Archive for September, 2008

28 Sep

St. Patrick’s Lorica

In the world of uncertainty and global meltdown, I thought of my Irish roots and deliver this remedy for anyone that wishes to connect in with the universal truth, that although we try to control our planet, it’s people and creatures we can not add one breathe to our lives. It’s apparent that we need to pony [...]

26 Sep

Got Stucco Problems?

Many new homes in the region are and have been experiencing major stucco problems, from Reynen and Bardis to Del Webb, from Reno to Las Vegas people are wrestling with the problems of concealed defects from the developers and builders.
Well, no more waiting for the courts to decide who is going to win.  On Thursday, the [...]

25 Sep

Bailout = USA Windfall?

I don’t want to take any chances with the next election and I think what we really need to do is a “Citizens Arrest” of the White House and put Warren Buffett exclusively in charge of all economic and domestic decisions for the next four years. This should pull us out of this epic fiasco that has swept the [...]

24 Sep

Wall Street Welfare

Our America. Our Future

Dave Walker’s Op-Ed in the Financial Times
Washington must heed fiscal alarm bell
Published: September 22 2008 18:57 | Last updated: September 22 2008 18:57
What do AIG, Bear Stearns, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, Lehman Brothers and Merrill Lynch have in common? Some thought that these companies were too big to fail. They were wrong: [...]

24 Sep

Reno Aces~

 We have been waiting for the selection of our baseball teams name from 3500 entries including 1000 “uniques” and the Katzoff family selected the “Reno Aces”. It sounds simple but I have to admit that an Ace is an Ace is an Ace and everyone wants one in their hand, it has an edge and [...]

22 Sep

Buckets and Bailouts

My mind is just wrapped around all this news about the bailout and perhaps this economist can clear up some of the darkness. I’m wondering how we got from using a bucket of money to save the economy to now a 700 billion dollar bailout. Read on.
Economist’s Commentary: September 22, 2008

$700 Billion for What?
By Lawrence Yun, [...]

20 Sep

ArrowCreek Golf Club Sale Confirmed

Got this post last night and it looks like we are back on track in ArrowCreek. It’s a marvelous development without the proper steerage and with all the great people stepping up to run the ArrowCreek Golf Club, the HOA and the Board of Directors finally communicating with the citizens, I think we will build [...]

18 Sep

Viva La ArrowCreek~

I have had a few emails today that are claiming that the litigants are settling and the deal with Golden Gate for the ArrowCreek Golf Club is moving forward. We will see! I hope that this does get settled so we can get back to work.
Despite the grim news the last few days, I pulled the [...]

17 Sep

Federal Reserve AIG Press Release

Press Release
 
Release Date: September 16, 2008
For release at 9:00 p.m. EDT
The Federal Reserve Board on Tuesday, with the full support of the Treasury Department, authorized the Federal Reserve Bank of New York to lend up to $85 billion to the American International Group (AIG) under section 13(3) of the Federal Reserve Act. The secured loan has [...]

15 Sep

Where’s the Yellow Brick Road?

Yesterday on the way home from the Reno Air Races, after a picture perfect day and no casualties, I was listening to NPR which reported the meltdown at Lehman Bros and next AIG? The experts are saying that’s it’s a good thing to let this giants self destruct but I’m in a state of woe begone. It’s [...]