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Please encourage friends and colleagues to take advantage of this service, including recent graduates and others interested in leasing and related careers.

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Top Stories  September 14 - September 18
(Opened Most by Readers)

(1) Employee Exodus at Direct Capital, Portsmouth, NH
     Customers and Vendors to Follow
       by Tom McCurnin, Leasing News Legal Editor
               and Christopher Menkin
http://leasingnews.org/archives/Sep2015/9_14.htm#employee

(2)  My Opinions on Major License Changes
        for Lease Financing in the State of California
  by Tom McCurnin, Leasing News Legal Editor
http://leasingnews.org/archives/Sep2015/9_18.htm#opinions

(3) In California, You had better have a license to lease
           by Kenneth C. Greene, Esq.
http://leasingnews.org/archives/Sep2015/9_16.htm#license

(4) Light Attendance at NAELB Atlanta Conference
              Report by Dwight Galloway, CLFP
http://leasingnews.org/archives/Sep2015/9_16.htm#light

(5) New Hires---Promotions in the Leasing Business
             and Related Industries
http://leasingnews.org/archives/Sep2015/9_18.htm#hires

(6) Pictures from the Past -- 1991
          Sudhir Amembal
http://leasingnews.org/archives/Sep2015/9_16.htm#pictures

(7)  California SB 197 Passed by Assembly
         Waiting for the Governor's Signature
http://leasingnews.org/archives/Sep2015/9_14.htm#sb

(8) Leasing #102 by Mr. Terry Winders, CLFP
        So You Want to Start a Leasing Company?
http://leasingnews.org/archives/Sep2015/9_14.htm#so

(9) Who Needs a Desk? Watch the Change
http://leasingnews.org/archives/Sep2015/9_16.htm#desk

(10) Did Audi and Porsche just unveil Tesla killers?
http://www.sfgate.com/cars/article/Did-Audi-and-Porsche-just-unveil-Tesla-killers-6506176.p

 

 

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Funders Taking New Broker Business List

BSB
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The following “funders” have informed Leasing News they will consider business from “new” third party originators.  Many companies require a
certain length of time in business and other requirements, such as a specific volume of business.  These “funders” will consider submissions from those new in the leasing and finance business:

 

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Leasing Industry Help Wanted

 

Press Release

WE'RE HIRING at Our Minneapolis Headquarters Credit Manager This position will be responsible for underwriting small ticket working capital applications up to $250,000 in a fast paced and high volume environment. The candidate will make independent decisions on commercial credit applications through evaluation of business and personal credit reports, financial statements and other credit information. More Collections Representative This position will function as the primary contact for customer concerns regarding loan collection issues. The candidate will act as a liaison between the customer, Channel Partners Capital and 3rd Party Collection Agencies. More Please email cover letter and resume to: careers@channelpartnersllc.com

 

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(Terry retired January 1, 2015.  To honor him and his many years of writing for readers of Leasing News, is repeating several of his columns that are still meaningful today. Here is April 2, 2012.)

Broker/Lessor Assignment Protection

One of the most frustrating problems brokers or lessors have is the loss of control of a lessee when a funder does the invoicing. The problem is compounded when on occasion the transaction is sold again as part of a larger syndication. Many brokers and lessors have residual expectations and future business from these transactions that are in danger of being ignored if a lessee early terminates or the funder does not have a method to record the obligation to reassign the deal to the broker or Lessor. The question of how to solve this problem has been around as long as lease transactions have been sold or assigned.

Some companies, such as Financial Pacific, send a separate letter to the broker or lessor acknowledging that they have the right to the residual when all the payments and what are owed is complete. It is also common on funding sheets, such as from BSB Leasing or Bank of the West Indirect Leasing that the residual ownership is spelled out.

Whether you have such a document in writing or not, the best way of saving a customer/lessee is constant contact and/or request a status report each month on the deals you have sold to them so you can monitor the lessee progress and contact them 90 days prior to termination to determine their intention upon termination. First Federal Leasing out of Richmond, Indiana has been doing this for a long time and has become very popular with brokers and lessors.

