Posted on October 1st, 2011 by Carlo Capomazza
I don’t normally send out requests to sign petitions as I’m not sure how effective they are and I think we all get petitioned out. A personal call or letter to your elected official is often the best way to be heard.
* In this case though I think it is very important to respond to the request to sign the petition for the FairTax’s consideration on the whitehouse.gov site.
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Posted on March 8th, 2011 by Carlo Capomazza
The polls are closed as of 8:00 P.M. TONIGHT, Tuesday, March 8. West Hollywood’s City Channel 10 will start broadcasting election results at 9:00pm, minutes from now – which will also be streamed online live on WeHoTV. Don’t have video? Click here and then refresh your browser often to see the results roll in [...]
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Posted on April 30th, 2010 by Carlo Capomazza
Everyone knows tax increases are coming.
But a Wall Street Journal editorial explains that these hikes will be bigger than expected, with taxes on dividends nearly tripling.
Last week, the Senate Budget Committee passed a fiscal 2011 budget that includes a 164 percent increase in the top dividend tax rate to 39.6 percent from 15 percent now.
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Posted on April 28th, 2010 by Carlo Capomazza
The Fed reiterated its expectation that the benchmark fed
funds rate would remain “exceptionally low,” as it has since
December 2008, for “an extended period,” despite growing
concerns among policy makers that the stance was too
constraining.
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Posted on April 19th, 2010 by Carlo Capomazza
It has never been easy to get your foot onto the first rung of the property ladder but in these economic times, it seems harder than ever. Fortunately, these tough times have brought about some more creative ways to get into property. We are talking about rent to buy schemes.
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Posted on January 26th, 2010 by Carlo Capomazza
HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION ACTIONS in West Hollywood, CA.
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Posted on January 4th, 2010 by Carlo Capomazza
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Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke said that the central bank’s low interest rates didn’t cause the last decade’s housing bubble and that better regulation would have been more effective in limiting the boom.
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Posted on January 3rd, 2010 by Carlo Capomazza
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Question: There are 58 units in our common-interest development. Last January our homeowner association annual assessment fees went up $52. Is a ballot vote consisting of 27 owners legally binding to approve that increase?
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