Comments on: Colorado recalls; NYC voters spurn Eliot Spitzer

By: Hugo S. Cunningham

Hugo S. Cunningham — Thu, 12 Sep 2013 14:54:49 +0000

Some of the Colorado gun restrictions seemed reasonable to me, but if I had been a resident, I would have voted for the recall. I don't particularly admire NRA (eg Wayne LaPierre's armed-guards-in-schools proposal), but I would rather hear them gloating the day after than the New York Times and Michael Bloomberg.

By: Hugo S. Cunningham

Hugo S. Cunningham — Thu, 12 Sep 2013 14:49:44 +0000

Giving the mortgage holders market value has an intuitive appeal. But what if the market value has been artificially depressed by actions of Federal, State, or local governments, eg. to block repossession? Such government actions should also figure into computing “fair” market value.

By: prior probability

prior probability — Wed, 11 Sep 2013 19:08:44 +0000

Wisdom of crowds?

By: thufir_hawat

thufir_hawat — Wed, 11 Sep 2013 15:14:44 +0000

Yes, Walter, but what do you really think about Spitzer?

By: great unknown

great unknown — Wed, 11 Sep 2013 14:42:47 +0000

Re: Richmond.
“…let the city administration TRY to proceed…” I suspect the ensuing litigation both as to the legality of this scheme and the amount of compensation will be intriguing, entertaining, and expensive.

It would behoove the city administration to prepare their bankruptcy filings now to avoid the rush.