Of course, it is always good salesmanship to keep in contact with your lessee, not just with birthday cards or a newsletter, but letting them know there is six months left on the contract and they should notify whoever is collecting the payments, they intend to exercise the purchase option. This is extremely important if you are no longer doing business with this company or the lease was sold from where it was originally placed.

Another excellent reason to stay in contact with the lessee. If the lessee is getting behind, the funder can call the lease in default and the broker or lessor then loses the residual, even if another assumes the lease. It is not only maintaining a better relationship with your funder, but also protecting your residual or ability to be able to fund another lease for the lessee.

One of the current problems comes from the fact that a lot of the transactions sold by lessors are Article 9 leases that are “leases intended as security”. They are essentially loans and are very often handled by funders who use installment loan software that has limited capabilities for leasing. Even if they use lease software it is usually restricted to the financial aspects of the deal and has no ability to record assignment parameters. In addition many funders have back office personnel handle lessee’s requests like early payoffs and end of the lease terminations. They do not have access to legal documentation or assignment agreements so when a lease/loan terminates they just close the books.

The only way that I can see to legally protect the agreement is to place language in the broker agreement that requires the funder to contact the broker prior to allowing a lease transaction too early terminate or fail to reassign upon termination of the rental stream. I would suggest one or two methods to accomplish this: Have a master broker agreement with this included and/or on the short assignment of each deal a statement of the individual transaction.

The problem, however, arises if the leasing company is sold or the leases are sold, or a bankruptcy occurs such as has happened with IFC Credit and the many Evergreen clauses enacted or “fair market value” when the original contract is $1.00. This is also common one leasing company buys another and the conditions then change.

So the actual funding sheet may help you, but a letter such as from Financial Pacific or actual assignment agreement spelling out the broker or lessor rights to the residual, are the best evidence to have.

Previous #102 Columns:
http://www.leasingnews.org/Conscious-Top%20Stories/Leasing_102/Index.htm

 

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“Words Not to Use in Your Resume”
Career Crossroad---By Emily Fitzpatrick/RII

Q: What Words should I NOT use in my Resume?
   
A:I have written previously regarding words to include in your resume (action and value words; see previous columns). There are also words that should not be included in your resume.

According to a recent survey, 17% of hiring managers spend 30 seconds or less reviewing resumes; 68% spend less than two minutes! These stats emphasize the importance of the words and phrases (as well as the look/layout) used in your resume. 

In addition to not using “vague” or overused expressions/clichés, e.g. “hard worker” (be specific with value/achievements); here are samples of words/terms/expressions hiring managers do not want to read:

Go-getter
Think outside of the box
Go-to person
Value add
Results-driven
Team player
Bottom-line
Hard worker
Dynamic
Detail-oriented
Self-motivated
Synergy

Replace these by focusing on skills related to the position you are applying for (this takes some time and thought). By focusing on results and accomplishments, you will have a better chance of the employer taking a longer look at your resume and credential.

Emily Fitzpatrick
Sr. Recruiter
Recruiters International, Inc.
Phone:  954-885-9241
Cell:  954-612-0567
emily@riirecruit.com
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Career Crossroads Previous Columns
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Purchase, Renewal, Return ("PRR") Clauses
by Christopher Menkin

"PRR" clauses are in the category of "Evergreen Clauses" and "Wintergreen Clauses," where the lessee must notify the lessor of its intention, often 90 days in advance, regarding its intent toward the residual. Its abuse, when the lessee fails in notify the lessor, has resulted continuing automatic payments, ACH, until the lessee realizes what is happening. Worse is the Purchase, Renewal, Return clause ("PPR"). It basically is an automatic 12 month extension of the lease contract when there is not resolution or 90 day notification. The wording makes it a merry-go-round. In the case of Republic Bank, Bountiful, Utah, before they started winding down, they would not only discount the stream of payments but the 12 month "PPR" to the lessor.  One of their favorites was Mazuma Capital, Draper, Utah; who “merged” with Onset Financial, South Jordan, Utah, January, 2014 (1).

