Guest column: Iowa's Miller should return big banks' donations

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HUGH ESPEY is executive director of Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement. Contact: hugh@iowacci.org.

FEDERAL JUDGE ILLSTON ISSUED A LIS PENDANS, BUT FORECLOSURE HOME PURCHASER IGNORED IT AND

TRIES TO STEAL THE HOME IN A COURT OF LAW.  THE LIS PENDANS WAS NEVER EXPUNGED.  THE HOMEOWNER DECLARED BANKRUPTCY AND NOW THE FORECLOSURE HOME PURCHASER IS TRYING TO GET HER BKR STAY ANNULLED!

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ARKANSAS PASSES CHAIN OF TITLE BILL http://uleak.it/?1vv

ALERT ! HAWAII LEGISLATURE PASSES SB 651 and it STRONG!... http://bit.ly/klRdMz

And Arizona…

 ALERT - HAWAII LEGISLATURE PASSES SB 651!…

U.S. Courts Face Backlogs and Layoffs

Prominent lawyers warn that court budget cuts will harm the economy

By Karen Weise

Stephen Zack, president of the American Bar Assn., compares the effect of recent state budget cuts on the U.S. courts to injustices perpetrated by the secret service in Cuba, the country he fled as a teenager after revolutionaries seized his family's factories.…

U.S. Courts Face Backlogs and Layoffs

Prominent lawyers warn that court budget cuts will harm the economy

By Karen Weise

Stephen Zack, president of the American Bar Assn., compares the effect of recent state budget cuts on the U.S. courts to injustices perpetrated by the secret service in Cuba, the country he fled as a teenager after revolutionaries…

Scheme: Grow Pot, Avoid Foreclosure

April 29, 2011 2:02 PM

Meet Virginia Holwell. Virginia paid her taxes this year. She worked for the state of Illinois for 30 years but was laid off last summer. Like many of us, she fell victim to the economic downturn caused by Wall Street and Big Banks. She’s getting on a bus from Peoria Illinois to JP Morgan Chase’s shareholder meeting in Columbus OH on May 16th.

I got this in an email from Salem MA Registrar of Deeds John O'Brien this am.

Massachusetts homeowners beware

State raises red flags over ‘foreclosure-prevention’ companies…

Hi Everyone!

The May Brevard Homeowners fighting foreclosure meeting is scheduled for Friday, May 6th at 6:00 PM at Squid Lips in Melbourne.   Cross streets are Eau Gallie Cswy and US 1.  

Our group is growing steadily and we have a lot of awesome, helpful people.   Bring your friends, and come join us!!  ANYONE is welcome!

It would be wise for everyone to research your mortgage and/or deed of trust filed at the County Recorder's office.  If I would not have been laid off of work, fallen behind on my mortgage payments, and subsequently forced to file bankruptcy to save my home, I would have never found so much blatant fraud, false and/or forged documents pertaining to the deed of trust.  I tried to get a loan modification, and during their jump through hoops process with their paperwork, kept sending in…

Data collected by the Federal Reserve suggests the foreclosure crisis is impacting cities nationwide, but the solutions to the cities problems are likely to vary.

In other words, a one-size-fits-all strategy will not sort out the foreclosure crisis plaguing  Cleveland, Phoenix and Detroit, according to Federal Reserve Governor Elizabeth Duke, who shared some of the Fed's findings on the crisis…