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...what if all of this governmental hastiness doesn’t get us anywhere? After all, the only effective national defense that took place on 9/11 was bottom-up rather than top-down: the passengers who took back United Flight 93. The fighter jets could not scramble fast enough, and we may not have wanted them to: Who decides to shoot down a passenger plane, and what criteria does he or she use? We must stop assuming that we face a choice between heroic governmental protection from terrorism and no protection at all. At least with regard to airborne terror...
Indeed, life as an Accidental Landlord is often far from being a cakewalk. "Nationwide, it's happening all over, but most people don't realize what they're getting themselves into," says John Nuzzolese, president of the Landlord Protection Agency. If you can't sell your place, is renting it out really worth it? Here's a run-down of things to consider, and steps to take if you decide to push forward...
...company, especially if you're moving out of town. Just realize that such a service can easily cost a couple hundred dollars a month, often 10-15% of the rental price. Include that in your calculations about whether or not renting is the right financial decision in the first place...
...been documented some horrible lawyering," says Andrea Marsh, executive director of Texas Fair Defense Project. In one case, a habeas appeal was filed by an attorney who simply cut and pasted an old appeal and changed the defendant's name, leaving the facts of the old case in place, Marsh says...
...that something should be done," Marsh says. The conservative-dominated appeals court, the Republican-led legislature and Republican Governor Rick Perry were not opposed to reform. "The courts, officials were tired of being embarrassed all the time," Marsh says. The new Office of Capital Writs, scheduled to be in place by 2010, will deal with new cases, not those already in the pipeline...