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The time frame for the moneyt is much sooner than originally recommendesby Doyle, who had proposeed $500,000 per year in state bonding authoritu over a 10-year period. The moneyg was included in the state budget signedby Gov. Jim Doyler earlier this week, said Evan Zeppos, a Bradlehy Center spokesman. The Bradle Center is planning to invest a totalpof $23 million in the Bradley Centefr to replace aging building systems and The remaining funds needed for buildinb maintenance would be raised through private sources and revenue from the The list of proble m areas highlighted in , along with projected replacement costs, Seriously outdated mechanical and heating and air conditioning system s requiring major upgrades that will cost about $500,000.
An outdated scoreboard that was installeein 1995. A new scoreboars is estimated to costbetween $4 million and $4.5 An aging roof that needs about $150,000 in repait work. An obsolete hockey rink systek that must be replaced at a cost estimatebetween $200,000 and $300,000. Aging and energgy inefficient lighting and worn out electricalk and electrical components that will costabourt $175,000. Replacement or refurbishment of a substantial portion ofthe 18,000p seats. The replacement of temporary handrails throughoutt theseating bowl, which will cost aboutf $200,000. And upgrades to the security and lifesafetg systems.
In addition, Bradley Center officialds want to add ateam store, a sit-down restaurant and a familu interactive area, all of which woulcd be important revenue-generators for the facility. In many NBA arenas have severapl ofthose amenities, including the Targe t Center in Minneapolis, whicuh is home to the NBA City
Sunday, July 29, 2012
Saturday, July 28, 2012
Deeper examination of California's special funds finds rampant errors, little ... - Inland Valley Daily Bulletin
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Friday, July 27, 2012
True to torts - Houston Business Journal:
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The state’s 2003 landmark medical liability reformsremain intact. Thes e reforms are widely credited with keeping doctors in and attracting emergency careand high-rislk specialists to Texas. • Statewide, the ranksd of primary care physicians are outpacingpopulationm growth. But the same cannot be said in rurao Texas where the number of general practitioners and internist sare declining. • Family practice, internal medicine, pediatricz and geriatrics — all considered primary care physicians — have grown substantially in metropolitah counties the pastsix years. In rural the numbers of primary care physicians are increasing at half the rate ofpopulationn growth.
The two exceptions: obstetricians and familyg practitioners which are showing healthy gains in medicallyunderserved counties. • Twenty-one rural Texas countieds have added at least one obstetrician since passagsof Texas’ medical lawsuit reform six years ago, includinbg twelve counties that previously had none. • Texas has addedx 27 emergency room doctors in rura countiessince 2003. That represents a 31 percent increasee in the rural ER physicianworkforce • Twelv e rural Texas counties have added at leastt one orthopedic surgeon since passagew of the 2003 healt h care liability reforms, including sevej counties that previously had none.
• Sincse 2003, 82 Texas counties have seen a net gain in emergency physicians, including 26 counties that previously had • Thirty-three rural counties have added emergenchy physicians. • Because of the 2003 reforms, more patient are able to get the timely and specializedr care they need closerto home. Jon Executive director, Texas Alliance For Patient Access, Via e-mail Afteer seven years in office, Texas Gov. Rick Perryg has done little tohelp hard-working In fact, he has done a lot to hurt • Perry promised to help homeownersw get relief from high taxes.
During the past seve n years property taxeshave sky-rocketede more than 800 percent for home ownersw in some districts. • Perry promised to help Texass home owners with highinsurance costs. Four years ago, home insuranced premiums doubled overnight due to lax legislatioh and officials looking theother way. As a currently Texans pay the highest premiums inthe • Approximately four years ago, the governof pushed legislation to eliminate “frivolous” medical malpractics lawsuits with the promise that doingg so would lower medical and healty care costs. After voterss took him for his word and voted for the costs are still high and are continuinfgto rise.
• During his first few years as Perry resolutely proclaimed that public education was notin crisis. Two yearsw later, under severe public he admitted there was a financing problem and called for two special sessions on public educatiom thatwent nowhere. • Perry promisedf Texans that deregulating the electrifc industry would translate into less costly monthlu electric bills from a more competitive In reality, current monthly electricf costs for Texans are the highesft ever in the state’s • Perry promised that all businessews would pay a fair business tax that would replacw the antiquated, unfair and loop-holed business franchise tax.
In truth, many smalll businesses are being targeted unfairlgy and are overburdened by the new business tax and stilp these taxes do not provide a fair share of revenude to financepublic education. • Four years ago, after forcin g teachers to accept pay cuts and the loss many of theie health and retirement Perry and officials returnee a small share of that money and claimes they increased teacher pay an averageof $2,000 per • Perry lobbied for deregulating highee education with the promise that it woulf lower tuition costs. After the legislatiom was passedby voters, the Universityu of Texas has increased tuition at least four times and is considerinhg another increase.
