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AROUND SOUTH FLORIDA WITH ELGIN JONES 07-30-10 PDF Print E-mail
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elginjones3web.gifRUBIO’S PROPOSALS
Republican U.S. Senate candidate Marco Rubio sounded like a classic wing nut with a proposal for layoffs of federal workers to reduce federal spending. It was among a dozen or so measures the candidate said he would support to reduce the federal deficit. I wonder if he would support a 75-percent salary and benefits cut for U.S. senators.
 
AROUND SOUTH FLORIDA with ELGIN JONES 07-23-10 PDF Print E-mail
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elginjones3web.gifFORECLOSURE CRISIS
California was first. Florida followed, with the second-highest number of foreclosures in the nation during the first six months of 2010. Attorney Kenneth Eric Trent of Oakland Park won a foreclosure case by challenging the mortgage industry as a fraud. He is now preparing a class-action lawsuit against Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., or “MERS,” which is the clearing house of sorts for the mortgage industry. According to Trent, MERS allows banks to claim they are the owners of the note, when they are not. Trent successfully challenged MERS authority and validity in a recent case. He is now preparing a class-action lawsuit over the issue, which he expects to be duplicated around the country. He has set up ForeclosureDestoyer.com, where consumers can join the lawsuit.
 
AROUND SOUTH FLORIDA with ELGIN JONES 07-16-10 PDF Print E-mail
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elginjones3web.gifBOARD RE-ESTABLISHED
The re-established Homestead/Florida City Human Relations board held its first meeting on Thursday, July 15. The former board was dissolved in 2009 by former Homestead Mayor Lynda Bell and other council members. At time, there was a burgeoning controversy surrounding the participation of Confederate States groups in the annual Veterans Day parade and other events in the city. Rosemary Fuller, the former chair of the board, says it is time to pass the torch, and that she won’t be involved in the board any longer. Pat Mellerson, the former vice chair, said she will attend meetings, but is not sure what her role will be for now. What a shame.

 
AROUND SOUTH FLORIDA with ELGIN JONES 07-09-10 PDF Print E-mail
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elginjones3web.gifPOSTAL RATE HIKES
John Potter, the postmaster general of the U.S. Postal Service, is requesting wide-ranging rate hikes again, including a two-cent increase for a first-class stamp. That would bring the cost to 46 cents. Sweeping increases have also been requested for periodicals, packages, mail-box rentals and more. The U.S. Postal Service is facing a $7 billion deficit, and it has already cut 40,000 jobs. USPS is also considering closing hundreds of post offices, 12 of them in South Florida.

 
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