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It's the city’s latest attempt to wring money out of what officials have dubbed “extreme scofflaws,” a string of companies that amassed more than $15 million in unpaid tickets tied to the condition of mostly-vacant lots.
Summary and audio linked here.
Much of the routine trade and investment between China and America is entirely appropriate and in America’s interest. But inserting the Chinese Communist Party into America’s pay-to-play system and its economic development strategy isn’t just crossing a line. It’s a leap into an abyss of stupidity.
Summary and audio linked here.
Illinois paid the price for embracing Fauci’s “science.” Here’s the retrospective.
Podcast link is here.
I used to run into Suzie and her late husband Michael all the time. Unfortunately, Michael died at a relatively young age. Most of these lots, if not all, were acquired in the Scavenger Sale tax auctions in the 2000s. For most, they probably paid between $250 to $1000 plus the cost of petitioning for tax deed. Michael and Suzie spent their life savings and legal careers acquiring these lots and managing a portfolio of tax liens. In general, these lots have sold for between 15k to 25k for the past 20 years! There has been basically no nominal value… Read more »