In the "Evergreen Section, "Leasing News identifies Marquette Equipment Finance, Midvale, Utah, Mazuma Capital Corp, Draper, Utah, Onset Financial, South Jordan, Utah, Pacific Western Equipment Finance, Cottonwood Heights, Utah, Tetra Finance Group, Salt Lake City, Utah 9 (2).  The evidence is from court cases as well as current leasing contracts that contain the provision.

A typical example comes from a court case involving Onset Financial:

“(Section 20:
n. Lessee's Options at Maturity of Base Period. At the maturity of the Base Period of any Lease, Lessee shall, provided at least one hundred fifty (150) days prior written notice is received by Lessor from Lessee via certified mail, do one of the following: (1) purchase the Property for a price to be determined by Lessor end Lessee, (2) renew the Lease for twelve (12) additional months at the rate specified on the respective Schedule, or (3) terminate the Schedule and return the Properly to Lessor at Lessee's expense to a destination within the continental United States specified by Lessor; provided, however, that for option (3) to apply, all accrued but unpaid late charges, interest, taxes, penalties, and any and all other sums due and owing under the Schedule must first be paid in full, the provisions of Sections 8f, 8g and 7d hereof must be specifically complied with, and Lessee must enter into a new Schedule with Lessor to lease Property which replaces the Property listed on the old Schedule. With respect to options (1) and (3), each party shall have the right in its absolute and sole discretion to accept or reject any terms of purchase or of any new Schedule, as applicable. In the event Lessor end Lessee have not agreed to either option (1) or (3) by the maturity of the Base Period, or if Lessee fails to give written notice of Its option via certified mail at least one hundred fifty (150) days prior to the maturity of the Base Period, or if an Event of Default has occurred under any Lease, then option (2) shall apply at the maturity of the Base Period. At the maturity of the renewal period provided for In option (2) above, the Lease shall continue in effect at the rate specified in the respective Schedule for successive periods of six (6) months each subject to termination at the maturity of any such successive six-month renewal period by either Lessor or Lessee giving to the other party at best thirty (30) days prior written notice of termination." (3)

1. Mazuma-Onset Mergerhttp://leasingnews.org/archives/Jan2014/1_13.htm#merge
2. Evergreen Clauses
   http://www.leasingnews.org/Pages/lease_expiration_evergreen.html
3. Onset Contract
   http://leasingnews.org/PDF/OnsetContract.pdf 

 

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Interim Rent: Proper Accounting Function for 
Short Term Advances --- Or Is It a Scam?
By Tom McCurnin 
Leasing News Legal News Editor

Interim Rent is Legal in Most States that Have Considered the Matter
---But the Provision Has to be Fair, Clear and Unambiguous 

Interim rent is the vehicle to compensate the equipment lessor for the time between the deliveries of the equipment (usually coincides with funding) and the first regularly scheduled lease payment. Today’s article will discuss whether the practice is legal and how the lessor can maximize the revenue from this cash cow.

In re Edison Brother Store, 207 B.R. 801 (Bankr. Del. 1997)
Amplicon v Marshfield Clinic, 786 F.Supp. 1469 (W.D. Wisc. 1992)
All-Luminum Products, Inc. v Winthrop Resources, 28 Fed. App. 611 (8th Cir. 2002)
Underwriters Laboratories v Solarcom, (n.D. Ill. 2002).

Historical Application of Interim Rent

When I first entered leasing, interim rent was simply a matter of taking a single payment and dividing it by 30, then multiplying it by the number of days between the delivery and acceptance certificate and the next month’s payment, usually no longer than 29 days. Other lessors used the date of funding the invoice, which was generally within a day or two of the delivery, as the first day of interim rent. To my knowledge, interim rent rarely exceeded a month.

Some bright leasing executive figured out that because the interim rent was less than one of the stated monthly payments, the revenue would not reduce the balance on the equipment lease, and was therefore, 100% pure profit (except for cost of funds). It didn’t take long for lessors to figure out that increasing the time period of interim rent beyond the one month period would a windfall to the lessor. Enter the doctrine of quarterly payments.

