Driven to Disaster-How City Council can help!!
By PoliticsNation

Joint research from CRL and the Consumer Federation of America finds that car-title loans—small-dollar loans secured by the title to a vehicle owned outright—cost U.S. consumers $3.6 billion a year in interest on $1.6 billion in loans.

•A typical borrower receives cash equal to only 26 percent of a car’s value, yet pays 300% APR.

•The average car-title borrower renews a loan eight times, paying $2,142 in interest for ...

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Water bills
By kyrebel

Why doesn't the City Of Hinesville use the water bill customer account number instead of an invoice number (that constanly changes)so you can pay your water bill online without having to wait for the paper bill each month?

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Something To Think About When You Spend Your Money
By sebekm

The term "outsourcing" has been in the news quite a bit lately, but there are some U.S. companies who do a lot of "investing" right here at home. A recent article from Yahoo!Finance by Matt Nesto lists the top 25 non-financial companies "that spent the most money in 2011 investing domestically on things like new plants, new technology, and new equipment." As pointed out in the article:

""The role of investment in ...

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Annual Banquet/Leader Awards
By lpoole

The Liberty County Chamber of Commerce Annual Meeting & Awards Banquet will be held on Friday, January 27th at Club Stewart. Cocktail hour begins at 630pm. There are plans to have a live band and a few surprises!

This is the Chamber's annual event to recognize outgoing Board Members and honor our Chairman for his/her duties performed. This is also the chance to recognize our Business Leader and Civic Leader of the ...

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Local Buisness Support
By HMJC

Goodmorning my fellow bloggers, hope this Friday morning finds you ready for the weekend and full of X-mas cheer! Let me preface my following comments by saying I know how "popular" it is in this forum when a local buisness is referanced but damn the torpedos I am going to do it anyway! So...I am a fan of the donut, quite possibly a connoisseur. We have two places here in Hinesvegas to purchase such delicacies. ...

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