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Hawaiian Nonprofits and Property Tax
February 17, 2010; Honolulu Advertiser | Honolulu is considering hiking the minimum $100 property tax levied on nonprofits.—Bruce Trachtenberg
Stereotypes affect purchases from nonprofit organizations?
February 17; Physorg.com | According to this psychological study, consumers trust nonprofits' competence less than their for-profit counterparts.—James David Morgan
Government Defendants Settle in Salvation Army Case
February 17, 2010; New York Nonprofit Press | Nonprofits in New York's Sassau and Suffolk Counties will be monitored by government agencies to ensure government funds are not allocated to organizations that force clients to engage in religious activities or discriminate against clients because of their religious beliefs.—Rick Cohen
562 Instances of Sexual Misconduct (at least)
February 16, 2010; Washington City Paper | Already in trouble for steering public funds to two "fishy nonprofits," former D.C. mayor, now Council member, Marion S. Barry, appears to be in trouble again, this time for sexual harassment.—Bruce Trachtenberg
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