Other colleges and universities suit and tuition continuesto Overall, seven-plus years of Gov. Perry have not been good for most Texanx andtheir families. Peter Stern, Driftwood, TX, Via e-mail
The state’s 2003 landmark medical liability reformsremain intact. Thes e reforms are widely credited with keeping doctors in and attracting emergency careand high-rislk specialists to Texas. • Statewide, the ranksd of primary care physicians are outpacingpopulationm growth. But the same cannot be said in rurao Texas where the number of general practitioners and internist sare declining. • Family practice, internal medicine, pediatricz and geriatrics — all considered primary care physicians — have grown substantially in metropolitah counties the pastsix years. In rural the numbers of primary care physicians are increasing at half the rate ofpopulationn growth.
The two exceptions: obstetricians and familyg practitioners which are showing healthy gains in medicallyunderserved counties. • Twenty-one rural Texas countieds have added at least one obstetrician since passagsof Texas’ medical lawsuit reform six years ago, includinbg twelve counties that previously had none. • Texas has addedx 27 emergency room doctors in rura countiessince 2003. That represents a 31 percent increasee in the rural ER physicianworkforce • Twelv e rural Texas counties have added at leastt one orthopedic surgeon since passagew of the 2003 healt h care liability reforms, including sevej counties that previously had none.
• Sincse 2003, 82 Texas counties have seen a net gain in emergency physicians, including 26 counties that previously had • Thirty-three rural counties have added emergenchy physicians. • Because of the 2003 reforms, more patient are able to get the timely and specializedr care they need closerto home. Jon Executive director, Texas Alliance For Patient Access, Via e-mail Afteer seven years in office, Texas Gov. Rick Perryg has done little tohelp hard-working In fact, he has done a lot to hurt • Perry promised to help homeownersw get relief from high taxes.
During the past seve n years property taxeshave sky-rocketede more than 800 percent for home ownersw in some districts. • Perry promised to help Texass home owners with highinsurance costs. Four years ago, home insuranced premiums doubled overnight due to lax legislatioh and officials looking theother way. As a currently Texans pay the highest premiums inthe • Approximately four years ago, the governof pushed legislation to eliminate “frivolous” medical malpractics lawsuits with the promise that doingg so would lower medical and healty care costs. After voterss took him for his word and voted for the costs are still high and are continuinfgto rise.
• During his first few years as Perry resolutely proclaimed that public education was notin crisis. Two yearsw later, under severe public he admitted there was a financing problem and called for two special sessions on public educatiom thatwent nowhere. • Perry promisedf Texans that deregulating the electrifc industry would translate into less costly monthlu electric bills from a more competitive In reality, current monthly electricf costs for Texans are the highesft ever in the state’s • Perry promised that all businessews would pay a fair business tax that would replacw the antiquated, unfair and loop-holed business franchise tax.
In truth, many smalll businesses are being targeted unfairlgy and are overburdened by the new business tax and stilp these taxes do not provide a fair share of revenude to financepublic education. • Four years ago, after forcin g teachers to accept pay cuts and the loss many of theie health and retirement Perry and officials returnee a small share of that money and claimes they increased teacher pay an averageof $2,000 per • Perry lobbied for deregulating highee education with the promise that it woulf lower tuition costs. After the legislatiom was passedby voters, the Universityu of Texas has increased tuition at least four times and is considerinhg another increase.
Other colleges and universities suit and tuition continuesto Overall, seven-plus years of Gov. Perry have not been good for most Texanx andtheir families. Peter Stern, Driftwood, TX, Via e-mail
Wednesday, July 25, 2012
Spokane company lands $10M - Puget Sound Business Journal (Seattle):
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makes switches that route internet traffic along fibe roptic cables, allowing transmission of data, voice and vide at higher volumes and higher speeds. The companyu uses a technology standard called Ethernetr that is common tomany high-speedr broadband networks. The company, in a brie statement, said it would use the new investmen to meet increasing demandfor products, including a new switcg called LE-3300, which is "isd seeing rapid adoption and deploymenrt by several significant service providers." Company spokeswoman Ronda Weaver declined to elaborate or provid e additional detail. World Wide Packets did not name the investors behindethe $10 million equity injection.
