News New York Town Implements Libertarian Taxing Strategy
05/12/2012
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Tom Rhodes
New Rochelle N.Y., looking at decreased revenue and increased costs, like many US towns is strapped for cash. Being responsible to its citizens and recognizing that they have limited funds, in their 2012 budget New Rochelle eliminated some of their t
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Matt Schnackenberg
News Hundreds of 5-year-old municipal vehicles found in Miami that were never used
04-26-2012
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Have you ever bought a brand new cars only to forget where you put it? How about 300 of them? Probably not – unless you're Miami-Dade County, which was recently reunited with 298 vehicles it bought brand new in 2006
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Feature Article Doug Casey on Taxes and Freedom Doug Casey
The always-outspoken Doug Casey addresses a broader view of taxation and its costs to both individuals and society in general in this interview with Louis James.
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News Michigan Treasurer says Detroit to run out of money by May
01-11-2012
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Reuters
The struggling city of Detroit is on track to run out of money in May said the Michigan Treasurer.
A team is looking at Detroit's financial picture to assess if the city needs an emergency manager to take over operations. It was the first time the 1
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News The Secret Revolution in North Dakota
12-03-2011
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activistpost.com
North Dakota citizens may abolish property taxes, allowing them more control over government spending. Nearly 30,000 signatures were collected to place the people's initiative on the ballot in June, 2012 that would constitutionally abolish all prope
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News Happy Meal Ban: McDonald's Outsmarts San Francisco
11-30-2011
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On Thursday, Dec. 1, the city's de facto ban of the Happy Meal commences. San Francisco has accomplished what the Hamburglar could not. Or has it?
In order to include a toy with a meal, restaurants must now comply with city-generated nutritional s
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News NYC sues roll-your-own cigarette shops over taxes
11-22-2011
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AP
There is no place in the U.S. more expensive to smoke than New York City, where the taxes alone will set you back $5.85 per pack. Yet, addicts who visit Island Smokes, a "roll-your-own" cigarette shop in Chinatown, can walk out with an entire 10-pack
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News Get ready to start paying these taxes too
11-09-2011
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Sovereign Man/Simon Black
You see, the United States is on a one-way collision course with its financial judgment day; the country long ago passed the historical point of no return– the point at which it has to start borrowing money simply to pay interest on the money it has
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News Want to drive a cab in New York? That will be $1,000,000 please!
10-22-2011
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The Political Commentator
Two New York City taxi medallions sold this week for $1,000,000!
Of all the investments one could have made the past 30 years, buying a NYC taxi medallion would have been one of the best.
While the stock market has risen in that period 1,100% t
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Michael Haltman
News Auto Owners Beware -- D.C. Cops Throw Drivers in Jail for Expired Tags
10-06-2011
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FOX News
In a city that hosts its fair share of murders and terror plots, Washington, D.C., police are cracking down on another threat to the nation's capital -- expired vehicle registrations. To the frustration of forgetful drivers, Metropolitan Police Depa
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News Americans Should Be Able to Sell Stuff Without a Permit
08-31-2011
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The Atlantic Monthly
In a small municipality on the shores of Lake Michigan, a town council passed a law earlier this summer that is especially objectionable in tough economic times. "It is in the interest of public safety and welfare to require certain individuals to ob
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News Foreclosure-Gate: State Officials Starting to Question Securitization Fail
08-26-2011
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NakedCapitalism.com/
I’ve been wondering when cash strapped states might look to the apparent failure of mortgage securitizations to adhere to REMIC rules as a possible trigger for tax assessments.
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News South Dakota schools cut costs with 4-day week
08-22-2011
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AP
When the nearly 300 students of the Irene-Wakonda School District returned to school this week, they found a lot of old friends, teachers and familiar routines awaiting them. But one thing was missing: Friday classes.
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News Judge rules Little Rock bus line wrong to deny atheist ads
08-12-2011
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Rawstory
A federal judge ruled the free speech of a coalition of atheists had been violated when Little Rock's public bus line denied them the right to place $5,000 worth of ads on 18 publicly-funded city buses during Memorial Day weekend.
