“You can have any color car you want as long as it’s black.” –Henry Ford Substitute “silver” for “black,” and you pretty much describe the average Realtor’s car. That’s because Realtors’ cars need to look presentable for clients, and silver (or gray) does the best job masking dirt and grime. The hardest car color to keep looking...Read More
Auctioning Off a Public Resource — to Everyone’s Detriment “It is unconscionable that candidates for public office have to buy access to the airwaves — which the public itself owns — to talk to the public.” –Newton Minow, “A Glimmer in the Vast Wasteland“; The New York Times (10/3/2012) No, I won’t be endorsing a...Read More
Bare Cupboards, or “Yes, We Have No Bananas” The big story in the Twin Cities housing market this year — besides infinitesimal interest rates and firming if not rising prices in many neighborhoods — is the lean inventory (hmm . . . do you suppose there’s a connection amongst all those things?). Metro-wide, listings are at...Read More
