Interesting guests and timely topics will be on AM 740 WSBR the week of January 23rd and The Credit Report with Bill Lewis.

After seven plus years on AM talk radio in South Florida, Bill Lewis discusses his long anticipated move from morning drive time on AM 1470 WWNN to evening drive time on Money Talk Radio, AM 740 WSBR.

Chairman Richard DeNapoli of the Broward Republican Party will appear and discuss initiatives to expand candidate awareness through social media outlets like Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube. 

Foreclosure defense attorney Carlos Reyes will appear and discuss the latest developments in the Florida Supreme Court case of Roman Pino versus Bank of New York.  Despite a voluntary dismissal by Pino in a foreclosure fraud matter, the Court found that the case is a “matter of great public importance” and will proceed on behalf of all Floridians.

While the economy has been showing some signs of improvement, your good name and reputation is becoming more important within the community. Creditors have tightened their guidelines effectively barring millions of Americans from borrowing money.

Mortgage lenders, auto finance companies, credit card issuers and banks have all raised the bar. Borrowers with low FICO scores can expect to be denied or to pay significantly higher interest rates than those with excellent histories.

Long gone are the days of obtaining credit, goods, benefits, services and/or employment with a 620 score. In most instances, a consumer will be denied if they maintain a credit score lower than 740. Even those with high credit scores have experienced closed credit card accounts and equity lines.  When an account has not been closed, credit limits have been reduced to the current balance due. 

Greetings,                                                                                                   01/12/2012

Big night, last night, at Plantation City Council Meeting. The tip off? The parking lot was filled to over flowing. Inside, SRO, standing room only and out the doors into the lobby with a couple of hundred city employees. Sweet.

The “Main Event”, Agenda Item 38: Employee Benefits Presentation (attached, please find, are the two pdf files). I wish that every Council Meeting was as heartily attended. Sadly, most Wednesday nights one can swing a dead cat by the tail and NOT hit anyone.

First of all, KUDOS to the City for miraculously not only “bending-the-curve” on Health Care cost, but also literally “flat-lining” the cost curve (pun intended).

Accused drug trafficker Christopher Patterson arrived for court Friday wearing a jacket that bore a cartoon-style recipe for cooking crack cocaine.

Appearing before Broward County Circuit Court Judge Michael Usan in Fort Lauderdale on charges of Trafficking Oxycodone and Conspiracy to Traffic Oxycodone, Patterson, 25, is no stranger to the criminal justice system with traffic, misdemeanor, and felony arrests dating back to 2002.

Dressed to impress fellow criminal defendants, assistant public defenders, assistant state attorneys, defense lawyers, and maybe the judge - Patterson's attire failed to "crack up" the courthouse crowd. 

Patterson's jacket was a how-to guide for making crack cocaine, complete with pictures of a white substance with a spoon, a carton of baking soda and a little pot over a fire. The end product was a "rock," or slang for the once popular street drug.