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Texas Death Penalty was Bookstores Around etc
W. Citoan wrote:
That still states that the power lies with the Governor. He cannot do it without the recommendation of the board, but the board only gives a recommendation. It cannot actually pardon anyone. But he cannot willy-nilly grant pardons or commutations over the recommendations of the Board so his power is limited.. Take care Yes. That's what I said... Of course, since the Board is appointed by the governor, there's no reason to think they won't act on his suggestion. |
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Texas Death Penalty was Bookstores Around etc
"Stanley Moore" wrote in message ... Plenty of defendants in capital cases get the death penalty here in Texas even with good representation. Texas juries tend to be pretty hard on murderers. True there have been abuses especially with regard to forensic evidence in Harris County with prosecutors getting the evidence they expect from the crime labs but this hopefully has been cleaned up recently.. And it is true that court assigned lawyers are not always the best but even they must meeet certain requirements to defend capital cases.. But the fact remains that Texans are not lenient with murderers. Take care Texas has the highest percentage of dickheads, rednecks and scumbags in the nation. The best thing you can say about Texans is that eventually they will wind up executing all of themselves. Every country needs an asshole and Texas performs that role perfectly. |
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Bookstores Around the World (rec.arts.books) (FAQ) (IMPORTANT
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Stephen Graham wrote: Mark Zenier wrote: Worth adding is Abraxus Books, 5711 24th Ave NW, in Ballard. They built a new branch library in Ballard (along with about a dozen others on a big bond issue) and the 1970's vintage not so old library is now a used book store. Average for Science Fiction, but the Philosophy section is impressive. That's out-of-date. Abraxus moved to Lower Queen Anne about a month ago. 524 1st Avenue. There's at least one more used bookstore in Ballard, too, (Epilogue Books?) that I've not been to yet. 2001 NW Market St. I haven't been in it recently but my roommate thinks it's reasonably good. According to my sister, Epilogue ended up with a non-negotiable landlord and recently finished their going out of business sale. [Deity of your choice], preserve us from illiterate real estate investors and managers. Mark Zenier Googleproofaddress(account:mzenier provider:eskimo domain:com) |
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On Dec 2, 2:25�pm, (Mark Zenier) wrote:
According to my sister, Epilogue ended up with a non-negotiable landlord and recently finished their going out of business sale. [Deity of your choice], preserve us from illiterate real estate investors and managers. I own a two-family house in a modest residential neighborhood in New York City. My taxes go up every year, and most years there's an inctrease in the assessed value of my property as well (which is another way of increasing the taxes). The cost of electricty, water, and gas go up, never down--and those are just the major monthly expenses. We booklovers often like to demonize landlords, but most of them are just businesspeople, too, looking to make a return on their investment. |
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wrote: On Dec 2, 2:25?pm, (Mark Zenier) wrote: According to my sister, Epilogue ended up with a non-negotiable landlord and recently finished their going out of business sale. [Deity of your choice], preserve us from illiterate real estate investors and managers. I own a two-family house in a modest residential neighborhood in New York City. My taxes go up every year, and most years there's an inctrease in the assessed value of my property as well (which is another way of increasing the taxes). The cost of electricty, water, and gas go up, never down--and those are just the major monthly expenses. We booklovers often like to demonize landlords, but most of them are just businesspeople, too, looking to make a return on their investment. The problem is that these landlords sacrifice the businesses that could pay them something for rent. They kill the business that gets into trouble instead of working something out. Now they get nothing for rent and have a vacant maybe an unrentable property. So they screw themselves. |
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Bookstores Around the World (rec.arts.books) (FAQ) (IMPORTANT
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John Duncan Yoyo wrote: On Sun, 20 Dec 2009 06:21:13 -0800 (PST), J wrote: On Dec 2, 2:25?pm, (Mark Zenier) wrote: According to my sister, Epilogue ended up with a non-negotiable landlord and recently finished their going out of business sale. [Deity of your choice], preserve us from illiterate real estate investors and managers. I own a two-family house in a modest residential neighborhood in New York City. My taxes go up every year, and most years there's an inctrease in the assessed value of my property as well (which is another way of increasing the taxes). The cost of electricty, water, and gas go up, never down--and those are just the major monthly expenses. Well, in Seattle, (the location of the bookstore in question), my real estate assesment went down by 20% because of the popping of the bubble. We booklovers often like to demonize landlords, but most of them are just businesspeople, too, looking to make a return on their investment. The problem is that these landlords sacrifice the businesses that could pay them something for rent. They kill the business that gets into trouble instead of working something out. Now they get nothing for rent and have a vacant maybe an unrentable property. So they screw themselves. There is (or was) a lot of B grade retail around here, either buildings dating back to when there were trollys and are now out of the traffic pattern, or old strip malls that never made it. Prime territory for used bookstores or other high inventory/low turnover businesses. The common story here is that the landlord dies and the next or next+1 generation puts the properties under professional managment. And junior employee at the management firm decides that they can get a lot more money out of the location, despite lousy parking and no foot traffic. So yet another local business that's been there for decades ends up as an empty store front. Mark Zenier Googleproofaddress(account:mzenier provider:eskimo domain:com) |
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