The company's previouse investors include Craig McCaw's , Kirkland-based , Seattle's and of World Wide Packets started out working with municipal customersw but has more recentlytargeted telecom, cablw and wireless carriers. The company's internet routingf technology competes with similar offering s from CiscoSystems Inc., of San Jose, Calif., and Paris-basefd Alcatel-Lucent. World Wide Packets was founde d in 1999 and has raised a significant amount of venturd capital overits eight-year lifetime.
The new $10 milliohn brings the company's total investment to more than $158 Other past investors are ArgoGlobal Capital, of Boston, Azur e Capital Partners, of San Francisco, Entrepia of Silico Valley, and New York-based Millennium Technology Ventures.
makes switches that route internet traffic along fibe roptic cables, allowing transmission of data, voice and vide at higher volumes and higher speeds. The companyu uses a technology standard called Ethernetr that is common tomany high-speedr broadband networks. The company, in a brie statement, said it would use the new investmen to meet increasing demandfor products, including a new switcg called LE-3300, which is "isd seeing rapid adoption and deploymenrt by several significant service providers." Company spokeswoman Ronda Weaver declined to elaborate or provid e additional detail. World Wide Packets did not name the investors behindethe $10 million equity injection.
The company's previouse investors include Craig McCaw's , Kirkland-based , Seattle's and of World Wide Packets started out working with municipal customersw but has more recentlytargeted telecom, cablw and wireless carriers. The company's internet routingf technology competes with similar offering s from CiscoSystems Inc., of San Jose, Calif., and Paris-basefd Alcatel-Lucent. World Wide Packets was founde d in 1999 and has raised a significant amount of venturd capital overits eight-year lifetime.
The new $10 milliohn brings the company's total investment to more than $158 Other past investors are ArgoGlobal Capital, of Boston, Azur e Capital Partners, of San Francisco, Entrepia of Silico Valley, and New York-based Millennium Technology Ventures.
Tuesday, July 24, 2012
Oakland outfit expanding its customs in China - San Francisco Business Times:
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The 3-year-old Oakland company expandecd its exclusive deal with to personalize shoes for customers and will begin operationsa at a second factoryin Fuzhou, China, next montb to handle the increase. The which boosts the number of Reebok styles availabl for tweaking from three to sevebn by the endof 2006, is an examplr of the growing customization market. It's also an inflectionb point forthe small, but profitable which handles outsourced customization. Thanks to customersw , , and Reebok, Confego doubled its revenue in 2005 to The expanded deal with Reebok will pump revenue toabout $1.5 milliojn in 2006 and significantluy more in 2007 for the companty formerly known as .
Confego is working towardd contracts with three major brands now and will begincustomizingt women's shoes for Reebok next when it begins operationsd in Indonesia, said Mike Schell, Confego'z director of sales. "We'vee been pounding the pavement for a couplwof years," said CFO David Gross, a former venture capitalisy who co-founded the compangy with former college buddy Brennan Mulligan of "When we first started it in 2003 it was a tougg sell. We had to evangelize No longer. Individuality is coming to the with retailers like and joining the ranks of longstanding advocatexsof "having it your way," such as Burger King and Dell to offer custom products.
, which purchasedd Reebok last year, will launch its firsft custom-fit shoes, dubbed "mi adidas" at the Westfielx San Francisco Centre when it opensthis fall. Nike ID, the companyt division that has offered custom productxssince 2000, gives customerw the ability to tweaik colors, materials and designws on shoes, apparel and sports equipment. Ryan director of consumer strategy and globall customizationfor Reebok, said his company had been watching the markett for some time, but only launchedx products in November 2005. Althougb he declined to specify revenue or order he said demand has been strong and the division is exceedintg all its targets for thisfirstt year.
"Many of our customers want to be in but they want their own fit and Customization is a big part of that and we expecty to have more of that inthe future," he Ostrom, who cited more color and material option than competitors and a shorter turn-around time as key said finding a company to help Reebok executre the customization program was tough. "There aren't many companie s out there todo this," he said. "It'xs still a pretty new business.
" Confego'se secret sauce is web-based softwares that breaks down customers' choices into buildable blocks -- a recipee of sorts for manufacturing That recipe is routed tothe on-site manager in China who ensuresw orders are produced quickly and shippedr within 48 hours. The whole process, from designing the shoe onlind to receivingthe package, takee one week. Said Gross: "Whatg we're doing is bringing a system and proceswto manufacturing. We joke that we can do custom barbecues. Basically, we can apply this to any lightmanufacturinhg product.
