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A judge this week froze the assets of two men accused of leaving mobile home buyers with faulty titles and thousands of dollars in unpaid taxes that should have been handled by the sellers. Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott had requested the asset freeze against Andrew and Edward Huizar to preserve money that he believes should be used to refund homebuyers. Tuesday, Judge David A. Berchelmann, sitting in Bexar County's presiding court, also signed off on an injunction that halts the business practices in question. The Huizars and a third man, David Barroso, were sued by the Attorney General's Office in March, accused of providing home buyers with faulty property titles and leaving them with debts for unpaid taxes and other liens that should have been paid by the sellers.
MARCO ISLAND: A Marco Island water main at the intersection of Collier Boulevard and Bald Eagle Drive has been damaged by contractor. A boil water notice is in effect for about 200 people on the island. Crews worked into the night trying to repair the break at the intersection. Part of Bald Eagle Drive was still shut down on Wednesday night, but the bigger issue was over the water quality on the island. Porky's, a restaurant on Marco Island, is normally packed. But on Wednesday it was empty. Porky's, like many other restaurants, had to shut down early because of the water main break. "We've already had quite a few people that we've had to turn away. You can't do anything without water," said Porky's manager Toni Ison. One of the city's main water lines was ruptured by crews working on a stop light project.
Cascade County will soon clean up the defunct Home Place property at 4300 2ndAve. N., a county official said Wednesday. Deputy County Attorney Greg Bonilla said that the owners of the property have agreed to allow the county to clean it up without spending time serving them with legal documents. .
For the most part, despite all of the controversy surrounding the reopening of government schools last month, the Ministry of Education is reporting one of the best openings this 2005-2006 academic year. Based on reports from district superintendents nationwide, Acting Director of Education Cecil Thompson revealed Sunday that Semptember has been one of the best openings, in terms of the physical-planned readiness and staffing. "The reports we got were most encouraging," he said. According to acting director, the Ministry of Education is most pleased with its efforts in reopening the schools and while much of the schools are staffed, he pointed out that the ministry is dealing with another challenge: ensuring the teachers are paid on a timely basis.
(AXcess News) Washington - An economic slowdown has caused homebuyers to think twice about buying a new home as inflation drove up living costs for most Americans thanks to a spike in energy prices and growing concerns in the workplace. New-home construction in August fell 6 percent, the Commerce Department reported, with new-home construction down nearly 20 percent compared to the same period last year when the boom inhousing was still at its peak. Total housing starts dropped 6.0 percent in August to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.665 million units, according to figures released by the Commerce Department today. The pace of new-home construction was down 19.8 percent from a year earlier, which was a record-breaking year. Builders slowed the pace of single-family home construction by 5.9 percent for the month to 1.360 million units, a 20.6 percent drop from a year earlier.
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