Co-Ops and Condominiums were once extremely popular, particularly with folks who wanted a home with less upkeep.

The problem is that many management companies have slowly built a horrible reputation over the years. The staff members have no education and prefer to lie and drink while their reputation precedes them. To add insult to injury, they are reportedly falling out of favor and value with buyers, and worse yet, as their association fees increase, demand isn’t keeping up.

A just-released United States Department of Justice report says Mount Vernon's policing practices violate the Constitution.

According to newly published reports, the U.S. Department of Justice found that the Mount Vernon Police Department routinely violates the constitutional rights of its residents, a result attributed to top-to-bottom dysfunction within the department.

DOJ says Mount Vernon police officers routinely use "unreasonable force" against arrestees and, until recently, regularly performed unjustified body cavity searches.

Tricky Dick’s resignation then VP Spiro spiraled from office demonstrated how the system can respond in times of crisis.

The following is our holiday gift and a new call for a shift in the 5 Ws - How to do real news and current events. 

We challenge the common belief that to be effective in activism, we must constantly be weighed down by the world's pains. Instead, we emphasize the importance of channeling our energy into meaningful, tangible actions, without succumbing to pain.

"The world’s most famous market indicator is at risk of suffering its longest losing streak since Jimmy Carter was in the White House.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average has dropped eight days in a row coming into Tuesday and fell by around 215 points, or 0.5%, at the opening bell.
The blue chips haven’t closed in the red for nine consecutive days since February 1978, according to FactSet data. The Dow is in danger of doing something it hasn’t since 1978

 “Life is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you're gonna get” is from the 1994 major motion picture, Forrest Gump. 

The main character in the film, Forrest Gump says this line, repeating it as a favorite quote from his number one woman, his mother.