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Of course, homeowners can appeal to their county's value-adjustment boards to negotiate lower assessments. And real estate experts like Paul say onerous tax bills aren't proving too large a hindrance to foreclosed-home purchases. The bigger concern is that during the boom, many local governments spent their...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Florida's Property Taxes Go Wacky in Housing Slump | 6/29/2009 | See Source »

"We're just a platform," responds Biderman. "No website or 30-second ad is going to convince anyone to cheat," he says. "People cheat because their lives aren't working for them." Not everyone buys that line of defense. The Las Vegas Review-Journal recently refused to run an AshleyMadison...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cheating 2.0: New Mobile Apps Make Adultery Easier | 6/29/2009 | See Source »

Proposition 13 was the brainchild of the late Howard Jarvis. The antitax crusader was a policy genius not unlike Franklin D. Roosevelt. Both shared an affinity for designing deep structural change that, once embedded in the political system, is nearly impossible to alter without a massive change of heart by...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Legacy of Proposition 13 | 6/27/2009 | See Source »

The turnaround model could be a road to greater growth for the charter-school movement which, after 16 years, comprises 1.4 million students in 4,600 schools - still only about 4% of all public schools. Charters, which are funded with public dollars but are typically free of school-district and...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Can Charter-School Execs Help Failing Public Schools? | 6/27/2009 | See Source »

While abductions of foreign journalists can end and have ended in tragedy, the risks facing Afghan journalists are even greater. The Taliban and other lawless elements in the country are often motivated by the potential ransoms - sometimes worth several million dollars - they believe foreigners can bring them. Afghan journalists who...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Afghan Kidnappings: Local Journalists Face Risks | 6/24/2009 | See Source »

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