Quarterly Payments

The equipment lessor Amplicon first used quarterly payments and interim rent in 1992. It was sued over the practice and, in a reported decision out of Wisconsin, the application of interim rent and quarterly payments was upheld.

The lessor’s sales pitch goes something like this:

Salespersons get the lessee on the phone and tell the lessee that “for the lessee’s convenience ” the lessor will agree” to quarterly payments on the leased equipment, so the lessee is no longer bothered with monthly checks. What the salesperson doesn’t tell the lessee is that the lessor will charge the lessee interim rent for the period between funding and the first payment, which could be as long as 89 days. The salesperson also doesn’t tell the lessee that the interim rent payment will not be credited against the account and does not reduce the lease balance.

The lessee gets a standard lease document which contains an interim rent provision, generally pays no attention to it, and signs the lease. When the lessee figures out that it just threw three months’ worth of payments down the drain, the lessor points to the provision which the lessee signed, and it’s all over but the crying.

In the Amplicon case referenced above, the lessee claimed that the interim rent provision was unfair. A heartless Wisconsin Federal Judge simply ruled that the issue was a matter of contract, and since the provision was clear and unambiguous, it would therefore be enforceable. It’s hard to disagree with this logic, because if the lessee doesn’t read or understand a commercial lease agreement, is it really the lessor’s duty to explain the minefields in the lease document?

The Legality of Interim Rent—Interim Rent Upheld

The issue of interim rent is not addressed in the Uniform Commercial Code, neither in Article 9 nor in Article 2A. The Code drafters were wise not to get bogged down in details and avoided legislating every aspect of equipment leases, so interim rent was left to contract provisions.

Cases interpreting interim rent have been kind
to the practice of interim rent.

In the Edison Brothers case above, the lessee claimed that interim rent was merely a device to increase the lessor’s yield. The Court disagreed, holding that it compensated the lessor for the lessee’s use of the equipment from installation until the date of the first payment.

In the All Luminum decision, the lessee argued that since the lease had a 7% yield, the 8th Circuit should essentially re-write the lease to lower interim rent to an interest only number. The court declined to do so.

Interim Rent Provisions Struck Down

The only case which casts doubt on the use of interim rent provisions is the Illinois decision ofUnderwriters. The facts of the Underwriters decision are interesting. Underwriters Labs (yes the same company that tests electrical fixtures) leased an enormous amount of solar equipment from the lessor Solarcom.

The lessee claimed that the lessee was promised by a salesperson that the quarterly payments would be all that would be owed, and no other payments would be collected. When the lessee received an invoice of $930,000 for interim rent, it offered to pay the lessor interest only on the obligation but balked at paying the huge interim rent amount. When the lessor refused the offer, the lessee sued.

The lessor filed a motion to dismiss. In considering the motion, the Court was troubled by the large interim rent provision. The court was further troubled by the nature of the transaction, an Article 9 lease, essentially a loan of money, yet the lessor expressed the obligation in the financial terms of a lease. The court noted that “If the parties had used documents tailored to the nature of the transaction—the lending of money—and had included a clause specifying that interest was payable at a specified rate for the period from the date the funds were advanced to the beginning of the quarterly period, [the lessee] would have nothing to complain about.” Consequently, the Court denied the lessor’s motion to dismiss. Although not covered by the opinion, the interim rent provision in the lessor’s lease is a little vague in my opinion. 

I don’t think that the Underwriters case is necessarily an aberration, as bad facts make bad law. The salesman may have misrepresented the transaction and the lessor’s documents were not terribly clear. It should be noted that the case settled a little over 90 days after this decision was rendered, so a compromise must have been reached.

Lessons for the Equipment Lessor

I have yet to find a case in which interim rent was charged on a monthly contract and was struck down. So for the vast majority of equipment lessors that use interim rent for its intended purposes, you should rest easy tonight. However, the Underwriters case should give the equipment lessor some pause.

First, let’s be honest here—quarterly payments and an interim rent provision is not for the convenience of the customer—it is almost 100% pure profit. If the lessor socks a lessee with 89 days’ worth of interim rent, do you think the lessor will get that repeat business from that lessee?

