2009 was a tough year for job creation in the United States. Since job creation drives home prices, the 2009 job losses are likely to leave a lasting impact.
How lasting? Economists estimate that it may take the United Stated 125 months (10+ years) to fully recover the jobs lost during the great recession of 2009.
In Texas, which had the strongest job growth of any state over the last decade, it is predicted to take 37 months or...
Convention Hotel Math
Conventions are great for downtown Austin. They bring in people that fill local downtown restaurants, bars, and stores and they help local businesses thrive. They help keep downtown...
"Concentrating"
For those who would like further proof that I don’t always spend my time wisely: I am collecting (cutting and pasting?) email signatures of lawyers on various listservs that I frequent....
Spelman: Austin police soak up too much of local budget
Over the last decade, public safety soaked up taxes needed for city parks, HIV and the environment (via Grits for Breakfast)
Holistic Twittering
Ran across Tamar Weinberg’s Techipedia via Simple Justice’s deconstruction of a comment on her post “The 7 Truths About Social Media Marketing”. SJ unfairly insists...
Fees Paid To Informers
Tax day chatter from the NACDL listserv brought this item, from Page 1 of “Instructions for Form 1099-Misc,” to my attention: Fees Paid to Informers. A payment made to an...
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