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Real concern raised over Realtors as regulators When it comes to protecting consumers in the real estate market, are the wolves guarding the henhouse? Health Highlights: July 23, 2006 Title: Health Highlights: July 23, 2006 Category: Health News Created: 7/24/2006 1:57:00 AM Last Editorial Review: 7/24/2006 1:56:56 AM ||McKinney Courier-Gazette|005|75070|TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE COURIER-GAZETTE, TUESDAY, JULY 25, 2006. AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ZONING ORDINANCE NO. 1270 OF THE CITY OF MCKINNEY, TEXAS; SO THAT AN APPROXIMATELY 3.95 ACRE TRACT LOCATED ON THE EAST SIDE OF PROVINE ROAD APPROXIMATELY 200 FEET EAST OF KENSINGTON LANE AND 175 FEET SOUTH OF HIGHVIEW COURT, IS REZONED FROM “AG” - AGRICULTURAL DISTRICT TO “RS 120” - SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENCE DISTRICT; PROVIDING REGULATIONS; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; The Show Goes On Bruce Hornsby is writing a Broadway musical. Do you know who Brian Stokes Mitchell is? he asked me when I visited him earlier this month. He’s a Broadway actor, not so well known outside of the Great White Way, but he’s a big deal on Broadway. Pros and cons of a no doc mortgage refinance DEAR BOB: There are a lot of average attorneys, but you are brilliant. But now I desperately need your valued opinion. I am retired (age 66) on Social Security disability with an 814 FICO score. My house is worth $950,000 and I owe $160,000 at $952 per month payment. I have an unused $75,000 home equity credit line. I am married so we can claim up to $500,000 tax-free profits if we sell. Property Judicial candidates lining up It’ll be a four-way race for the Group 34 Circuit Court seat. Wes White, Jack Bettman, John Merrett and David Thompson have all filed to run for the seat created by the Florida Legislature during the last session. Bathing, Washing Clothes Not Allowed at Shelter, Officials Say Fairfax City officials have told the Lamb Center, one of Northern Virginias only daytime homeless shelters, that it is operating illegally because it offers showers and laundry facilities to its clients. Name change kept under wraps The makeover of Marshall Fields to Macys moved forward last week as exterior signs at some of the Twin Cities department stores were replaced with new banners. Business Briefs Producers have approved up to a 15-cent increase in the Virginia Cotton Boards assessment on cotton ginned in Virginia. This years crop could be assessed up to $1 per bale. The money supports cotton research, education and promotion. Arizona Democrats tap Hildebrand, as DNC plans to revise 08 calendar Arizona Democratic Party officials have lined up veteran political operative Steve Hildebrand to help organize its caucuses if the Democratic National Committee chooses their state to join Iowa and New Hampshire as one of the first proving grounds for Democratic presidential candidates in 2008. | |||