For local information and timely articles visit the Snohomish Times. As one of the contributors I have recently published an article about bankruptcy. I will provide information on timely topics throughout this year. Do not hesitate to comment or contact me. The link below will take you there. Th
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02/14/2009
As the "stupid" continues to fall out of the "politicals" mouths on Capitol Hill talking down to the masses pretending to have special enlightenment on the problems they helped create the rest of us on the front lines for over two decades actually understand the problem and saw first hand what ha
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02/14/2009
Financial experts in the media are constantly at odds, making it difficult to determine the impact that important news and events could have on your finances. Despite this challenge, it's best to be proactive and to try to stay as informed as you possibly can. I appreciate the trust my clients ha
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11/19/2008
The well documented incompetence exhibited by both parties over the last twenty to thirty years over issues of energy and the equally important modernization and oversight of our financial markets could cause something that is yet to be on the media radar screen and that would be the total or at
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09/22/2008
The Good: Commodities tick down featuring Oil under One hundred dollars. Mortgage rates continue to drop. The Fed is drawing the line on "saving" or socializing our economy. Another road block from finding bottom and moving forward is being removed. Transparency is the topic and much needed refor
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09/15/2008
In the midst of a heated political season here we are again revisiting the most horrific act that has hit our land honoring the dead, honoring the heroes that saved lives or risk their lives and comforting those who lost their loved ones. Today is an important day. For me and my wife it changed o
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09/11/2008
The lack of oversight by congress over wall street(the authors of the exotic loan) turning a 560 credit score into the SIV or sophisticated investment vehicle (rated AAA of course) and after making millions turned the spigot off creating the calamity we're now in or the thinly regulated FNMA & FH
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09/10/2008
How is your commute? Our district along with the entire eastern part of Snohomish County has been ignored, deemed irrelevant, an economic after thought -Snohomish-Lake Stevens-(Monroe not in 44th but impacted also) to name a few communities. All you have to do is look around you and see after
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06/15/2008
I grew up in Snohomish and graduated in 1976 at Snohomish High School. My Brother graduated in 1968, my sister in 1965 and my mother graduated here too but I am not allowed to say when! The bond that just passed was significant and thankfully the community had the wisdom to see the bang for our
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05/28/2008
Seattle PI Do you know who this is? I didn't until I heard of his passing. I went to the community memorial service at Snohomish High School where he attended (where I attended many years earlier) and we all shared the grief. I will never forget the emotion I felt and the com
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05/26/2008