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• How Private Citizens Saved Central Park
• CD Milestones: +8,000 Posts And +6,000,000 Visits
• Tax Foundation Map Of State Credit Ratings

How Private Citizens Saved Central Park Posted: 20 Aug 2011 08:25 AM PDT Who’s in charge of maintaining Central Park in Manhattan (pictured above)? The city of New York using taxpayer money and unionized public employees, right? Well, Wrong! From Laura Vanderkam in the City Journal (emphasis mine): “Perhaps the most amazing thing about Central Park is how little tax money goes into maintaining it. Though it is still ultimately the city's responsibility, the park has been managed since the 1980s by the nonprofit Central Park Conservancy, and it relies on private … [visit site to read more] or compare Best Credit Cards and Balance Transfer Credit Cards

CD Milestones: +8,000 Posts And +6,000,000 Visits Posted: 20 Aug 2011 07:58 AM PDT A few new statistical milestones for Carpe Diem: 1) The total number of posts just went over 8,000 and 2) the total number of visits recently went over 6,000,000 (see graphic above)!  Thanks for your support and thanks also for the 60 comments and several private emails about the “gestapo” issue, which overwhelmingly found the term to not be objectionable.  … [visit site to read more] or compare Best Credit Cards and Balance Transfer Credit Cards

Tax Foundation Map Of State Credit Ratings Posted: 20 Aug 2011 07:39 AM PDT The map above from the Tax Foundation shows S&P credit ratings of the 50 states: 13 states have the top AAA rating, 14 states have the second-highest AA+ rating, 17 states have the next highest rating of AA, four states have an AA- rating, and the two worst states have ratings of A+ (Illinois) and A- … [visit site to read more] or compare Best Credit Cards and Balance Transfer Credit Cards

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