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...commercials are receiving scathing reviews. "It's a pretty miserable piece of advertising," says Barbara Lippert, a critic for Adweek, the trade publication. "It's as dumb as can be, and talks down to us. He's like an Elmer Fudd who never made it out into the country." Every moment of a 30-sec. spot is valuable. Why sacrifice precious time to a character with no natural connection to an amusement park? And how exactly does a creepy old man in a bow tie appeal to the kids that drive Six Flags' business? "I don't think many...
...thought there's no way this is going in. And the next thing you know--swish!--and the whole place just went crazy. He came over to me and just sort of smiled, and he said, "I knew I was going to make it." Mark Lippert, Obama's top foreign-affairs staffer in the Senate, on the 3-pointer Obama made on his July trip overseas...
...trespass violation on a repossessed home, it's difficult for them to make arrests. All they can do is tell the squatters to leave, board up the house and ship off a note to the bank that now owns the property. "It's a victimless crime," says Bert Lippert, a bit sarcastically...
...Lippert, along with police officers McGill and Amy Bublak, make up the city's health unit, which takes care of vacant home problems. Burglaries are up 26% in Modesto since a year ago, and the officers say this has to do with the relentless assaults on foreclosed homes. "We're seeing a shift in crimes," Bublak says, noting that people used to just steal property from the outside. Now, in addition to vandalizing the property, stripping its bones and using the yard as a dumping ground, thieves have zeroed in on the homes' utilities. "Forty percent of foreclosed homes...
...homeless shelter is now at capacity, and the local Humane Society is swollen with pets that were left behind in homes when their owners disappeared. Day laborers and contractors alike are having trouble finding work. "This is a problem that's affecting the whole community," Lippert says...