, reports the New York Times. The move is being tried out on the airline's popular New York-Miami route but would obviously spread elsewhere if it succeeds.
One problem for the airline is that as a [...]
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Wednesday, March 1, 2006 High court okays joint ventures By Ian Mylchreest The Supreme Court has given its blessing to joint ventures and thrown out a challenge alleging that they were a cover for price-fixing, reports Bloomberg. The case involved a challenge to a joint venture between Shell and Chevron to refine and sell gasoline.
Of course, if the case had gone ahead, many large companies had feared [...]
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