| Howard the possum stirs up a lot of human feelings
Readers of the ongoing saga of Howard the possum in Gardening Fool columns have responded with several heartfelt stories of their own. Others have written to reiterate that it is we humans who have overrun wildlife's territory, not the other way around, so we should learn to live together peacefully. To date, no new feedback involving firearms or recipes for possum stew have arrived on my desk. At least one reader has warned that possum attacks on my garden chickens are inevitable. When that happens, he writes, I won't be such a bleeding heart for Howard and his relatives. As it turns out, however, more than a few of you have a soft spot for the wild things. Mariana Greene .
Tenants get help with maintenance charges
Local spotlight Tenants get help with maintenance charges Firm helps business clients find discrepancies in fees for maintaining common areas. Neal Haldane / Special to The Detroit News BINGHAM FARMS -- A local public accounting firm wants to help tenants in office buildings avoid camouflaged costs associated with lobby or parking lot maintenance. Maddox Ungar Silberstein has rolled out a new consulting service called Real Estate Analytics, which is designed to study commercial real estate leases to find any discrepancies when it comes to Common Area Maintenance fees and charges. "For most tenants, this is a significant cost that isn't being reviewed," said Dave Kobylarek, who was brought aboard to handle the analysis of lease agreements. Kobylarek worked in real estate development for eight years and also has a public accounting background.
Published March 2nd
Joseph E. Grove, 21, was charged Feb. 22 with aggravated robbery and aggravated menacing. Grove is accused of entering a Sumner Street residence to ask the victim to return a safe and then pulled out a handgun and demanded money. Doug L. Snyder Jr., 20, of Georgia, was charged Feb. 20 with felony theft. Snyder was accused of taking a computer and a DVD player from his mother's home and selling them for $80. William J. Bond, 21, and Susan L. Carpenter, 39, both of Champlain Street, and William Fleming, 66, of Ogden Avenue, were charged Feb. 19 with breaking and entering and vandalism. Police responded to a report on Champlain of siding being removed from a house. Fleming was accused of driving the truck to haul the siding away. Phillip R. Hunt, 30, of Hillman Road, and Robert Waggoner, 26, of Fleming Drive, were charged Feb.
Garnaut confirms need for strong, early action
Sir Nicholas Stern re-shaped the way economists thought about climate change when he delivered his groundbreaking report in 2006. The Stern Review found the global impacts of climate change where far higher than the cost of reducing emissions. The study currently being conducted by veteran Australian economist Ross Garnaut has been called by some 'the Australian Stern Review'. Professor Garnaut's interim report says Australia has an "exceptional sensitivity to climate change" and warns we will be "possibly the biggest loser amongst developed countries" if we fail to rein in emissions. Just as Stern rang the alarm bells for the world, Garnaut has sounded a siren for Australia. Professor Garnaut also turned another piece of conventional wisdom on its head.
Bird aficionados participate in Christmas surveys
Seward was one of 10 sites in Nebraska, where dozens of volunteers flocked to count birds in mid-December to early January. Now in its 108th year, the Christmas Bird Count helps track wintering bird populations and helps the conservation community make decisions for bird and habitat conservation. Fifteen volunteers participated in the Seward-area bird count on Dec. 15. They identified 69 species and counted 9,340 birds.Despite the cold weather, volunteers also spotted a high number of raptors, including the highest count ever for red-tailed hawks (88). They also saw four sharp-shinned hawks, five Cooper’s hawks and five Merlin falcons.Gubanyi said he’s noticed a substantial drop in the black-capped chickadee population in the Seward area, just like in other parts of the Midwest.
Womanizing + Conglomeration
Dole's private polls put her favorability level at 59 percent, compared with President Bush's 42 percent. Republican insiders attribute that mostly to her opposing the immigration bill backed by Bush. [E.A.] Note: That's not a comeback just among Republican primary voters. It's a comeback among all voters. ... P.S.: Yes, Dole's obviously trying to scare away challengers by leaking those private polls to Novak. I bet Lindsey Graham wishes he could do that. ... 11:55 P.M. link "Don't Get Caught Again": Lone blogger Luke Ford, and not the L.A. Times, continues to be where you go go to find out what's really happening in the Villarsalinas sex scandal. Ford notes that the LAT, despite signs of catch-up tabloid feistiness earlier in the week, has delivered its traditional scandal-killing thumbsucker right on schedule.
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