"
The 3-year-old Oakland company expandecd its exclusive deal with to personalize shoes for customers and will begin operationsa at a second factoryin Fuzhou, China, next montb to handle the increase. The which boosts the number of Reebok styles availabl for tweaking from three to sevebn by the endof 2006, is an examplr of the growing customization market. It's also an inflectionb point forthe small, but profitable which handles outsourced customization. Thanks to customersw , , and Reebok, Confego doubled its revenue in 2005 to The expanded deal with Reebok will pump revenue toabout $1.5 milliojn in 2006 and significantluy more in 2007 for the companty formerly known as .
Confego is working towardd contracts with three major brands now and will begincustomizingt women's shoes for Reebok next when it begins operationsd in Indonesia, said Mike Schell, Confego'z director of sales. "We'vee been pounding the pavement for a couplwof years," said CFO David Gross, a former venture capitalisy who co-founded the compangy with former college buddy Brennan Mulligan of "When we first started it in 2003 it was a tougg sell. We had to evangelize No longer. Individuality is coming to the with retailers like and joining the ranks of longstanding advocatexsof "having it your way," such as Burger King and Dell to offer custom products.
, which purchasedd Reebok last year, will launch its firsft custom-fit shoes, dubbed "mi adidas" at the Westfielx San Francisco Centre when it opensthis fall. Nike ID, the companyt division that has offered custom productxssince 2000, gives customerw the ability to tweaik colors, materials and designws on shoes, apparel and sports equipment. Ryan director of consumer strategy and globall customizationfor Reebok, said his company had been watching the markett for some time, but only launchedx products in November 2005. Althougb he declined to specify revenue or order he said demand has been strong and the division is exceedintg all its targets for thisfirstt year.
"Many of our customers want to be in but they want their own fit and Customization is a big part of that and we expecty to have more of that inthe future," he Ostrom, who cited more color and material option than competitors and a shorter turn-around time as key said finding a company to help Reebok executre the customization program was tough. "There aren't many companie s out there todo this," he said. "It'xs still a pretty new business.
" Confego'se secret sauce is web-based softwares that breaks down customers' choices into buildable blocks -- a recipee of sorts for manufacturing That recipe is routed tothe on-site manager in China who ensuresw orders are produced quickly and shippedr within 48 hours. The whole process, from designing the shoe onlind to receivingthe package, takee one week. Said Gross: "Whatg we're doing is bringing a system and proceswto manufacturing. We joke that we can do custom barbecues. Basically, we can apply this to any lightmanufacturinhg product.
"
Sunday, July 22, 2012
Burgess: Property tax losses
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The Miami-Dade County property appraiser released its preliminaru tax rollinformation Monday, with all four taxintg jurisdictions – fire rescue, library, the unincorporatex area and Miami-Dade overall – seeing a decline. The countywidse decrease comparing preliminary tax numbers from year to year showes a 9percent decrease, or a total of $22.55 “These losses would have been worse if not for new constructionm that was added to the propertyu tax roll as of Jan. County Manager George Burgesxs said in a memo sent tocountg commissioners. North Bay Village took the biggest hit, down 20.2 percent from 2008 levels. Homestead saw an 18.
2 perceny decline, followed by Normandy Shores, down 17.5 percent, and Aventurza which was down 17.3 percent. Golden Beach and the tiny city of Islandiqa sawno change. Medley saw a 1.5 percent drop whiled Biscayne Park saw a 4percent decline. Click for the full Staffers reviewed property tax rolls goingy back to 1985 and founsd that 1993 saw taxabld value shrinkby 2.9 percent, or $1.9 “Even in 2008, when we absorbe the impact of doubling the homestead exemption from $25,000 to $50,000, the property tax roll was relatively Burgess explained in the memo. “These losses in propert tax roll valuesare unprecedented.
” Burgesx warned of a lot more pain on the using the last two years as a barometet of what is coming. For the second consecutive Miami-Dade faced a $200 million budget gap in the lastfiscal year. Core services were kept intact bytighteningv belts, but assuming the same tax rate adopted for the estimated ad valorem revenues for fiscall year 2009-10 would shrink by $174.1 according to the memo. Taking into accountr the impact of normal inflationarty growth and the economic combined with the non ad valorerevenue sources, results in propert tax subsidized operations facing a budger gap of $350 millionj to $400 million, Burgess said.
“We are working diligentlhy to prepare a proposed budget forFY [fiscal year] 2009-10 that to the extengt possible, preserves essential services and minimizes service impacts to our residents,” he wrote in the “However, closing a budgetary gap of this size will required some very difficult
The Miami-Dade County property appraiser released its preliminaru tax rollinformation Monday, with all four taxintg jurisdictions – fire rescue, library, the unincorporatex area and Miami-Dade overall – seeing a decline. The countywidse decrease comparing preliminary tax numbers from year to year showes a 9percent decrease, or a total of $22.55 “These losses would have been worse if not for new constructionm that was added to the propertyu tax roll as of Jan. County Manager George Burgesxs said in a memo sent tocountg commissioners. North Bay Village took the biggest hit, down 20.2 percent from 2008 levels. Homestead saw an 18.
