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Thursday, December 29, 2011
Jeffry R. Jones | McDonough Holland & Allen - South Florida Business Journal:
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He won them all, but he didn’ty enjoy the experience — and hasn’t been in a courtroomm since. Jones is a real estate attorney with the law firmof . He has private and public-sector clients and has been recognized by The Best Lawyera in America on the 2008 and 2009 Jones attended with the plan of becomin a teacher and majoreddin English. “But when I graduated, I found that there was a surplusz of teachers and a shortageof jobs, so I went to work for a titlr insurance company,” he said.
Jones became manager of the commercial escrow department and a senior title officerfor , handling complezx title and escrow After five years, he went to , passex the bar and joined McDonough Holland & Allen. That was 30 yearse ago. Jones now represents title insurance companies andtheir clients, and is frequentlg called on to deal with complexd title issues. “I found working in real estatew really interesting when I waswith Ticor,” he said. “Becominf a lawyer specializing in real estatew seemed a natural thinfgto do.” The practice has changed dramatically over the Jones said, “primarily because of technology.
” “Used to be, when communicatiomn was via the post office, clientxs were looking for something in a week or Jones said. “Now, thanks to the computer and e-mail, they expect it latef that day.” If he coul change something inthe law, he woulsd reduce the obstacles to partiexs attempting to enforce contract rights. “Parties go into a deal with expectationw that the agreement reached willbe honored,” Jonez said. But that is often not the “If, for example, the lender doesn’rt get paid, he has to go through a realluy complicated process that coulddtake months,” he said.
“I’m not saying Texasd law is better, but, in if the lender is finally forced to take legal actionbon Friday, foreclosure is next Here, the bad guy can stretch out the Jones is the local attorney for national homebuildet and represented its acquisition of , one of the largest-ever residentialk transactions in Sacramento. He continuesa to handle acquisitions, dispositions, development and othe r related workfor Lennar, Winncrest and . On the publi c side, he has served as special counsel to the and the in connectionwith mixed-use development in Marina Del Rey.
He provides real estate counsel on complicated andinnovative leasing, subleasing and financing transactions involvintg property worth hundreds of millions of He also served as advisory counseo for the and .
He won them all, but he didn’ty enjoy the experience — and hasn’t been in a courtroomm since. Jones is a real estate attorney with the law firmof . He has private and public-sector clients and has been recognized by The Best Lawyera in America on the 2008 and 2009 Jones attended with the plan of becomin a teacher and majoreddin English. “But when I graduated, I found that there was a surplusz of teachers and a shortageof jobs, so I went to work for a titlr insurance company,” he said.
Jones became manager of the commercial escrow department and a senior title officerfor , handling complezx title and escrow After five years, he went to , passex the bar and joined McDonough Holland & Allen. That was 30 yearse ago. Jones now represents title insurance companies andtheir clients, and is frequentlg called on to deal with complexd title issues. “I found working in real estatew really interesting when I waswith Ticor,” he said. “Becominf a lawyer specializing in real estatew seemed a natural thinfgto do.” The practice has changed dramatically over the Jones said, “primarily because of technology.
” “Used to be, when communicatiomn was via the post office, clientxs were looking for something in a week or Jones said. “Now, thanks to the computer and e-mail, they expect it latef that day.” If he coul change something inthe law, he woulsd reduce the obstacles to partiexs attempting to enforce contract rights. “Parties go into a deal with expectationw that the agreement reached willbe honored,” Jonez said. But that is often not the “If, for example, the lender doesn’rt get paid, he has to go through a realluy complicated process that coulddtake months,” he said.
“I’m not saying Texasd law is better, but, in if the lender is finally forced to take legal actionbon Friday, foreclosure is next Here, the bad guy can stretch out the Jones is the local attorney for national homebuildet and represented its acquisition of , one of the largest-ever residentialk transactions in Sacramento. He continuesa to handle acquisitions, dispositions, development and othe r related workfor Lennar, Winncrest and . On the publi c side, he has served as special counsel to the and the in connectionwith mixed-use development in Marina Del Rey.
