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 [...]

Tea Party Voters Fleeing Cain For Gingrich?

BY: NOAH ROTHMAN, politicology. Two national polls of Republican primary voters released today, one from Marist / McClatchy and the other from CBS News, show former House Speaker Newt Gingrich surging. This confirms what pundits have chronicled for several weeks – that Gingrich’s campaign has entirely recovered from mistakes earlier in the year due to [...]

Internet shut off at Wall Street protest, part of the agenda?

Internet shut off at Wall Street protest

Several activists are reporting that internet signals and access are being blocked at the “Occupy Wall Street” protest in New York. This same tactic has recently been employed at Bay Area Rapid Transit protests on the opposite side of the continent in San Francisco to shut down cell phone service. See a trend? It is [...]