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Welcome to the World! Jason and Kate Koler had a baby boy on Wednesday! I have composed a wish list for the heir to the Keys Weekly Empire… Josh Mothner 03/27/09 0
A “Tail” of Two Districts You just have to love our elected representatives. Each Friday I have the pleasure of discussing the state legislature with our State Representative Ron Saunders on my radio show (Morning Mix, 94.3). Ron, unlike many of his brethren, is knowledgeable and honest about the issues we discuss… Josh Mothner 03/23/09 0
In A Pig’s Earmark Economic stimulus and recovery plan; $720 billion. Foreclosure bailout plan; $75 million. Conversations about what’s going on; priceless! Josh Mothner 03/09/09 0
Is Turnabout Really Fair Play? peculation and disagreement are abound when it comes to the billions of dollars being tossed around the by Federal Government. Josh Mothner 02/28/09 0
Pay Not Attention To The Man Behind The Curtain I guess another $75 billion isn’t much compared to the trillions we’ve already committed… Josh Mothner 02/20/09 0
Maybe, just maybe Paying attention, really close attention, to the news about the Real Estate market could conceivably drive one insane. We hear about thousands of foreclosures… Josh Mothner 02/14/09 0
Hey Florida, Who’s Got Your Back? Charlie Crist, Florida’s Republican Governor, thinks that President Obama’s stimulus package would be good for our cash starved state. Josh Mothner 02/07/09 0
We’re From the Government And We’re Here to Help………Really! Lillian Smith wrote, “Faith and doubt are both needed – not as antagonists, but working side by side to take us around the unknown curve.” Josh Mothner 01/31/09 0
Witness On Tuesday, January 20, 2009, the warnings about the weather were accurate. The warnings about road closures and large crowds were precise. The inauguration of America’s 44th President was everything we expected it to be, but it was also so much more. Josh Mothner 01/24/09 3
Hurricane Blows Away the Recession (did we actually call it that) Wow, the Hurricane celebrates another of what must be many, many types of anniversaries. Congratulations to everyone who works so hard for our pleasure at that fine establishment. One might surmise that a short congratulatory paragraph at the beginning of what is ostensibly a financial column would be appropriate recognition… Josh Mothner 07/12/08 0
Appraisal Debacle I recently spoke to the Florida Keys Board of Realtors at their Town Hall Meeting. Before my turn to speak I was shocked to hear that a speaker earlier in the program implied that Mortgage Brokers couldn’t order appraisals anymore. As of the writing of this column that statement is… Josh Mothner 06/21/08 0