• Misrepresenting Milwaukee’s property tax problem

    On Sunday, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel had an article on [tag]property taxes[/tag] with the subtitle: “By one measure, Milwaukee is among ‘tax havens’ in area.” That subtitle and the information in the information in the article are completely misleading and […]

  • The effect of inflated home appraisals

    A slowing housing market is bringing attention to the issue of inflated [tag]property appraisals[/tag]. While home values were climbing and interest rates were low, this wasn’t a problem. Even if an appraisal was too high, the [tag]market value[/tag] of the […]

  • Ringtone rip-off?

    I was checking out the blog P2P Filesharing, and I found Marc’s post about ringtones. He makes a good point that the rintones people pay $2 or $3 for a rea a rip-off. He mentions that it’s possible to download […]

  • Quote from Lautenschlager

    “If you’re a lesbian and you marry Osama bin Laden, tomorrow he will qualify for health insurance right away as your partner,” Wisconsin Attorney General Peg Lautenschlager said… This quote was found in the Wisconsin State Journal. I think it […]

  • Finally, a Consequence For Michael McGee’s Behavior

    This isn’t much, but it’s a start. Milwaukee Alderman Michael McGee has had his drivers license revoked now that it has been determined by Wisconsin Department of Transportation that he had driver’s licenses under two names. DOT merged the records […]

  • The Journal Sentinel editorial board feels sorry for jail inmates

    Why? Because they think the cost of making a collect call out of the County Jail is too expensive. The calls cost between 22 cents and 37 cents per minute. They say that it’s unfair, especially since many of the […]

  • ACFE Annual Fraud Conference

    Last week I presented at the annual Fraud Conference put on by the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE). I was presenting the topic “Marketing Your Anti-Fraud Practice.” I presented the topic twice, and had great attendance at each. The […]

  • UnitedHealthcare pays $600,000 to settle complaint

    [tag]UnitedHealthcare[/tag], a unit of UnitedHealth Group Inc., and two affiliates have been fined $600,000 for failing to properly respond to consumer complaints, no paying certain benefits, and violations of other insurance regulations. The settlement was reached between the company and […]

  • Nationwide Insurance being sued by homeowners in Katrina

    Homeowners hit by [tag]Hurricane Katrina[/tag] are suing [tag]Nationwide Insurance[/tag] to try to force the company to pay out billions of dollars to pay for [tag]flood damage[/tag] that was not covered by their insurance policies. Richard F. Scruggs, the Pascagoula attorney […]

  • EU fines Microsoft for failing to turn over code

    [tag]Microsoft[/tag] Corp. was fined $357 million today by the [tag]European Union[/tag] for disobeying the 2004 [tag]antitrust[/tag] order to share program code with competitors. Additional fines of $3.82 million per day could be assessed beginning July 31 if the company fails […]