Pending in Mead Point

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There’s something oddly familiar with this design THAT I can’t quite PUT my finger on . I’ll have to mull it over.

6 Windrose Way, $16.990 million. Only on the market for 98 days, which is a huge improvement over the 900 days that elapsed during its previous foray On the market; it started then at $20.5 million in June 2018, and finally sold to these owners in 2024 for $14.8.

(Joe Barbieri continues to demonstrate his uncanny selling skills: he held on to that first listing the for full 900 days, got the commission from its sale, and barely a year later, those buyers chose to list with him, instead of the agent who’d represented them in their purchase. It helps, of course, that Joe is a very, very nice person, and a pleasure to work with; definitely one of the good guys.)

AHA! GOT IT! MONTANA!

Why hasn't this house sold? It has every possible amenity.

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2 Lakeview Drive, NoPo, has sat on the market for the past 50 days and yet to attract a buyer. Yesterday it dropped its price from $2.450 million to $2.350, and perhaps that will do it, but what gives? It has everything a customer could want. It has:

The Zebra:

The Orange:

Even the Goddamn Tipi (setting it on fire may have gone a bit too far, but it does offer reassurance that there are no local Siwanoys lurking about the premises)

Lakeview, naturally, affords no view of a lake, both because the neighboring trees would block any such view, and because of the lamentable lack of an actual lake to glimpse even were those trees to disappear. That bit of long-ago developer euphemism is neatly balanced, however: the house also abuts Sheep Hill Road, and there are no sheep on Sheep Hill.

Buyers should be flocking to it, no?

Joking aside, it’s actually a pretty nice house that was updated and expanded in 2013. If, however, my house hadn’t sold in nearly two months in this hot market, where there is practically no inventory and a surplus of buyers, I might have taken a more aggressive approach to a “price improvement”.

The article itself is what I consider good journalism: objective, and presenting both sides. But the headline ....

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UPDATE: The DailyCaller has a different take on that decision and how to describe it:

Supreme Court Greenlights State's Child Genital Mutilation Ban

"BlueSky" was founded and positioned itself as "a place for open discussions, encouraging transparent and unmoderated political conversations, much like a town square". Tiananmen Square, it turns out.

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Pending near Banksville

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980 North Street, priced at $4.995 million, but 76 days on the market, so possibly selling for a bit less. Even at full price, it’s remarkable how far a dollar will go if a buyer’s willing to drive a bit out of town. This 11,000+ sq. foot house (7,846 up, 1,946 finished basement) on an acre (it’s R-20 zone up here) was built in 2007 and refreshed/renovated in 2016, and it looks very nice; nicer than most houses in Havemeyer Park, or Riverside Lane, for instance,

Because Maine is insane

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“Gotcha blueberry latte comin’ right up, boss”

Maine to Become Sanctuary State for Illegal Alien Criminals Under Bill Heading to Janet Mills’ Desk

Under the bill, Maine law enforcement agencies are prohibited from using agency funds or personnel to investigate, interrogate, detain, detect, stop, arrest, or search individuals for immigration enforcement purposes, including:

  • Inquiring into a person’s immigration status.

  • Detaining a person solely based on a hold request from an immigration authority.

  • Providing non-public information about a person’s release date or personal details (e.g., home or work address) to immigration authorities.

  • Making arrests based solely on a hold request.

  • Assisting immigration authorities in activities under 8 U.S.C. § 1357(a)(3) (federal immigration enforcement powers).

  • Performing the functions of an immigration authority.

In addition, Maine law enforcement agencies would be banned from placing officers under federal supervision or employing officers deputized as federal immigration officers for immigration enforcement.

[RELATED: Numerous Chinese Massage Parlors in Maine, Some Run By Illegal Aliens, Busted for Sex Trafficking…]

Transferring a person to an immigration authority would also be barred unless authorized by a court order or criminal warrant, as opposed to the civil warrants that are more common when federal immigration agencies are looking to enforce the law against an illegal alien.

Although Democratic lawmakers made an attempt to amend and water down Dhalac’s original proposal, the bill that will head to Gov. Janet Mills’ (D) desk is a copy-and-paste product of the Maine ACLU.

[RELATED: Maine ACLU Seeks Release of Illegal Alien Previously Arrested for Terrorizing, Domestic Violence Assault…]

“Essential if we are to keep our unskilled labor force and its sub-minimum wages”

According to the … ACLU, increased enforcement of American immigration laws could lead to fewer low-wage workers available to fill service and tourism jobs, jobs primarily found in the predominantly blue coastal areas of Maine.

Maine Democrats control the House, Senate, and Governorship, but you already guessed that right?

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