Feds use fear and intimidation to Close Santa Barbara Medical Cannabis Coops

" DEA Targets City-Regulated Facitilites: Dep't of Republican Justice? Cal. NORML Release - Sept 18, 2008 In response to federal threats...

Struggling to find a dog's house

Thousands of dogs and cats face a bleak future in Britain because their owners are being forced to rent homes due to a housing downturn and landlords will not accept pets " Landlords are in the dog-house with a...

He's black, and he's back! Private enterprise saves southern Africa's rhino f...

Great news for the Black Rhino. Sometimes private enterprise can work hand in hand with conservation as this scheme shows."A pioneering scheme which allows private landlords to own and breed wild rhinoceroses has...

2010 Olympics: Whistler Housing Shortage Averted.

Opinion, Barry Artiste, Now Public Contributor In what can only be seen as a combination of McDonalds and WalMart moxy colliding in providing value for Olympic workers and visitors to Whistler, a Housing crisis has...

Buy-To-Let Tax Shock

Her Majesties Inland Revenue fears that UK buy-to-let property owners are not declaring their profits and notification obligations and is now taking tougher action to recover moneys that should have been paid. "The...

Desperate plight of Nepal 'slave girls'

This is a sad article about the near-slavery or, more appropriately, indentured servitude, that many Nepali girls find themselves sucked in to. The regions of remote Western Nepal - which I had the opportunity to...

Matchmaking: Tenant Market matches Landlords and Tenants

No forced marriages here, 'Tenant Market' takes the middleman out of the equation by connecting Landlords and Tenants directly. They also mention 'The Cluetrain Manifesto' as an influence.

N. Jersey town sued over immigration law

"PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - Civil rights campaigners and business groups sued the New Jersey township of Riverside on Wednesday over a law that seeks to crack down on illegal immigration. The law called the Illegal Immigration Relief Act, passed by Riverside's city council in...

Escondido: no renting to illegals

"ESCONDIDO, Calif. — Authorities in Escondido passed a controversial measure Wednesday to prohibit landlords from renting to illegal immigrants, a law that opponents say is racist. The city is the latest of several from California to Pennsylvania that have recently passed...

Anatomy of a credit score

During a shopping spree a few months ago, I opened several retail credit-card accounts to take advantage of an immediate 10% discount on that day's purchases. Surely this familiar offer was risk-free as long as I paid my bills on time, right?It wasn't until I reported this...

Neath Port Talbot council clamp down on landlords | Port Talbot Chat

Landlords that are neglecting their properties will soon face tougher legislation to help weed them out. Neath Port Talbot Council has introduced a new licensing system to ensure better quality conditions for tenants. The new system, which was brought in under the...

Cities Across Nation Crack Down On Illegals

Frustrated by federal inaction, new measures spark growing movement

Altoona City Introduces Ordinance On Illegals

Altoona City Council Wednesday introduced an ordinance designed to make it difficult for illegal aliens to live here.

As I predicted

"See my Smoking At Home Will Be Banned I was doing a humble Johathan Swift imitation when fiction became fact; Landlords using Quebec's new smoking ban to weed out smokers"

Immigration Is Clearly The No. 1 Domestic Issue, And Escondido Is Not Unaffected

The Police Department has recently launched a renewed effort to team with agents from Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and Border Patrol, so illegal immigrants committing felonies are more likely to be deported. Copy & Click this...

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