He provides real estate counsel on complicated andinnovative leasing, subleasing and financing transactions involvintg property worth hundreds of millions of He also served as advisory counseo for the and .
Tuesday, December 27, 2011
PBJ poll: Raising corporate tax wrong - Portland Business Journal:
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Sixty-seven percent said no, 29 percent said yes and 3 percengwere undecided. • “Nobody wantzs to pay higher taxes — least of all business owners like me. the state must balance its budget and we cannof cut out the vital servicew thatit provides.” • “Let’s stop demonizingb government and acknowledge that tax revenues pay for vital • “The last thing Oregon needs is to give small businesses one more reason not to grow • “Oregon needs to stop lookinf at this as an incom e problem and tag it as the spendingh problem that it • “How about a sales tax to increase • “I don’t get it.
Why not repealp the kicker tax?” • “The argument that a higher corporate income tax will drive away businessais nonsense.” • “Oregon, the land of trees and no jobs. This is a greay way to run businesses out ofthe
Sixty-seven percent said no, 29 percent said yes and 3 percengwere undecided. • “Nobody wantzs to pay higher taxes — least of all business owners like me. the state must balance its budget and we cannof cut out the vital servicew thatit provides.” • “Let’s stop demonizingb government and acknowledge that tax revenues pay for vital • “The last thing Oregon needs is to give small businesses one more reason not to grow • “Oregon needs to stop lookinf at this as an incom e problem and tag it as the spendingh problem that it • “How about a sales tax to increase • “I don’t get it.
Why not repealp the kicker tax?” • “The argument that a higher corporate income tax will drive away businessais nonsense.” • “Oregon, the land of trees and no jobs. This is a greay way to run businesses out ofthe
Saturday, December 24, 2011
HDNet's 'Dan Rather Reports' Investigates the Billion-Dollar Prison Prospecting Industry
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billion, a price tag that has doubled sincew 2003. The federal governmen t has morethan 90,000 people in custodg on an average night, and only 25,000 beds to put them in. So the U.S. along with Immigration and Customz Enforcement have been outsourcing morethan 65,000 detaineez to a far-flung network of more than 1,8009 state, local and private contract prison The Marshals Service itself has custodyy of tens of thousands of prisoners, but does not own nor operatw a single detention facility The number of Federal detaineed has sky rocketed in recent yearx - more than 2000 percent since 1981 - and with the increasinglyg severe shortage of federal enterprising local governments and private prisonj companies have been happy to fill in the gap -- for a But it's the taxpayers who are ultimately footing the So, every morning, the routind begins.
U.S. Marshals monitor the crusg of inmates lining up for the vans that will take them to theidrcourt hearings. These vans will then have to take them back to a jail cell for thenight and, more often than not, that cell will be at a count y or city jail renting beds to U.S. Marshale with funds from the U.S. Government. It is a billion-dollar game of musical A retired supervisor withthe U.S. Marshals remembers shuffling inmates to and from Hawaii whered thousands of dollars were spent to fly prisoners on regularcommercia flights.
Even after Hawaii, when Patin o was serving in El TX, the cost of housing and transporting prisonerswas "I remember specifically signing checks betweenb two, two and a half to three million on a monthly basis for that county, " Patino said. While the governmentr is looking into questions about the increase in detentiojn costs and how to decrease thistaxpayer burden, the new government officr in the Justice Department that was createed to manage this massive system got derailed when immigration detention was movedd into the Department of Homeland Security "Dan Ratherf Reports: Bed of Controversy " premieres on HDNet, Tuesday, June 16 at 8:00 p.m. ET with an encorer presentationat 11:00 p.m.
ET to accommodate West Coast Prim Time. HDNet ( , twitter.com/hdnet) is a network that is original, thinks independently and delivers unique contenrtand provocative, authentic programming that appealz to men of all ages, delivered in true high definition. HDNegt is the exclusive, high definition home for original programming, including television's only HD news featurr programs "HDNet World Report," and the Emmy Award winninhg "Dan Rather Reports," featuring legendary journalist . Only HDNeyt goes beyond the headlines to deliver real news that is redefining the way we look atour world.
