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Revising late fees, due dates could cost city millions
By CHRISTINA E. SANCHEZ • Staff Writer (Tennessean) • October 8, 2008

Nashville water and sewer customers will not get more time to pay their bills — at least for now.

A thoughtful community stalwart sent me the following in an email this morning. Mr. Fred Weyler of Mt. Juliet has the following observations:

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"You don't need an appointment — just walk up.

It’s the last day of the Democratic Primary. I know, it’s been a long primary season. I think it started in 1999 and I, for one, am ready for the next stage.

Today we have Montana and South Dakota. Tonight we have a big speech coming from Hillary Clinton that the major cable networks are drooling over.

Tennessee Senate Democrats voted unanimously in committee to increase energy costs. I am not sure how they can think that the older people on a fixed income (Or anybody for that matter) are going to be glad to hear their home heating and cooling bills will be going up.

As the Labor Department reported earlier today, jobless claims are up.

Why, look here; a perfect opportunity for Dr. Snarr, the Vanderbilt Divinity professor who established the "living wage" at $10.35/hr for Nashville....

And by the way, I don't know of very many people who can get by on $75/month for food, as a fictitious scenario in the article below suggested - maybe that's why it's considered "fictitious."

This is Part 2 in a two-part Guest Post Series by Lou Lohman.  Enjoy! 

Tomorrow, the lovely and talented Veronica of Sleepless Nights is moving from her rented house to her newly purchased HOME.

Until April 15th we will be in “tax season”. Many people have overpaid on their taxes all year and are entitled to a refund of at least some of the federal income tax that they have paid (and some other people will be receiving a “refund” without really paying taxes, but I will leave that to the politics gurus). I have been the recipient of many tax refunds (hey, it is a perk of having 4 kids) and I know the excitement that comes from getting a little extra money in yo

CNN is trying to get you to believe that we are not in a recession, based on some ridiculous game.

CNN’s Recession-o-meter — our unscientific poll of financial experts at the World Economic Forum at Davos — has spoken. And it’s decided that the world economy is in slowdown, not recession.