[North County Jim]

The deed transfer was to a man and a woman with the same last name.

Incidentally, they financed with Countrywide.

[North County Jim]

This has been puzzling to me as well. The original NOT listed the sale date as 4/12 but Recontrust’s web site showed an auction date of 5/12. I’m guessing they bought some time from the lender to complete the transaction.

I’m getting the sale info indirectly from the recorded documents index. If you look up the July 2006 buyers, you’ll see a deed transfer on 5/11/07.

[North County Jim]

could these fieldstone homes be the canaries as far as San Marcos is concerned?

Maybe but I wouldn’t be ready to bet on it yet. IMO, the Fieldstone development is the worst of the recent projects in San Marcos.

The location is terrible. It sits above the barrios in the unincorporated part of east Vista. From what I’ve seen, there’s only one way in and out so you must drive through the eyesore of aging tilt-ups, industrial storage and run-down apartments every day.

Believe me, we’ve seen almost every newer housing project in San Marcos and I couldn’t convince my wife to even get in the car for this one.

[North County Jim]

SDR,

Just by chance, is this house on Hollowbrook in SEH?

[North County Jim]

Keep posting!

[North County Jim]

Lost Cat, it could very well be a farce for all we know. The sad truth is that the science is not there to support any conclusions about human activity and planetary warming.

I have a graduate degree in atmospheric sciences so I know a little bit about the nature of the research. However, I am not claiming to be a climate expert.

All of the evidence for human-induced warming comes from numerical models. The output from these models is wholly dependent on how the modeler sets up his/her model.

In my view, there are two very important flaws in climate models.

1. The physical processes determining climate are poorly understood. How much heat is absorbed by the oceans? What other heat sinks are there and to what degree do they affect climate? It’s an extremely non-linear process.

2. The output of these models cannot be verified because of the time scales involved. Short-term modeling results can always be verified. Long-term modeling with a time scale of centuries cannot be verified. To act on their results is nothing but a leap of faith.

I personally don’t believe retooling our economy (a multi, multibillion dollar effort) based on some model output is the way to go.

It appears I’m not alone in that assessment. Here’s alink to the Byrd-Hagel resolution. Please read and discuss. It will tell you why Kyoto never made it to the Senate for ratification.

[North County Jim]

Let’s not forget 1516 Clifftop. It should be hitting the market as an REO in the very near future.

[North County Jim]

Belinda,

I think you raise an excellent point. As much as I respect sdr’s insight, looking at this year’s early numbers versus previous year’s is probably not a true apples-to-apples comparison.

[North County Jim]

Robby,

My read is that the table above the one you referenced is more relevant.

Current Year Property Tax Collection Status

2003-2004 – 98.78%
2002-2003 – 98.65
2001-2002 – 98.50
2000-2001 – 98.47
1999-2000 – 98.31
1998-1999 – 98.44
1997-1998 – 98.23
1996-1997 – 97.79
1995-1996 – 97.16

Unfortunately, the table does not include the 2004-2005 and 2005-2006 fiscal years.

The 2006-2007 collection rate is under 94% but I would hesitate to draw any conclusions. I would guess the numbers in the table above are generated at the end of the fiscal year (June 30) when delinquent bills are moved to the defaulted rolls. That would leave over 5 months for a lot of delinquent property owners to catch up.

[North County Jim]

zk,

I should have been more specific. I’m looking for examples in Washington. As you ought to be aware, Washington is a completely different animal than Springfield or any other state capital.

If you’ll recall, GWB used his relationship with the Democratic legislature in Austin as a selling point in his 2000 presidential bid.

By the way, I’m not especially impressed that a deputy director for AFSCME would laud a Democrat. Would you somehow expect otherwise?

[North County Jim]

And I think Obama is the kind of leader who can set an example of cooperation and communication rather than fighting and manipulating.

I’m very curious about the justification for that statement. Can you provide an example of Obama bucking his party or the ineterst groups that support it? I can’t.

Talk is very, very cheap. Anyone can say they’ll work together and find common ground.

Maybe I’m a little more cynical than you but until I see the Senator from Illinois defy the plaintiff’s bar on tort reform or NARAL on partial-birth abortion, I’m afraid it’s nothing to me except talk.

Thanks to Bill Clinton, there’s even a term for it. It’s called a “Sister Souljah moment”.

[North County Jim]

Clinton’s middle class tax cuts were what made the 90s so great.

What middle class tax cut? He campaigned for it in 1992 and then lobbied the Congress to raise income, corporate and gasoline taxes in 1993.

It was sold to the public as a soak-the-rich tax increase but was anything but that. The ever grateful middle class responded to Clinton’s “generosity” by throwing the Democrats out of power in the next cycle.

Go look it up.

[North County Jim]

But he showed good judgement (voting against the war prior to the war!!!)

Indeed, he did not vote for the war. As far as I know, the Illinois Legislature had no say in the matter.

[North County Jim]

I’m tired of the good ol’ boys club in our leadership.

Columbia University, Harvard Law, Illinois State Legislature, US Senate. An impressive resume to be sure.

However, Perry, if you’re looking for an outsider to break up the “club”, a former president of the Harvard Law Review is not where I’d start.

[North County Jim]

do you think it’s “normal” for Condi Rice to stay single at her age? She has a hot bod for her age, huh? Maybe there’s more to it than you think.

It’s the demography Perry. No demographic group weds in lower numbers than professional black women.

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