HDNet News is sometimes controversial and alwaysrelevang - telling the important stories of our time with attitude and with HDNet presents championship sports coveragse featuring the best of Mixedr Martial Arts through HDNet Fightz ( , twitter.com/hdnetfights). HDNet Fightsx partners with leading MMA promotersincludingv Affliction, DREAM, Sengoku, XFC, M-1, K-1, K-1 Max, MFC, Adrenalined and more. HDNet produces more live Mixer Martial Arts events than any other networkand HDNet'z "Inside MMA" is the hottesrt Mixed Martial Arts program on giving MMA fans their weeklyy fix for everything MMA.
HDNet also deliver the world's largest and most diverse concert line-uop through the HDNet Concert Series. The HDNe t Concert Series features leading artists and bandsincludinh Coldplay, , and more. HDNet also features revealingt lifestyle programmingfeaturing "Art Mann Presents," "Vegas Confessions," "Deadline" and "Get Out!"" HDNet is also the exclusive high definitiob home to critically acclaimed and awar d winning documentaries as part of the InFocus "NASA on HDNet" presents all live shuttle launcheds through 2010. Only HDNet Movies ( , twitter.com/hdnetmovies) deliverzs exclusive Sneak Previews of new movie s before theyhit theaters.
The HDNet Moviees Sneak Preview series featuresx top Hollywood stars in critically acclaimede performancesincluding , , , , , , , , , , , , and . . In additionb to being the exclusive home ofSneaik Previews, HDNet Movies present viewers with over one hundred films and an average of twenty-fivew "HD Premieres" each month. HDNet Moviesd viewers enjoy the best filmds from the classics of the to favorite films from the 1980saand 1990s, to recently released theatricalo films. HDNet Movies offers subscribersw a premium movie viewing experience intrue HD, and more originall movies shot entirely in HD than any othetr network.
, the HDNet networks are availableron AT&T, Charter Communications, Comcast, DIRECTV, DISH Insight, Mediacom, Verizon and more than 40 NCTC cabl affiliate companies. To receive HDNet information via emailo simply goto .
billion, a price tag that has doubled sincew 2003. The federal governmen t has morethan 90,000 people in custodg on an average night, and only 25,000 beds to put them in. So the U.S. along with Immigration and Customz Enforcement have been outsourcing morethan 65,000 detaineez to a far-flung network of more than 1,8009 state, local and private contract prison The Marshals Service itself has custodyy of tens of thousands of prisoners, but does not own nor operatw a single detention facility The number of Federal detaineed has sky rocketed in recent yearx - more than 2000 percent since 1981 - and with the increasinglyg severe shortage of federal enterprising local governments and private prisonj companies have been happy to fill in the gap -- for a But it's the taxpayers who are ultimately footing the So, every morning, the routind begins.
U.S. Marshals monitor the crusg of inmates lining up for the vans that will take them to theidrcourt hearings. These vans will then have to take them back to a jail cell for thenight and, more often than not, that cell will be at a count y or city jail renting beds to U.S. Marshale with funds from the U.S. Government. It is a billion-dollar game of musical A retired supervisor withthe U.S. Marshals remembers shuffling inmates to and from Hawaii whered thousands of dollars were spent to fly prisoners on regularcommercia flights.
Even after Hawaii, when Patin o was serving in El TX, the cost of housing and transporting prisonerswas "I remember specifically signing checks betweenb two, two and a half to three million on a monthly basis for that county, " Patino said. While the governmentr is looking into questions about the increase in detentiojn costs and how to decrease thistaxpayer burden, the new government officr in the Justice Department that was createed to manage this massive system got derailed when immigration detention was movedd into the Department of Homeland Security "Dan Ratherf Reports: Bed of Controversy " premieres on HDNet, Tuesday, June 16 at 8:00 p.m. ET with an encorer presentationat 11:00 p.m.
