John C Spies

Land acquisition, entitlement, permitting and project management; blues & live music addict, world news junkie, once decent ping pong player

John C Spies
flipped into WTF??
16 hours ago
Former judges who sent kids to jail for kickbacks must pay more than $200 million
NPR - The Associated Press
Two former Pennsylvania judges who orchestrated a scheme to send children to for-profit jails in exchange for kickbacks were ordered to pay more than $200 million to hundreds of people they victimized in one of the worst judicial scandals in U.S. history. U.S. District Judge Christopher Conner …
John C Spies
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11 hours ago
Inspiring Woman Becomes Professional Surfer Despite Shark Biting Head Off
theonion.com
SAN CLEMENTE, CA—In awe of the woman’s resilience, sources confirmed Friday that 23-year-old Maya Franklin had achieved her goal of becoming a …
John C Spies
flipped into Housing
1 hour ago
Home Appraised With a Black Owner: $472,000. With a White Owner: $750,000.
The New York Times - Debra Kamin
Last summer, Nathan Connolly and his wife, Shani Mott, welcomed an appraiser into their house in Baltimore, hoping to take advantage of historically low interest rates and refinance their mortgage. They believed that their house — improved with a new $5,000 tankless water heater and $35,000 in other …
John C Spies
flipped into Housing
8 hours ago
Existing home sales plunge for the sixth straight month and hit a 2-year low as the housing market’s cooldown intensifies
Business Insider - Alcynna Lloyd and Ben Winck
Demand in the US housing market is fading fast. Sales of previously owned homes slid for a sixth straight month in July to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 4.81 million units, the National Association of Realtors said Thursday. That's down 5.9% from June's pace and 20.2% from the year-ago rate. …
John C Spies
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6 hours ago
GOP Candidate Backed by Party Leadership Said Merrick Garland Should 'Probably Be Executed'
Rolling Stone - Nikki McCann Ramirez
Republican congressional candidate Carl Paladino told Breitbart listeners last week that Attorney General Merrick Garland “probably should be …
John C Spies
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10 hours ago
Capitalism Won’t Fix the Climate Crisis. It Will Also Not Survive It.
truthout.org - John Kendall Hawkins
Bill McGuire is a volcanologist and Emeritus Professor of Geophysical and Climate Hazards at University College London. His main interests include …