Second, if your company is drafting an interim rent provision, make it clear and unambiguous, so a high school senior could understand the provision. For those judges who defer to contractual provisions, this may carry the day.

Third, if a complaint regarding interim rent is received, have in place a structure to elevate the complaint to somebody who understands litigation and risk. Since the interim rent is almost 100% pure profit, the lessor can afford to be magnanimous.

Fourth, sales personnel should obviously not misrepresent the contents of a lease, nor make contradictory statements about the intent of the lessor or the effect of a particular clause. I’ve often thought that sales conversations should be recorded so the issue of misrepresentation can be settled once and for all.

Finally, lessees should obviously read contracts before signing them, and quite frankly, the issue of interim rent and quarterly payments is such a loaded issue, that red flags should be raised.

The bottom line to interim rent is that the vast majority of lessors use it for its intended purpose—to compensate the lessor for the time period between funding and the first schedule payment, usually 29 days or less. However, when quarterly payments are coupled with interim rent, the lessor’s profit and risk increases significantly.

All-Luminum Case
http://www.leasingnews.org/PDF/InterimRentAllLuminumCase_32014.pdf

Amplicon Case
http://www.leasingnews.org/PDF/InterimRentAmpliconCase_32014.pdf

Edison Case
http://www.leasingnews.org/PDF/InterimRentEdisonCase_32014.pdf

Underwriters Case
http://www.leasingnews.org/PDF/InterimRentUnderwritersCase_32014.pdf

Tom McCurnin is a partner at Barton, Klugman & Oetting
in Los Angeles, California.

Tom McCurnin
Barton, Klugman & Oetting
350 South Grand Ave.
Suite 2200
Los Angeles, CA 90071
Direct Phone: (213) 617-6129
Cell (213) 268-8291
Email: tmccurnin@bkolaw.com
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Previous Tom McCurnin Articles:
http://www.leasingnews.org/Conscious-Top%20Stories/leasing_cases.html

 

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Edward K. Gross Joins 25 Most Influential Lawyers
in Equipment Finance and Leasing

Edward K. Gross is considered an industry leader in business aircraft finance, especially jet aircraft and helicopters. These transactions vary in structure and include tax and non-tax lease and secured loan financing of managed and/or chartered aircraft, air taxi and air ambulance fleet and engine pools, and aircraft operated under fractional and "pay card" arrangements. Clients include large publicly or privately held businesses, governmental entities or high-net-worth individual users. Many of these transactions involve foreign registered aircraft. Many clients rely on Mr. Gross in syndication transactions, including large portfolio purchases, "one-off" sales and assignments, discounting, back-leveraging and participation transactions.

He has prepared equipment lease, loan and syndication forms for many of the most active financing providers in the industry. He has over 30 years of experience representing bank-affiliated and large, independent equipment financing companies in all aspects of equipment finance transactions, including documenting, structuring, negotiating, syndicating and enforcement. Mr. Gross was elected as Fellow to the American College of Commercial Finance Lawyers in 2011, and elected as Regent to the College in 2012. He has been recognized by the Equipment Leasing and Finance Association (ELFA), receiving the Distinguished Service Award in 2008 and ELFA’s Legal Committee Edward A. Groobert Excellence in Leasing Award in 2011.

List to Date
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Julie Babcock
Joe Bonanno, CLFP
Bill Carey
Richard Contino
James Coston, CLFP
Jonathan Fleisher
Kenneth Charles Greene, Esq.
Michael A. Leichtling
Malcolm C. Lindquist 
Barry Marks, Esq., CLFP
David G. Mayer
Frank Peretore
John G. Sinodis 
Ellen Michelle Stern
Mark Stout
Kevin Trabaris
Mark Wada 
Michael J. Witt
Irwin Wittlin
Our Legal Editor, Tom McCurnin, has recused himself
from any nominations.

Leasing News is looking for nominations for the Top 25 most preeminent lawyers in the finance and leasing business who are still active. This is not a popularity contest or who was the most beneficial, but most influential. We would like a nomination and a minimum of a paragraph of the reasons you consider this person one of the top 25.

