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Jefferson and the bar
Some believe that deans of law schools who recruit students with deceptive practices should be disbarred. Law professors at such law schools should also be relieved of their law licenses due to guilt by association. http://taxprof.typepad.com/taxprof_blog/2012/12/d…— January 8, 2013 11:55 p.m.
San Diegan guilty of basketball heist
Carjacking and kidnapping are serious offenses. Transporting the victim over state lines was a serious error that probably triggered federal offenses. They probably netted $2,000 or less from the crime. The pair could have probably netted more cash by robbing a string of banks and have faced less prison time if caught. The risk versus reward trade off from this crime appears to be extremely low. These individuals are real losers.— January 8, 2013 11:19 p.m.
Guaderrama out as Paso Robles police chief
Maynard G. Krebs has been appointed Chief in Paso Robles.— January 5, 2013 8:46 p.m.
Shames sues UCAN
Shames probably fears that UCAN will sue him to obtain repayment of excess pay and fees some board members claim he took without board authorization. His strategy appears to be intended to create a claim for libel damages to offset UCAN's potential claim for unauthorized pay. He could offer to drop the libel suit if UCAN agrees to drop any claim for excess pay. It could also be that UCAN has untapped insurance that would pay any libel claim and pay for legal representation even though the organization is financially strapped. UCAN directors have liability insurance as well. Claims could be filed against them to obtain insurance company payouts. There's no sense in letting an unused insurance policy go to waste, especially if it's sitting there ripe for the plucking like low hanging fruit.— January 5, 2013 10:02 a.m.
Stolen Corvette surfaces from Morena storage unit 24 years later
The story below answers most of your questions. http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/national_…— January 2, 2013 9:06 p.m.
Subsidized sports: Arizona asininity
It looks like Papa Don's version of the history is correct. A bankruptcy judge and the NHL was involved in this complex situation. Glendale was trying to get the team since at least 1999, maybe earlier. See link below. In any event Papa Don's point appears to be that Glendale's involvement in sports has led the city to lay off employees and slash city services. The whole history of this deal is described in the many articles linked at the Canadian website below. These facts are so complicated that nobody could summarize them in a blog http://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/story/2009/06/09/…— January 1, 2013 3:32 p.m.
Green eggs, green coal?
There's a green company in Frisco named Lorax Development. A lot of companies are encroarching on Doc Suess's intellectual property. Karl ought to start checking birth certificates to make sure nobody's named their son Lorax. http://www.loraxdevelopment.com/— December 31, 2012 3:07 p.m.
Stolen Corvette surfaces from Morena storage unit 24 years later
This appears to be a case of theft by conversion. Can a thief who steals by conversion obtain legal title to stolen property merely by possessing the property until the criminal statute expires?— December 29, 2012 11:28 p.m.
Housing: SD beats other metro areas
A lot of foreclosed properties are being bought by hedge funds at 20% above fair market value. These properties remain in the name of the original lender but are managed by contractors the hedge funds hire. Since hedge funds don't actually take title to properties, nobody knows for sure how many houses hedge funds own in the San Diego area. You have to be politically connected to get in on these deals. Hedge funds don't actually pay cash for the properties, but agree to pay the lender back when the properties are acutally sold, plus a share of any profit. Through this technique lenders reduce write-offs and avoid insolvency. Lenders also transfer the burden of managing foreclosed properties to hedge funds. Through this "hidden hand" the current price of real estate exceeds actual fair market value by 20% or more.— December 26, 2012 10:58 a.m.
Stolen Corvette surfaces from Morena storage unit 24 years later
With storage costs, it looks like the thief lost money on the deal.— December 24, 2012 6:51 p.m.