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Letters to the Editor Phoenix wants you to vote to "Raise Their Debt Ceiling"
Written by: Ernest Hancock
Below is the editorial I sent to the Republic:
by Roy Miller
Below is the editorial I sent to the Republic:
Vote NO on Phoenix Proposition One
All Phoenix voters need to know about Proposition One is that a yes vote
will let Phoenix conti
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News NM Mayor: I Was Quite Drunk When I Signed Those $1 Million Contracts
08-05-2011
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TPM
Ever have one of those nights where you wake up with a hangover and $1 million worth of architecture contracts?
No? Martin Resendiz (D), the Mayor of Sunland Park, New Mexico, certainly has.
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News Un-BEE-lievable: NYC Fines Man $2,000 For Not Watering His Hive
07-15-2011
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CBS News
t’s a new one in the annals of city government. The cash-strapped Bloomberg administration has mounted a “sting operation” against city beekeepers — ticketing a Douglaston man an unbelievable $2,000 for not watering his beehive.
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News Food Trucks Get Unfriendly Reception in Detroit
07-10-2011
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The Agitator
You know, if I were a city politician in Detroit, I’d be working like hell to make the city as business-friendly as possible.
Yet . . .
Jeff Aquilina and partner Justin Kava — chef veterans of Matt Prentice’s restaurant operations — were in
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News Towns Take Hit From Rise in Tax Appeals
05-09-2011
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NY Times
Local governments here in well-to-do Westchester County are being overwhelmed by property tax appeals, driven by a growing industry of companies seeking reductions in homeowners’ bills in exchange for a share of their savings.
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News Gonzalo Lira: Shakedown Nation
04-23-2011
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Gonzalolira.blogspot.com/
How many counties and municipalities and States are doing what Mono County did—acting no better than thugs? Especially now, after they got themselves in the nightmare fiscal situation most of them are in—how many are retroactively...
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News Could Declining House Values Spark the Next Taxpayer Rebellion?
03-30-2011
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OfTwoMinds.com/blog
You might think property taxes have declined 30%, paralleling declines in housing values. But nope--property tax revenues have shot up 27% just since 2006.
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News Providence plans to pink slip all teachers
02-23-2011
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The school district plans to send out dismissal notices to every one of its 1,926 teachers, an unprecedented move that has union leaders up in arms.
In a letter sent to all teachers Tuesday, Supt. Tom Brady wrote that the Providence School Board o
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News Foreclosure-Gate: Counties Engaged In Tax Fraud?
02-07-2011
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Market-ticker.org
The county folks have been counting this sham transaction as a "sale" for tax purposes. The banks have been counting this sham transaction for balance sheet valuation purposes. The county residents have been getting royally screwed...
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Headlines: Foreclosure-Gate: Counties Engaged In Tax Fraud? -- Providence plans to pink slip all teachers -- Could Declining House Values Spark the Next Taxpayer Rebellion? -- Gonzalo Lira: Shakedown Nation -- Towns Take Hit From Rise in Tax Appeals -- Food Trucks Get Unfriendly Reception in Detroit -- Un-BEE-lievable: NYC Fines Man $2,000 For Not Watering His Hive -- NM Mayor: I Was Quite Drunk When I Signed Those $1 Million Contracts -- Phoenix wants you to vote to "Raise Their Debt Ceiling" -- Judge rules Little Rock bus line wrong to deny atheist ads -- South Dakota schools cut costs with 4-day week -- Foreclosure-Gate: State Officials Starting to Question Securitization Fail -- Americans Should Be Able to Sell Stuff Without a Permit -- Auto Owners Beware -- D.C. Cops Throw Drivers in Jail for Expired Tags -- Want to drive a cab in New York? That will be $1,000,000 please! -- Get ready to start paying these taxes too -- NYC sues roll-your-own cigarette shops over taxes -- Happy Meal Ban: McDonald's Outsmarts San Francisco -- The Secret Revolution in North Dakota -- Michigan Treasurer says Detroit to run out of money by May -- Doug Casey on Taxes and Freedom -- Hundreds of 5-year-old municipal vehicles found in Miami that were never used -- New York Town Implements Libertarian Taxing Strategy --
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