"Influential" as "a person whose actions and opinions strongly influence the course of events." "Preeminent" is "eminent above or before others; superior; surpassing:" {Online Dictionary}

Please email nominations to kitmenkin@leasingnews.org

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How To Help Animals Displaced By
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Republican Job Killers and the Export-Import Bank
  Jeff Immelt, CEO, GE, et. al. Speak Out
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M&T Bank doubles paid maternity leave
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Silly Question

by

Papa Joe Chevalier

Of course I like Baseball!
I like;
All nine innings and knee high strikes
The diamond cut by flashing spikes.
The infield hit, a long home run
Doubleheaders, the radar gun.
The curve, the knuckler, slider and splitter
A slugfest or the chance no-hitter.
The majors, the minors, the kids, the vets
The "Whiz Kids," the "Amazing Mets."
The squeeze bunt and the hit and run
The double steal on three and one.
Both real and artificial grass.
The routine grounder or astro turf hop.
Signs to take and signs to steal
Beating the deadline with a late night deal.
The brush back pitch, the managers warned
The visiting star locally scorned.
Balls with eyes and rain delays
Around the horn double plays.
Walking leads and frozen ropes
Bloops, blasts and springtime hopes.
The game of the week and cable TV
Descriptions like "Good field-no-hit
Or "Say goodbye baseball" at Safeco Field
Diving catches and trapped fly balls
Coaches sweating on 3-2 calls.
The pickoff move and stealing home
Games in the sun or under a dome.
Walks, balks, and fielders choices
An irate skipper getting the gate.
Cold soda, peanuts and ball park franks
Sometimes even the New York Yanks.
For all this and more I have good reason
To be pleased that it's Baseball season.
And if you guys don't mind suggestions,
Go somewhere else with your silly questions!

 

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Sports Briefs----

 

Cowboys QB Tony Romo injured; Jerry Jones:
  'Just about as low as a crippled cricket's ass'
http://www.dallasnews.com/sports/dallas-cowboys/20150920-cowboys-qb-tony-romo-injured-jerry-jones-just-about-as-low-as-a-crippled-cricket-s-ass.ece

Cowboys survive loss of Romo, hold off inept Eagles
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Packers step to front of NFC with win over Seahawks
http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/packers/2015/09/21/seattle-seahawks-aaron-rodgers-green-bay-russell-wilson/72547620/

Stunner in Oakland: Raiders top Ravens in shootout
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49ers routed 43-18 in Steelers home opener
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Giants Collapse Again, This Time at Home
   Against the Atlanta Falcons
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Matt Jones and Alfred Morris power Redskins’
    24-10 win over the Rams
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Johnny Manziel has his moment against Marcus Mariota,
   but what does it mean?
http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/browns/2015/09/20/johnny-manziel-marcus-mariota-cleveland-tennessee-titans/72527244/

Patriots had perfect plan to neutralize Bills’ blitzes
http://www.bostonglobe.com/sports/2015/09/20/patriots-had-perfect-plan-neutralize-bills-blitzes/Z6nTf7UkevMhyDqfqnsqUK/story.html

Oakland dumping Coliseum development:
  What’s next for Raiders?
http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Oakland-dumping-Coliseum-develoment-What-s-6515880.php

 

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California Nuts Briefs---

Valley Fire: Many Lake County residents, already suffering from poverty and poor health, besieged again
http://www.contracostatimes.com/breaking-news/ci_28844746/valley-fire-many-lake-county-residents-already-suffering

New wildfire in Northern California kills 1; damage mounts
http://www.sacbee.com/news/article35883171.html

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“Gimme that Wine”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJnQoi8DSE8

Randall Grahm’s Grand California Experiment
http://www.winemag.com/October-2015/Randall-Grahms-Grand-California-Experiment/

Free Mobile Wine Program
http://leasingnews.org/archives/Feb2010/2_26.htm#mobile

Wine Prices by vintage
http://www.winezap.com
http://www.wine-searcher.com/

US/International Wine Events
http://www.localwineevents.com/

Leasing News Wine & Spirits Page
http://two.leasingnews.org/Recommendations/wnensprts.htm