Commisioner Nonnie S. Burnes is closing it, saying that consumers must pay "hefty fees"($50, which earns the state $2,500,000 a year) and "wait up to two years". So, will the board stop accepting new claims and work through that two year backlog since Nonnie's pulling the "in the best interests of the consumer" card? Or will it throw two years of claims into the trash (and keep the $50 fees?) Or does this two year backlog not exist?

Newly arrived from California, Susan quickly gets lessons in how http://adam.rosi-kessel.org/weblog/boston/boston_v...">our fair state's insurance and mass-transit systems really work. First, she's forced to lie about where she got her car, because it was a gift from her aunt and the official form for insurance doesn't list "aunt" as a family member from whom gifts are acceptable: