Skyrocketing Seed Prices Spur Antitrust Concerns Today the LA Times examines the rapid increase in the prices farmers pay for seeds. Spending on seeds grew to $17 billion last year—up an eye-popping 56 percent from 2006. The huge jump has farmers pressing for an investigation, and the departments of Justice and Agriculture are launching a...
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IRS visits Sacramento carwash in pursuit of 4 cents – Sacramento Business, Housing Market News It was every businessperson's nightmare. Arriving at Harv's Metro Car Wash in midtown Wednesday afternoon were two dark-suited IRS agents demanding payment of delinquent taxes. “They were deadly serious, very aggressive, very condescending,” says Harv's owner, Aaron Zeff. The really odd part...
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Fire Department Bills for Basic Services Horrify Residents, Insurance Companies By SARAH NETTER Feb. 4, 2010 It came in the mail less than a month after Darline Fairchild watched her family's home go up in flames — a bill for the nearly $28,000 it cost the fire department to extinguish the blaze. “I felt my body turn cold...
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Wrong student hauled out of class, arrested | Dallas – Fort Worth News | wfaa.com DALLAS – A Dallas mother said she is furious after her daughter was dragged out of class and hauled away to truancy court. The problem, Rebecca Gomez said, is that it was a case of mistaken identity. “It was very scary,” said...
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Overdue Library Books: Borrowers Arrested for Failing to Return Overdue Books, DVDs Handcuffed and in the back of a police cruiser, Aaron Henson wracked his brain trying to figure out how a simple speeding violation had led to his arrest. The answer from the Colorado State Patrol stunned him. Henson never returned the DVD he'd checked...
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Christian Leader Calls for Glenn Beck Boycott Over 'Social Justice' Comments — Politics Daily An evangelical leader in Washington called on Christians to boycott Glenn Beck, a week after the Fox News personality told his audience that “social justice,” the term many churches use to describe their efforts to address poverty and human rights, is...
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Why Are We Afraid to Tax the Super-Rich? | Civil Liberties We are told that we’re already living well beyond our means we’ve got to cut back on government programs at all levels. Meanwhile, the super-rich are still having a ball. March 12, 2010 | Our nation is already deeply in debt. How can we possibly...
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