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Junk Mail

By Pike | Published: February 9, 2010
The Vermont legislature considered enacting  junk mail legislation so that VT residents could choose not to be a part of the waste stream. Sadly, the legislature buckled under pressure of the junk mail lobbyists who claimed that jobs would be lost as a result of the legislation. While Vermont could be creating jobs greening up [...]
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Unicel Customer Sues AT&T for TCPA Violations

By Pike | Published: February 9, 2010
I was a Unicel customer until Verizon Wireless, who purchased Unicel, had to sell the Unicel subscriber contracts to AT&T Mobility to comply with a Federal and Vermont settlement agreement. AT&T quickly made a mess of things. In addition to poor business practices that lead to the Assurance of Discontinuance with the Attorney General, AT&T sent out [...]
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Selling homes in 2010 v 1999

By Pike | Published: January 14, 2010
At the beginning of the 21st century, most home buyers had never viewed a home online; the three top home sale marketing methods were yard signs, newspaper ads and open houses. In 1999, buyers who went online in search for a home were in the minority – only 37 percent of buyers used the Internet in [...]
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Burlington Planning Commission Dinner

By Pike | Published: December 22, 2009
Burlington Public Meeting: There will be a joint meeting of the Planning Commission, Development Review Board and Design Advisory Board Joint Meeting on Tuesday, December 22 at 5:30 PM at the Firehouse Center for Visual Arts.  The agenda is below. Dinner and Refreshments Agenda & Introductions Historic Building Materials – The Commission has embarked [...]
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Tax Credit Extention

By Pike | Published: November 6, 2009
The feds have extended the tax credit. Buyers need to have a property under contract by the 30th of April 2010, and close by the end of July. To leave room for negotiations, buyers should identify and make an offer on a property by mid-April. Waiting until the last moment and making the offer on [...]
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