Chemical experts sent to the home of Russian oligarch Boris Berezovsky who was found dead ‘in bath’

ShareThis Chemical experts sent to the home of Russian oligarch Boris Berezovsky who was found dead ‘in bath’ 23 Mar 2013 Officers trained to deal with chemical and radiological threats have been sent to the home of Boris Berezovsky, the exiled Russian oligarch who was found dead on Saturday.  Police investigating the circumstances of the [...]

World Trade Center developer Silverstein in $666 million deal in Poland

World Trade Center developer Larry Silverstein is going global for the first time, teaming up with Poland’s richest man for a $666 million property deal in Warsaw. Their first purchase was an eight-story Warsaw office building in August, and they are working on plans to add towers to the Polish capital’s skyline. The partnership is [...]

How to Avoid Unfair Property Taxes; Top 15 Highest Property Tax Counties

By SUSANNA KIM, ABC News The battered real estate market has another side effect that often goes overlooked, consumer finance and tax experts say: Millions of homeowners are unknowingly paying too much property tax. According to the National Taxpayers Union, about 30 percent of properties in the U.S. are assessed at higher values than they [...]

Property tax collections to start downward trend

By Dennis Cauchon, USA TODAY More than five years after real estate prices began to tumble, Americans are finally starting to get property tax breaks on their devalued homes, a USA TODAY analysis finds. Cities, counties and school districts today collect 20% more in property taxes than they did in 2006 when home values were [...]

How Sustainable Development is Transforming Property Rights

How Sustainable Development is Transforming Property Rights

In this “show and tell” presentation, you will learn how state federal and world leaders are intervening in every county in the U.S. to prod us toward a new kind of local community that few want. John Anthony traces each step of Agenda 21 or Sustainable Development, from its 1987 inception to your backyard in [...]

Shouting Cameras Bark Orders At Residents To Leave Their Own Property

Residents of a block of flats in North London were outraged to discover cameras in their gardens barking out orders, telling them to leave the area immediately and that they were being monitored by the authorities. In a scene that wouldn’t look out of place in the movie Robocop, one resident captured footage of the [...]

Poll: Most oppose assault weapon ban

From CBSNews.com A new poll indicates that more and more people now have guns in their homes, and that America’s attitude towards gun-control may be shifting. According to a new Gallup poll, 47 percent of Americans report having a gun on their property, up from 41 percent a year ago. It’s the highest number Gallup [...]

Feds to shut down California medicinal pot dispensary, ignore 10th amendment

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Federal prosecutors have launched a crackdown on pot dispensaries in California, warning the stores that they must shut down in 45 days or face criminal charges and confiscation of their property even if they are operating legally under the state’s 15-year-old medical marijuana law. In an escalation of the ongoing conflict between the U.S. government [...]

LA Mayor Calls for $8B Property Tax Hike

By James Nash and Christopher Palmeri, Bloomberg.com Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa proposed dismantling California’s Proposition 13, which helped begin a nationwide anti-tax movement, in favor of a “grand bargain” that would boost levies on business property. The Democrat who leads California’s largest city called on Governor Jerry Brown not to shrink from making sweeping [...]

Annual 9/11 Film Festival, 2011

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Film Festival program and information   Grand Lake Theater, 3200 Grand Ave., Oakland   August 17, 2011 Press Advisory. Join us on this ten-year anniversary of the tragedy of 9/11 as we explore the truth of this traumatic event and what it means. As we mourn our losses, we seek to honor the dead and [...]