by Whitney | Feb 7, 2013 | economics, education, explanations, finance
I went to a public meeting of the Finance Committee for our local school district this week. The news, as anyone could have imagined, is not good. Here’s the problem in a nutshell: -Property values have dropped, and as a result, to save money, many homeowners...
by Whitney | Jan 23, 2009 | Uncategorized
Everyone has heard this age-old Boy Scout motto. Our mothers preached it, and I preach it to me kids. Whether we say “An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure” or the more eloquent spin from Paul Newman that says “You can do anything, as long...
by Whitney | Jan 9, 2009 | Uncategorized
For a few years, I’ve been part of an Alumni interview committee for my undergraduate university. The kids often seem like they have built an impressive resume and seem much more qualified than I think I was at that age. It always made me wonder- did I just...
by Whitney | Dec 16, 2008 | Uncategorized
I don’t know about you, but as I get older, there’s more stuff, every year, on my list of things I wish I knew more about. Sometimes, it’s a course I wish I had taken in school, or some area I just wish I understood better, because the holes in my...
by Whitney | Sep 26, 2008 | Uncategorized
I woke up this morning to see that Washington Mutual, aka WaMu took a dive and entered into receivership. While this was foreseen as a real possibility for quite some time, one thought occurred to me- with all of the different banks being merged and acquired by the...
