Mortgages, Groceries, and More for July 9, 2008
The best headlines tell the story well enough to lead you to want the details. Let’s see how well these work:
Homes:
Programs to prevent foreclosure don’t guarantee success
Regulators Expected To Tighten Mortgages
Homes can be rated for energy efficiency
Food:
That shrinking feeling: Instead of raising prices, manufacturers reduce package sizes
Tricks tame family’s wild food bill
Politics:
Orange unanimously OKs ethics, finance reforms
Public-Private Divide OK, that one gives you no clue the editorial is about the handing of e-mail under Florida’s Sunshine Laws. Public officials are using e-mail as a way to bypass the standards of the law. It is easier and cheaper to get e-mails than any form of public record. But too many departments use the public’s lack of knowledge of the software to hide e-mails and charge the public too much to get e-mail records.
Bonus:
How about some free bus tickets? Hey There, Want Some Free Gas?
Follow-up:
Deseret Ranch withdraws proposal for development near Orlando airport
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