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		<title>The $33 Million IRS Mistake!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Feb 2011 16:05:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sarah</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Auto Industry News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Corporate Greed]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[$33 million tax credit mistake]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[irs audit electric car tax credit]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[plug in car tax credit]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is not quite sure how some owners of vehicles from Dodge Dealers Kingwood thought that their gas guzzler qualified for a fuel efficiency tax credit, but they did.  Because of errors by approximately 14,000 tax payers, the IRS is doing an audit for the entire lot of car credits filed.  They will be checking [...]]]></description>
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		<title>GM Closes 500 Dealerships</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Nov 2010 03:14:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sarah</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Auto Industry News]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Why is it that General Motors still isn’t experiencing the sales growth that places like Infiniti Boston Norwood are?  In recent months, sales have increased by around 10% for most auto brands, but GM has only experienced 6% growth.  They recently announced that if you were planning on using a Chicago Bad Credit Auto Loan [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Where is Your Car Built?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Oct 2010 16:29:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sarah</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Consumer Protection]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[chrysler production]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ford factory]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ford production]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[general motors production]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.consumerblotter.com/?p=587</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[For a country that is trying to get back on its economic feet, it is entirely frustrating to learn that not even the cars at Alexandria Chevrolet are 100% made in America.  It used to be so obvious which cars were from America (Chevy, GM, Ford) and which cars were imported, like the Japanese cars [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Crash Test Scores Will Lead to Confusion</title>
		<link>http://www.consumerblotter.com/government/new-crash-test-scores-will-lead-to-confusion/</link>
		<comments>http://www.consumerblotter.com/government/new-crash-test-scores-will-lead-to-confusion/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Oct 2010 21:49:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sarah</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Consumer Protection]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[crash test scores]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[new crash test scores]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nhtsa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[side-pole test]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[As much as we have to learn to accept change, the fact that the NHTSA has changed their crash test ratings is a bit annoying.  Just because so many cars at Buy New Car Millington and other dealerships across the country were earning perfect 5-star ratings more often than not does not mean that it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sunshine Laws and Your State</title>
		<link>http://www.consumerblotter.com/government/sunshine-laws-and-your-state/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Sep 2010 17:34:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>PaulR</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Government]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Sunshine laws require that your local government to act in an open and transparent fashion.  This is really a confusing issue to many local governments and many times consumers will be met with resistance.  I personally am meeting resistance with the Camden County Georgia School Board and will probably have to exercise my rights under [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Red Light Cameras: Yay or Nay?</title>
		<link>http://www.consumerblotter.com/government/red-light-cameras-yay-or-nay/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Aug 2010 20:14:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sarah</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Consumer Protection]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[As citizens of this country, there is a certain amount of blind faith that we put in our government to protect us.  But what if some of the laws and regulations that are in effect actually end up doing more harm than good?  Here is a scenario to ponder: you are pulling out of Brandon [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Electric Cars Will Keep Trying!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jul 2010 18:11:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sarah</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Fuel Economy]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[chevy volt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[electric car complaint]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[nissan leaf]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Chevrolet Sarasota has likely been busy fielding calls and inquiries from anxious consumers regarding the release of the electric car, Chevy Volt. As our nation continues to acknowledge our dependency on oil, catastrophes like the Gulf oil spill make us a bit more anxious to find a solution to our need for fossil fuels. VW [...]]]></description>
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		<title>California: New HOV Restrictions</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2010 15:00:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sarah</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Fuel Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CA Carpool Lanes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CA HOV restriction]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CA legislation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[electric vehicles]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hybrids]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The California State Government is taking an interesting approach at trying to persuade car shoppers to buy certain low emission vehicles.  There is not one model that you can find at Peoria Volkswagen that will let you drive solo in the carpool lanes in that state.  And while for years and years, solo drivers of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Businesses Mocked by the Glynn County Board of Commsioners</title>
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		<comments>http://www.consumerblotter.com/government/businesses-mocked-by-the-glynn-county-board-of-commsioners/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Feb 2008 20:05:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>PaulR</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[glynn county board of commissioners]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[glynn county flag law]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[By: Paul Rushing &#8220;Say it ain&#8217;t so, say it ain&#8217;t so&#8221; cried Glynn County Commissioner Tony Thaw, when given the floor to address the citizens and businesses of Glynn County Georgia. This was an attempt to show outrage and to mock local press releases issued by an Automobile Dealer for calling the commission out on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Glynn County Electrician Causing Static</title>
		<link>http://www.consumerblotter.com/government/glynn-county-electrician-causing-static/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Feb 2008 20:27:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>PaulR</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cap fendig]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[By: Paul Rushing A prominent business man and county commisioner in Glynn County Georgia, Tony Thaw, owner of Thaw&#8217;s Electric Service has come forward to decry all of the recent hoopla about Glynn County&#8217;s unconstitutional flag ordinance. In statements made to the Brunswick News he claims that the public outcry of recent Glynn County Code [...]]]></description>
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