Thoughts Provoked, Homes Occupied, and Tax Tips Offered: Best of the Blogs

This week, we're highlighting the best blog posts of the last two weeks, as your editor was on vacation the week of Mar. 25.

Every week, we round up the four best blogs from Golden Valley Patch to give you lovely readers much-deserved recognition, and as a service to aspiring posters who aren't sure what makes for a hit post. We'll sample the length and breadth of your submissions, and briefly explain what—the topic, the photos, the headline, or the writing—made the post or posts great.

Best Blog

Ric Lager - Lager, a financial adviser, riffed on the way many basketball fans try to predict the outcome of the yearly NCAA March Madness tournament to make a thought-provoking point about retirement investments while showing off his expertise, and wrapped it all up in clear and engaging prose.

Runners-Up

• Northwest Hennepin Human Services Council
• Corey Butler - A representative of the Minnesota Society of Professional CPAs, Butler is sharing a raft of helpful tax tips with Hopkins Patch readers as we all scramble to render unto Ceasar by April 14. Helpful and timely!
• Becky Dernbach - A member of the Occupy Homes activist group that's helping Golden Valley resident Rose McGee fight for a fair deal in the face of foreclosure, Dernbach's post was peppered with links where interested readers could find more information about the details of McGee's case or the practices Occupy Homes takes issue with, instead of making readers wade through every last detail in her post. 

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