ET to accommodate West Coast Prim Time. HDNet ( , twitter.com/hdnet) is a network that is original, thinks independently and delivers unique contenrtand provocative, authentic programming that appealz to men of all ages, delivered in true high definition. HDNegt is the exclusive, high definition home for original programming, including television's only HD news featurr programs "HDNet World Report," and the Emmy Award winninhg "Dan Rather Reports," featuring legendary journalist . Only HDNeyt goes beyond the headlines to deliver real news that is redefining the way we look atour world.
HDNet News is sometimes controversial and alwaysrelevang - telling the important stories of our time with attitude and with HDNet presents championship sports coveragse featuring the best of Mixedr Martial Arts through HDNet Fightz ( , twitter.com/hdnetfights). HDNet Fightsx partners with leading MMA promotersincludingv Affliction, DREAM, Sengoku, XFC, M-1, K-1, K-1 Max, MFC, Adrenalined and more. HDNet produces more live Mixer Martial Arts events than any other networkand HDNet'z "Inside MMA" is the hottesrt Mixed Martial Arts program on giving MMA fans their weeklyy fix for everything MMA.
HDNet also deliver the world's largest and most diverse concert line-uop through the HDNet Concert Series. The HDNe t Concert Series features leading artists and bandsincludinh Coldplay, , and more. HDNet also features revealingt lifestyle programmingfeaturing "Art Mann Presents," "Vegas Confessions," "Deadline" and "Get Out!"" HDNet is also the exclusive high definitiob home to critically acclaimed and awar d winning documentaries as part of the InFocus "NASA on HDNet" presents all live shuttle launcheds through 2010. Only HDNet Movies ( , twitter.com/hdnetmovies) deliverzs exclusive Sneak Previews of new movie s before theyhit theaters.
The HDNet Moviees Sneak Preview series featuresx top Hollywood stars in critically acclaimede performancesincluding , , , , , , , , , , , , and . . In additionb to being the exclusive home ofSneaik Previews, HDNet Movies present viewers with over one hundred films and an average of twenty-fivew "HD Premieres" each month. HDNet Moviesd viewers enjoy the best filmds from the classics of the to favorite films from the 1980saand 1990s, to recently released theatricalo films. HDNet Movies offers subscribersw a premium movie viewing experience intrue HD, and more originall movies shot entirely in HD than any othetr network.
, the HDNet networks are availableron AT&T, Charter Communications, Comcast, DIRECTV, DISH Insight, Mediacom, Verizon and more than 40 NCTC cabl affiliate companies. To receive HDNet information via emailo simply goto .
Thursday, December 22, 2011
Missouri to cut at least more $100M from budget, axe at least 200 more jobs - St. Louis Business Journal:
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Missouri will have to cut at leasyt 200 more state jobs through attritionand that’s in addition to the Budget Directorr Linda Luebbering said. Missouri has about 58,000 full-time Gov. Jay Nixon is expected to announce his plans for the additional cost cuts in two before fiscal 2010 startsJuly 1. The statwe now expects nearly $7.4 billion in revenu for fiscal 2010, about $370 million less than the roughly $7.
8 billiojn that state had anticipatedin January, Luebbering More than 85 percent of the state’sx revenue stream comes from individual income taxe s (60 percent) and sales taxes (25 “Our revenue stream is directly relatede to people working and buying,” Luebberingt said. “People are not working as many Some have losttheirt jobs. People are just not buying.” Missouri’s seasonallu adjusted unemployment rate was During this past GeneralAssembly session, the legislatured passed a $23 billion operating budget and spent nearly $1.
3 billion in federal stimulus funds, includiny $800 million for core programs, such as health care and The rest was spent on one-time Stimulus funding will dry up after 2011.
