Monthly Archives: August 2012

Mitt the historian

Posted on August 12, 2012 by hro50ta1

By Joel Thurtell Mitt Romney sure knows how to light a fire. He mobilized my base. Thank you, Mitt, for naming Tea Party Know-Nothing Paul Ryan as your running mate. It was like a Thermos full of coffee to me. … Continue reading →

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Galvanizing WHICH base?

Posted on August 12, 2012 by hro50ta1

By Joel Thurtell According to The New York Times, Mitt Romney’s choice of Paul Ryan as running mate means the Romney campaign doesn’t want to appeal to independents and centrists. They have a “better’ idea: aim for the Republican party’s … Continue reading →

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Credit

Posted on August 9, 2012 by hro50ta1

By Joel Thurtell I appreciate the article by Andrew Donohue in the Voice of San Diego acknowledging my work in uncovering and reporting about the Capital Appreciation Bond scandal in California. Donohue responded to my complaint that reporter Will Carless of the … Continue reading →

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Letter to Voice of San Diego

Posted on August 8, 2012 by hro50ta1

From: Joel Thurtell To: Scott Lewis, Andrew Donohue Gentlemen: Will Carless claims he broke the Poway school bond story. That is false. Will Carless knows that I broke the Poway story on my blog more than three months before his … Continue reading →

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Letter to CNBC

Posted on August 8, 2012 by hro50ta1

On May 2, 1988, the public school in Holt, Michigan issued a “creative” financial instrument known as a Capital Appreciation Bond. It was the first of a wave of CABs that swept over Michigan school finance Until 1987, school debt … Continue reading →

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