Everything-Mormon is probably more than we want-to-know and certainly more than we-need-to know. No one can dismiss them as bad actors - all the way from the top conservative Quorum of Elders to the fundamentalist cults - they're all getting caught in more ways than one that were hard to imagine. In Utah now, they want to "decriminalize" Polygamy. In Arizona now it's been a bizarre twist on family-values of every kind - from pay-for-adoptions by the Maricopa County Assessor to extremist cults and missing children.
On Thursday the latest episode took place at a courthouse here in Mesa, with roots in bothGilbert (one ex-husband lived right across the street from The Gilbert Temple) and Chandler that extended to Idaho and Utah. No one could make-these-things up
‘CULT’ MOM Lori Vallow lookalike niece lands in court, insists she KNOWS NOTHING about missing Idaho kids
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Consumer Privacy Act applies to any company that does business in California . . . other states are still grappling
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Feb.27 -- In the wake of high-profile data breaches at some of the world’s biggest companies, lawmakers and regulators are starting to take seriously protections for consumers’ online privacy. The California Consumer Privacy Act, which went into effect on Jan. 1, 2020, is the country’s first comprehensive law that gives users control over their own data - and it likely won’t be the last. Bloomberg Law’s Dan Stoller details what businesses need to know about California’s new law and analyzes what’s next in privacy regulations in state houses and on Capitol Hill.
Once a Spanish colony, Holland took over the maritime trade-routes and a "free-wheeling" business culture that financed the voyages.
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Trillion dollar mega corporations are a very big deal these days there are about 2 or three that exists in the modern world and they are primarily tech companies that have achieved this status by capitalising on cutting edge modern technology, and probably a bit of optimistic speculation, but there is one corporation that has snaked its way through history and may have very well been the largest corporation in history.
This was a company that laid the foundations for modern multinationals and created systems, procedures and expectations that we take for granted today.
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It was "a dream come true" for JenniferDuff, District 4 Mesa City Councilmember (or so she said) in a 01:18 streaming video produced for the occasion by the City of Mesa. Developer Tony Wall pitched-in too, saying there were 297 units for 'Luxury Living." Hizzoner John Giles opened the short clip by saying "it's a great addition to the other development on the east side of the street," but couldn't say the name of the for-profit religion real estate development there. Notice how quick-and-clipped the uploaded streaming video is - not the usual wide shots of assembled dignitaries and city officials COVERING MESA: The GRID Ground-Breaking The GRID breaks ground on a new $75-Million Mixed-Use Development in Downtown Mesa 32 Views 1 day ago
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> "Bringing jobs into the community is a leap forward.” . . . real estate investors would like more from the Treasury in the next round of regulations.
In an interview, Quinn Palomino, chief executive at Virtua Partners a private equity group, said she hopedthe government would mandate reporting on metrics such as the number of jobs and affordable housing units created in the zones.
“Everyone’s running to this industry,” including a lot of people without the background in real estate development, she said.“It’s pretty scary out there, some of the projects that are coming in.
Kind of, two guys in the back of a van, trying to get an Opportunity Zone project done.”
What should unite Opportunity Zones backers and detractors
September 4, 2019
Editor's note: A version of this blog post also ran on Impact Alpha here. By Aaron Seybert
" . . . Depending on your ideological, political, or economic interests, you can pick the facts and examples around Opportunity Zones that most confirm your bias and dismiss the critiques you disagree with . . ."
I believe anyone who cares about this legislation producing sustainable, positive impact in communities should be asking for mandatory disclosure.
Without the knowledge of where the money came from, who raised it, and where it went, how can we possibly hope to know if this incentive is helping or hurting on the whole?
We should absolutely support the best actors to show a path forward. However, we in philanthropy should just as forcefully demand mandatory reporting at every level and remain extremely sensitive to what we lend our name to. We should fund advocacy organizations, investigative journalism, and think tanks to increase the reputation risk for policy makers and practitioners and insist this debate continues in the public eye. In the absence of a fully transparent market, I will remain skeptical but engaged.
Final opportunity zone regulations have been released Stakeholders interested in maximizing tax incentives must initiate an investment prior to the end of the year.from this blog
21 December 2019IRS Issues Final Regulations on OZones + Qualified Opportunity Funds
The Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) is reporting that its review of the final IRS regulations on Qualified Opportunity Funds concluded on December 17th. Yesterday Jimmy Atkinson writing in Opportunity Database announced that the long wait is over. IRS has issued final regulations on Qualified Opportunity Funds, nearly two years after the Opportunity Zone initiative was enacted into law as part of the 2017 Tax Cuts & Jobs Act. ________________________________________________________________________ There are a number of sticking points from the first two tranches of proposed regulations — many of which were discussed at the most recent IRS hearing on Qualified Opportunity Funds — that should be clarified in these final regs, including:
Data collection and reporting, and what Treasury’s limits may be.
Multi-asset fund exit options, and the discrepancies that exist between tax treatment at the different QOF, QOZB, and QOZBP levels.
Whether the substantial improvement test can be conducted on an aggregate basis, as opposed to an asset-by-asset basis.
The treatment of debt-financed distributions.
The treatment of Section 1231 gains.
The definition of vacant property.
How to pair the Opportunity Zone tax incentive with real estate tax credits such as New Markets, Low Income Housing, Renewable Energy, and Historic.
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Where Opportunity Zones stand, heading into 2019
The stage is set for Sean Parker’s pet project—now it’s time for the money to start rolling in
After the dust settled in the spring, the industry realized a hidden gem had been tucked away in the law: Opportunity Zones.
The brainchild of Silicon Valley financier Sean Parker, Opportunity Zones allow investors to obtain massive tax advantages if they invest capital gains—money made on the sale of assets like a home, a business, or a piece of art—into “distressed” areas of the country where the post-financial crisis recovery passed by. While the provision theoretically allows investors to put money into any type of project so long as it’s in a designated zone—a business, infrastructure, whatever—most observers believe it is especially attractive to real estate developers, partly because the largest tax benefits go to those who stay invested in the zone for at least 10 years. Advocates for the program believe this could be a game-changing community development tool. __________________ From Bloomberg News
Will ‘Opportunity Zones’ Help the Rich, the Poor or Both?
By Noah Buhayar January 3, 2019 10:00 PM
(Blogger Note: If this is one of your TLDR - Too Long Didn't Read - challenges, there's a 04:54 minute audio you can listen to at the underlined link above the article headline)
"Buried in the Republican tax overhaul that President Donald Trump signed into law in late 2017 are incentives for investors who fund businesses or develop real estate in new “opportunity zones.”Banks, private equity firms, insurance companies and wealthy individuals are now rushing to take advantage. . .
Everything-Mormon is probably more than we want-to-know and certainly more than we-need-to know. No one can dismiss them as bad actors - all the way from the top conservative Quorum of Elders to the fundamentalist cults - they're all getting caught in more ways than one that were hard to imagine. In Utah now, they want to "decriminalize" Polygamy. In Arizona now it's been a bizarre twist on family-values of every kind - from pay-for-adoptions by the Maricopa County Assessor to extremist cults and missing children.