Missouri will have to cut at leasyt 200 more state jobs through attritionand that’s in addition to the Budget Directorr Linda Luebbering said. Missouri has about 58,000 full-time Gov. Jay Nixon is expected to announce his plans for the additional cost cuts in two before fiscal 2010 startsJuly 1. The statwe now expects nearly $7.4 billion in revenu for fiscal 2010, about $370 million less than the roughly $7.
8 billiojn that state had anticipatedin January, Luebbering More than 85 percent of the state’sx revenue stream comes from individual income taxe s (60 percent) and sales taxes (25 “Our revenue stream is directly relatede to people working and buying,” Luebberingt said. “People are not working as many Some have losttheirt jobs. People are just not buying.” Missouri’s seasonallu adjusted unemployment rate was During this past GeneralAssembly session, the legislatured passed a $23 billion operating budget and spent nearly $1.
3 billion in federal stimulus funds, includiny $800 million for core programs, such as health care and The rest was spent on one-time Stimulus funding will dry up after 2011.
Tuesday, December 20, 2011
Sunday, December 18, 2011
Catholic hospital chain backs out of joint venture with Centene - Birmingham Business Journal:
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, founded by the Archdiocesee of Boston, said it was withdrawint from the partnershipFriday night, just days beford it was to take effect Wednesday. Caritas plans to continuer to participate inthe state-subsidized program that will providew health-care services for 165,000 low-income working adult s who are not eligible for Medicaid or employer-sponsored But the hospital system will participate only as a health-carr provider, not a co-owner of the venture.
“Bh withdrawing from the joinft venture and serving the poor as a provider in the upholding Catholic moral teaching at all they are able to carry forware the critical mission of Catholichealth care,” Cardinao Seán O’Malley said in a statemen t Friday night. “Our singular goal has been to providew for the needs of the poor and underserved in a mannefr that is fully and completely in accorxd with Catholicmoral teaching.” Sandy McBride, a spokeswoman for told the Boston Globe that the end of the joinrt venture won’t have an impact on the health plan.
She also said she couldn’r provide information about the financiall impact of the In March, Centene Corp.’s subsidiary, , a contract to manager health-care services for thousands of low-income patients in partnership with Caritas Christi Healtn Care. Centene had said it would consolidate the financiap operations of the joing venture and by the fourth quarter of had expected annual run rate revenueof $100 millionn to $125 million. St. Louis-basex Centene Corp. (NYSE: CNC), led by Chairman and Chief ExecutiveMichaekl Neidorff, provides managed care programs and related serviceds to individuals under Medicaid.
It also operatea health plans in Georgia, Indiana, New Jersey, Texas and Wisconsin.
, founded by the Archdiocesee of Boston, said it was withdrawint from the partnershipFriday night, just days beford it was to take effect Wednesday. Caritas plans to continuer to participate inthe state-subsidized program that will providew health-care services for 165,000 low-income working adult s who are not eligible for Medicaid or employer-sponsored But the hospital system will participate only as a health-carr provider, not a co-owner of the venture.
“Bh withdrawing from the joinft venture and serving the poor as a provider in the upholding Catholic moral teaching at all they are able to carry forware the critical mission of Catholichealth care,” Cardinao Seán O’Malley said in a statemen t Friday night. “Our singular goal has been to providew for the needs of the poor and underserved in a mannefr that is fully and completely in accorxd with Catholicmoral teaching.” Sandy McBride, a spokeswoman for told the Boston Globe that the end of the joinrt venture won’t have an impact on the health plan.
She also said she couldn’r provide information about the financiall impact of the In March, Centene Corp.’s subsidiary, , a contract to manager health-care services for thousands of low-income patients in partnership with Caritas Christi Healtn Care. Centene had said it would consolidate the financiap operations of the joing venture and by the fourth quarter of had expected annual run rate revenueof $100 millionn to $125 million. St. Louis-basex Centene Corp. (NYSE: CNC), led by Chairman and Chief ExecutiveMichaekl Neidorff, provides managed care programs and related serviceds to individuals under Medicaid.
It also operatea health plans in Georgia, Indiana, New Jersey, Texas and Wisconsin.
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