Retiring Guy's Digest

Wednesday, November 9, 2011

Mulholland Books Learns What's Coming Around the Curve

Get me rewrite.

Little, Brown pulls book, cites plagiarism. (The New York Times, 11/8/2011)

5-Star reviews notwithstanding, "Assassin of Secrets" gets the hook

Harriet Klausner on Wikipedia. According to her self-reported online profiles, Harriet grew up in the Bronx and her father was an employee of McGraw-Hill. [2] She reports being a former librarian with a master's degree in library science[2] who is proficient in speed-reading.

Then there's this head-scratcher she shares on Books & Bytes. Ultimately we moved to Georgia where we currently live. There I have worked with the library and found an acquisition job in a bookstore.

The library? You mean there's just 1 in Georgia. I guess the lights have gone out for good down there.

A partial cataloging of Markham's misdeeds.

Three Dane County Supervisors Propose a Wheel Tax

'Wheel tax' proposed by three county board members. (Wisconsin State Journal, (11/9/2011)

Excerpt: Three Dane County Board members on Tuesday proposed a $20 annual registration fee on motor vehicles as a way to stop proposed cuts to human services and to beef up the county's reserve fund.

The proposal faces an uphill battle because many board members don't want to add a taxes or fees when so many of their constituents are being hurt by the recession, but proposed cuts to social services for the county's most vulnerable residents are a worse alternative, said Sup. Kyle Richmond, 27th District, a leading proponent of the fee.

"It's less than half the cost of a tank of gas," Richmond said. "We are the fastest-growing county in the state. If we're going to have acceptable quality of life here we have to find a way to fund basic services."

Related posts:
Hudson lawmaker puts his finger on Janesville's pulse. (10/20/2011)
Mayville retains its wheel tax. (10/13/2011)
Wheel tax proposed in Janesville. (10/12/2011)