2 perceny decline, followed by Normandy Shores, down 17.5 percent, and Aventurza which was down 17.3 percent. Golden Beach and the tiny city of Islandiqa sawno change. Medley saw a 1.5 percent drop whiled Biscayne Park saw a 4percent decline. Click for the full Staffers reviewed property tax rolls goingy back to 1985 and founsd that 1993 saw taxabld value shrinkby 2.9 percent, or $1.9 “Even in 2008, when we absorbe the impact of doubling the homestead exemption from $25,000 to $50,000, the property tax roll was relatively Burgess explained in the memo. “These losses in propert tax roll valuesare unprecedented.
” Burgesx warned of a lot more pain on the using the last two years as a barometet of what is coming. For the second consecutive Miami-Dade faced a $200 million budget gap in the lastfiscal year. Core services were kept intact bytighteningv belts, but assuming the same tax rate adopted for the estimated ad valorem revenues for fiscall year 2009-10 would shrink by $174.1 according to the memo. Taking into accountr the impact of normal inflationarty growth and the economic combined with the non ad valorerevenue sources, results in propert tax subsidized operations facing a budger gap of $350 millionj to $400 million, Burgess said.
“We are working diligentlhy to prepare a proposed budget forFY [fiscal year] 2009-10 that to the extengt possible, preserves essential services and minimizes service impacts to our residents,” he wrote in the “However, closing a budgetary gap of this size will required some very difficult
Saturday, July 21, 2012
Report: MediaNews Group, Verve Wireless to partner on mobile news - The Business Review (Albany):
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Encinitas, Calif.-based Verve is initiating partnershipzs with MediaNews as well as othernewspaper companies: The Hearsty Corp., a minority owner of the Post and most other MediaNewas newspapers, as well as Belo Corp. and Cox . Verve's business is building mobiler sitesfor newspapers. Its CEO, Art is a 30-year newspaper veteran who won a Pulitzetr Prize in 1986 as a reporter for the Philadelphia Inquirer for his articles on the InternapRevenue Service. Verve already is working with the Associated Press news service as well asMcClatch Co., New York Times Regional Group and Mediaa General, Mediaweek said. Another mobile-news company, Crisl Wireless, is working with Gannett Co.
America's largest newspaper as well as theWashington Post. The Denverf Post currently offers a that featuresd a list ofrecent headlines. But newspaperws nationwide are looking for ways to generatwe more revenue from their mobile news feeds through such means as targeted local advertising. Mediaweek quoted a forecast from the Kelsey Groulp that local mobile ad revenur willtop $3.1 billion by 2013, up from $160 millionn in 2008. The New York Times Co. has said recentl it may start charging readers for news deliverecd tomobile devices, Mediaweek said.
Last MediaNews executives said they and will developl ways to charge readers for some of itsweb "We cannot continue to give all of our contenr away for free," MediaNews CEO William Dean Singleto and President Joseph "Jody" Lodovic .
Encinitas, Calif.-based Verve is initiating partnershipzs with MediaNews as well as othernewspaper companies: The Hearsty Corp., a minority owner of the Post and most other MediaNewas newspapers, as well as Belo Corp. and Cox . Verve's business is building mobiler sitesfor newspapers. Its CEO, Art is a 30-year newspaper veteran who won a Pulitzetr Prize in 1986 as a reporter for the Philadelphia Inquirer for his articles on the InternapRevenue Service. Verve already is working with the Associated Press news service as well asMcClatch Co., New York Times Regional Group and Mediaa General, Mediaweek said. Another mobile-news company, Crisl Wireless, is working with Gannett Co.
America's largest newspaper as well as theWashington Post. The Denverf Post currently offers a that featuresd a list ofrecent headlines. But newspaperws nationwide are looking for ways to generatwe more revenue from their mobile news feeds through such means as targeted local advertising. Mediaweek quoted a forecast from the Kelsey Groulp that local mobile ad revenur willtop $3.1 billion by 2013, up from $160 millionn in 2008. The New York Times Co. has said recentl it may start charging readers for news deliverecd tomobile devices, Mediaweek said.
Last MediaNews executives said they and will developl ways to charge readers for some of itsweb "We cannot continue to give all of our contenr away for free," MediaNews CEO William Dean Singleto and President Joseph "Jody" Lodovic .
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