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Only Supreme Court Intervention Can Keep This California Ski Town From Bankruptcy[16 more?]
Business Insider ^ | Jan. 18, 2011, 11:40 AM | Gus Lubin

Posted on 01/18/2011 7:26:35 PM PST by fight_truth_decay

One California city has already defaulted on a bond payment this year. A few hours away, a second city is in the final throes of a fight against bankruptcy.

Mammoth Lakes has appealed to the California Supreme Court to overturn a ruling that the ski town owes $30 million to a local developer, according to The Bond Buyer. The Superior Court ruling was upheld by an appelate court on Dec. 30.

So how did the 7,500-person town run up this kind of bill?

(Excerpt) Read more at businessinsider.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Extended News; Government; News/Current Events; US: California
KEYWORDS: bankruptcy; mammothlakes
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1 posted on 01/18/2011 7:26:38 PM PST by fight_truth_decay
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To: fight_truth_decay

Aint is interesting that most - if not all - of these cities reside in “Liberal Land” or are “Socialist” paradises in and of themselves.

=8-)


2 posted on 01/18/2011 7:48:05 PM PST by =8 mrrabbit 8=
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To: fight_truth_decay; Inyo-Mono

$30,000,000? yikes...


3 posted on 01/18/2011 7:51:26 PM PST by tubebender (The coldest winter I ever spent was a summer in Eureka...)
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To: fight_truth_decay
Hey! Youse taxpeasants gotta pony up fer the Heroes of the Left - the teachers, the police & the firefighters.

It's Fer The Chilren!

4 posted on 01/18/2011 7:57:44 PM PST by kiryandil
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To: tubebender

Yeah, Mammoth is in trouble. Here’s more from a local paper:

http://www.inyoregister.com/node/1032#


5 posted on 01/18/2011 8:01:05 PM PST by Inyo-Mono (Had God not driven man from the Garden of Eden the Sierra Club surely would have.)
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To: Inyo-Mono

Thanks.


6 posted on 01/18/2011 8:09:50 PM PST by tubebender (The coldest winter I ever spent was a summer in Eureka...)
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To: tubebender
$30,000,000? yikes...

That's only $4,000 for every man, woman and child in the town.

What's the big deal? Just raise taxes.../s

7 posted on 01/18/2011 8:16:59 PM PST by okie01 (THE MAINSTREAM MEDIA: Ignorance On Parade)
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To: Inyo-Mono

Thanks your linked story is better than what I had done...


8 posted on 01/18/2011 8:24:20 PM PST by fight_truth_decay
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To: okie01
$30,000,000? yikes...

That's only $4,000 for every man, woman and child in the town.

What's the big deal? Just raise taxes.../s

Problem is that a quarter of the population is non-tax paying illegals working in restaurants, another quarter are seasonal, ski bum type workers and many Liberal out of town skier condo owners.

9 posted on 01/18/2011 8:24:51 PM PST by Inyo-Mono (Had God not driven man from the Garden of Eden the Sierra Club surely would have.)
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To: Inyo-Mono
So, make it $100,000 each for the rich.

And give the rest $1,000 each to pay their share.

/liberal response.

10 posted on 01/18/2011 8:37:46 PM PST by okie01 (THE MAINSTREAM MEDIA: Ignorance On Parade)
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To: Inyo-Mono
Problem is that a quarter of the population is non-tax paying illegals working in restaurants

Seize the greedy business owners businesses and assets, then prosecute them...

Oh that's right, business owners are protected when hiring illegals, as long as they keep the campaign contributions going to the Republican and Democrat party insiders.

11 posted on 01/18/2011 8:41:39 PM PST by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: =8 mrrabbit 8=

The eastern Sierras (where Mammoth is) and most of California that is not the heavily-populated coastal strip are conservative. The Bay Area and Los Angeles County are heavily populated/ very liberal. That is, of course, where the IDIOTS are.


12 posted on 01/18/2011 9:40:55 PM PST by bboop (Stealth Tutor)
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To: tubebender; Inyo-Mono
I have the solution.

All these celebs admit they are in that filthy rich range and would gladly pay a little more in taxes for Health Care etc. You've heard the lingo. In fact, not long ago, Jay Leno said it was alright with him that he should pay more..sooooooooooooooo you get to the phone banks and make some calls to these people and bet you could come up with a good part of the money by the end of the day..they look good, they save California, ratings go up..Life Is Good!

13 posted on 01/19/2011 7:33:16 AM PST by fight_truth_decay
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