Monday, December 31, 2012

City landlords must register with police | CharlotteObserver.com

City landlords must register with police | CharlotteObserver.com

Will we see Greensboro keep up with the jonses as they say on this issue where City of Charlotte is making all landlords register with police department and also pay a fee as well.

Thursday, December 27, 2012

Papers keep lock on public notice ads

Papers keep lock on public notice ads

Monday, December 24, 2012

Forsyth court wants filings online; state interested, too - Winston-Salem Journal: Local News

Forsyth court wants filings online; state interested, too - Winston-Salem Journal: Local News

We need to also add that it would also save taxpayers money to not publish in newspapers but have it available online like we see Forsyth county nc court is doing. Great job and I hope we can all get behind this issue .

Triadwatch and what has been going on the past few months

Triadwatch has been light on the blogging lately because of work obligations and a few of my hobbies that has been a part of my life for a long time.

One of the hobbies is playing Pinball at a competitive level where there is a place in Greensboro N.C. called Lost Ark Video Games located off of Spring Garden Street near the intersection of Holden Road. Here is a link to their web site, CLICKHERE . Lost Ark has multiple pinball games set up in their establishment and each month we compete in a monthly pinball tournament where staring in 2013 for the January 19th tournament we will start getting points sanctioned under the IFPA International Flippers Pinball Asociation world rankings. It was great to work with this establishment to get this designation for their monthly pinball tournament because there is only one other place in North Carolina where you can play this many games in a public setting. Lost Ark is a crown jewel for pinball enthusiast and if you want to have a great time please stop by .

The other place to play pinball in the State of North Carolina is out on the Outer Banks with a place called Flippers, they have a facebook account CLICKHERE . They have only been open for over a year but in due time this place will become a must see place for all who enjoy playing pinball and other video games.

One aspect of blogging that i want to concentrate on is for local governments to do away with public notifications in local newspapers. It is time for all governments to do away with this costly taxpayers money when all they need to do is put the information on their web site because the law that was established happened before the computer ever came into existence. We started out with a town crier then went to newspapers for public notices and now it is time for all to use their local web sites to annouce these public notices and save the taxpayers millions of dollars a year.

Thanks to everyone who has been reading my blog the past years and 2013 will start back up with new post and hopefully we will see some North Carolina state bills in regards to public notices .

Newspapers Could Lose Abandoned Property Legal Notices in Ohio with New Bill

HAT TIP Legal Notices Online

Newspapers Could Lose Abandoned Property Legal Notices in Ohio, New Bill Proposes.

Newspapers Take Pragmatic Stand On Bill:
An obsolete statewide Ohio law mandating legal notices in print might change with a new bill which would allow storage facilities to advertise the sale of abandoned property online.
What is newsworthy about this item is how the newspaper lobby, once so strong, has, by action, conceded their weak bargaining position. Here's how:
1.) According to the Cleveland Plain Dealer while they oppose the law, newspapers have already conceded that maybe instead of publishing twice in print, maybe the nice government could publish them once in print. This is substantial change from the hard line that newspapers' lobbyists have taken opposing previous bills.
2.) The law allows those running the ads to avoid paying the high newspaper prices "if at least three independent bidders attend the sale at the time and place advertised." Here is a loophole the storage facility owners could drive their trucks through.
Comically the Cleveland Plain Dealer editorialized last week that the marketplace is more efficient when notices are published in print. We're not sure all of the people selling items on Craig's List would agree. Looking at the size of the classified sections of the local newspapers, it appears that the market has spoken, and if this law passes, it also appears that the governments are now catching up.
To read how other states are addressing this issue Click HERE

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