The Privatopia Papers

cbs4.com - Condo Assessments Can Be A Scourge To A Homeowner : "FT. LAUDERDALE (CBS4) ― A raging dispute over condo association fees bo...

Daily Herald | Associations need to face troubled times square on : "If you own a home in a townhouse or condominium association, or an...

Food Crisis Starts Eclipsing Climate Change Worries | The New York Sun : "With prices for rice, wheat, and corn soaring, food-related u...

cbs2.com - Countrywide CEO Made $132M In 2007 Pay, Stock Sale : "CALABASAS, Calif. (AP) ― A securities filing shows Countrywide Financi...

We're from the federal government, and we're here to help you: New Orleans floodwalls stuffed with newspaper? : "“It's like...

Humans lived in tiny, separate bands for 100,000 years : "Human beings for 100,000 years lived in tiny, separate groups, facing harsh c...

Why the next mortgage crisis may be worse. - By Mark Gimein - Slate Magazine : "Unfortunately, the crisis in California is going to get...

Dead actor Roy Scheider donates to Barack Obama campaign anyway : Top of the Ticket : Los Angeles Times Now that's commitment.

Condominium controversy: Mundy Township couple sue their condo association over $30,000 lien involved in Web site debate - The Flint Journal...

The Orillia Packet & Times - Ontario, CA: Community association granted party status : "A group of homeowners objecting to the scal...

TorontoSun.com - Canada- Ban lifted on drying laundry outside : "It's time to get over any hang ups with clotheslines. Ontario will...

Bloomberg.com: Worldwide : "April 21 (Bloomberg) -- Bank of America Corp., the second- largest U.S. bank, said profit dropped for a thi...

New York Times Company Posts Loss - New York Times : "The New York Times Company, the parent of The New York Times, posted a $335,000 l...

Foreclosed properties stiffing homeowner, condo associations : "An ironic twist on the foreclosure problem: What if the banks that rep...

globeandmail.com: Vancouver transit riders tasered for not paying fares : "VANCOUVER — The country's only armed transit police have...

My Way News - 5.4 earthquake rocks Illinois; felt 450 miles away : "WEST SALEM, Ill. (AP) - A 5.4 magnitude earthquake that appeared to...

Senate OKs sweeping property insurance changes -- South Florida Sun-Sentinel.com I like this bill, but it looks like it won't pass in th...

Huge state quake predicted within 30 years : "(04-14) 11:32 PDT SAN FRANCISCO -- A strong and deadly earthquake is virtually certain to...

Punditry | Professor Bainbridge on Barack Obama: Is he a Marxist? Law prof Stephen Bainbridge on how far to left is Obama?

As other staples soar, potatoes break new ground | Reuters I was thinking that if some of these rust belt cities like Youngstown (see below)...