When the Department of Veterans Affairs picked Ocwen to manage VA Foreclosures I knew the VA was screwing up. Clearly the VA did not do any research. Ocwen had been in trouble before. Ocwen continued to stay in trouble, and is still in trouble. The Department of Veterans Affairs doesn’t care. Here is current research:

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This article tells why I have given up on Florida when I move to warmer climates. There are many things public officials probably shouldn’t do during a severe recession, but no one seems to have told the leaders in Florida about them. One thing, for instance, would be giving a dozen top aides hefty raises while urging a rise in property taxes, as the mayor of Miami-Dade County recently did. Or jacking up already exorbitant hurricane-insurance premiums, as Florida’s government-run property insurer just did. Or sending an army of highly paid lobbyists to push for a steep hike in electricity rates, as South Florida’s public utility is doing.

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