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First stock trade of the year

ByDerek

Last year was the first year that I really started paying attention to the stock market. While I’ve had a portfolio for several years, I was unsuccessfully following the old “Buy and Hold” mantra. I decided that 2006 was going to be the year I learned more about how the system actually worked and I…

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Times Beach Geocaching

ByDerek

Visited a new place for the first time today while geocaching – the Times Beach Bird Trail. The cache happens to be out on the breakwall, which made for a rocky, yet fun hike. You never know what you might see on these little adventures… The Buffalo Light The Buffalo Fire Boat (Edward M. Cotter)

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Here’s a shocker

ByDerek

Turns out, New York State’s STAR program failed in it’s primary goal – to reduce the property tax burden. It actually had the opposite of it’s intended effect – it accelerated spending by local school districts, which in turn raises the homeowner’s taxes. I really don’t understand how politicians think. If a whole bunch of…

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Hamburg wants to Overlook a source of revenue

ByDerek

As I sat in the Comprehensive Plan meeting earlier this week, discussions touched on subjects such as what makes Hamburg unique from other Western New York towns, and how do we draw people in to bring in income from non-residents. Immediately, my thoughts turned to the waterfront. Having a waterfront is an instant advantage over…

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Outbound parkway

ByDerek

North Coast Online shares some hard data about post-Park East Milwaukee. Seems that John Norquist’s silver bullet project has done nothing to halt the declining population in Milwaukee. Craig postulates… So along with Pittsburgh, Cleveland and Baltimore as cities we might do well not to emulate, how about we add Milwaukee to the list? In…

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