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 Issue of February 11, 2008 
   
Guarding the Gate
By John Jaser
With all the talk of identity theft and cyber threats, a banker promoting Internet banking might sound a little crazy.

Half Measure
Perhaps a more appropriate name for Proposition 21/2, the state law that limits property tax increases by cities and towns, is Catch 22.
With Abandon
Urban communities often have to figure out how to deal with abandoned homes and buildings, which present numerous challenges.
Symposium May Have a Real Impact
By Hubert Murray
Project yourself forward to the year 2030. The child born this year will be graduating from college and contemplating the first day of the rest of her life.

Community Banks Must Embrace a Sales Culture to Survive
By Peter J. Sposito
Ralph Shulansky, chairman of the board of Bankers’ Bank Northeast, has suggested that community banks are in danger of going the way of the corner drug store.

Letter to the Editor: Towns Litigate 40B Rather Than Negotiate
Developing housing under M.G.L. Chapter 40B, the “anti-snob zoning act,” is not for the faint of heart (see “Opening Arguments Heard in Affordable Housing Case” in this issue of Banker & Tradesman).
Check & Balance
Banker & Tradesman's political cartoon.


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