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Navigating Auto Insurance in Little Rock

Driving is an integral part of our daily lives, and we all understand the importance of auto insurance. In Little Rock, Arkansas, like any other city in the United States, auto insurance plays a vital role in protecting you financially if you're involved in an accident. This piece aims to educate and enlighten vehicle owners on auto insurance little rock.

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Auto insurance protects drivers from financial loss due to unforeseen circumstances on the road. It offers protection against liability for bodily injury or property damage to others caused by accidents attributed to you. Moreover, it provides coverage for potential vehicle repairs or replacement costs after an accident or theft. For Little Rock residents, auto insurance isn't just another bill but a necessary investment for their peace of mind.

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Understanding your auto insurance policy allows making informed decisions that align with your needs and budget significantly better. The areas commonly covered include liability coverage (property damage and bodily injury), collision coverage, comprehensive coverage (for events such as weather damage or theft), uninsured/underinsured motorist coverage, and medical payments/personal injury protection. As a driver in Little Rock, understanding these types of coverages can aid when selecting an appropriate policy.

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Many factors influence your auto insurance premiums in Little Rock. Apart from obvious variables like car make/model and its age, personal driver information also comes into play. Your driving record holds significant weight when insurers calculate rates—a clean record typically equals lower premiums. Insurers also consider factors such as age, gender, marital status, credit score among others when determining rates.

Tips On Saving Money On Auto Insurance

While having adequate auto insurance is paramount for every driver in Little Rock, saving money should always be a goal when looking for a plan. Consider using the same insurer for multiple policies for a potential discount. Always compare insurance costs when shopping for new vehicles, as rates can vary significantly based on the car model and type. Moreover, maintain a clean driving record to keep your rates low.

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State Insurance Agency: Home Insurance in Maple Grove, MN

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over and over i get reminders that we're more accepted here than people think. i live in a small town in one of the most conservative bible belt states in the deep south and have been met with so much acceptance as a gay trans man. i went to the pharmacy today and the pharmacist told me how happy she was my insurance covered testosterone gel because she didn't think it was going to. i was like i know and they're covering my top surgery too!! she got the biggest smile and told me to come back to see her after the procedure was done to let her know how much freer i felt. it made me think of the woman at the tag agency in the tiny podunk town with the taxidermy and giant crosses on the wall who saw my ID with the old picture and F marker and only called me "son" the rest of the appointment. or the professors who told me they couldn't wait to work with me and personally made sure i got into grad school with a full ride and stipend. or the older maintenance men who only called me "buddy" even while i was wearing nail polish and no binder. like. literally the Worst reaction ive had in the near year ive been here was a guy i was trying to hook up with texted me back hearts and stopped responding when i told him. hearts and ghosting from someone who would Actively Have To Interact with the fact that im trans was the worst reaction. i think people really paint the south and paint conservative states in a certain light because they like to demonize as much as more reactionary groups do and we feel like safe targets. but yall. this is our home & we can be loved here. and i keep getting reminded of that over and over

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btw I'm finally leaving Paris soon and having a whole new life in a low tier city in France (which I'm very excited about!)

Those last few days were extremely stressful bc I had to find a new place to live in a month and my landlord started to piss me off and also real estates agent are highkey absolutely useless but I still achieved what I've been working so hard for the last few months so I can feel some sort of relief in that

Just a few hours ago I was crying my guts out bc some shitty public insurance office turned down my application for an appartement because I didn't earn 3 TIMES(?!!) the rent. Sorry but I didn't leave Paris to keep putting up with this ridiculous bs. I really thought everything was over but eventually later during the day, another real estate agency called me to tell me my application was accepted (for another apartment). It was extremely stressful for me because those 2 apartment where the only 2 legit trails that I had to find a place to live in less than a month. You may call me corny for rehashing this narrative, but I can't help but see God in me managing to get my chance right when I thought it was over (exactly like my beef against Skillshare/PayPal a few days ago lol)

My mental health took a serious toll lately and I resorted to take sleeping pills so much my nervous system was on a roll. Thankfully now my mind should feel some sort of relief I only have to pack me stuff and do my farewells to my friends...

I'll have to spend a whole load of money in the near future (pays the real estate, home furniture, a car (for the first time) but I feel like I'm genuinely levelling up in my life and I'm so happy & grateful for that. I'm also lucky that my new apartment has a spare room that I'll make my Atelier where I can fully develop my @atelierpapirouge and illustration work (an endeavor I didn't even bother start yet so much my schedule was erratic). And let's not forget the vlogs that I didn't make since eternity yet love doing so much... it's just that the last few months (were I switched between a full time job, an online training program that took 100% of my afterwork/free time which was the necessary step in getting my new job, and many financial issues kinda temporarily divested me from any "frivolous" hobbies (to give you an idea, I even had to halt attending the online japanese classes I took FOR 6 YEARS 😓 - I can't wait to be back)

Thank you all for putting up with me for all this time.

I love keeping a facade on this app but I cried a lot these days. I also struggled with the frustration of not managing to be where I want to be and wasting time trying to make fetch happen. I'm actually a much sadder person than I put it out out there, but I'd like to thank the handful of mutuals/followers that managed to make me smile those last few days 💗 (they'll know who they are lol)

Thank you and see you soon 🤍

— Yona

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exercise 08312023

bike ride to the gym

8 x 10 incline sit ups

5 x 10 pec machine

3 x 10 lat raise

45 minute spin class

3 x 10 cable row

3 x 10 cable press

bike ride home

the gym workers received Hershey kisses

visited my Mom and went to physical therapy with her. she wanted to stop near the end but the therapist encouraged her and she finished. there is a case of COVID in the nursing home. they are encouraging but not requiring people to wear a mask.

working on straightening out my Mom's medicare supplement insurance. i have a phone call with my sister this evening to get some more information.

top left = local hospital putting up a banner for 70 years in the community

bottom = sidewalk bananas, day 2

i communicated with Kroger regarding the difference between prices in items on the shelf and at the checkout. Kroger sent my information to their management and i told them i didn't want any money but they gave me a $10 credit. if the issue continues, i may report them to the government agency that oversees those issues.

hope you have a peaceful afternoon and evening..

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The thing is, there are probably 'decent' arguments to be made about how I do not *need* an in-home caregiver.

Which has been preying on my mind, because I have recently been warned that if somehow the caregiver who is here today doesn't work out, the insurance company will take all my hours, as they are starting to wonder if I need a caregiver.

There have been very few people looking for a caregiver job since COVID started. So for the last couple of years, the agency has had almost no one to try placing.

One or two they tried placing vanished or quit.

One didn't speak enough English, and I didn't speak enough Spanish, and it was so hard to try and communicate with her using Google Translate that I was in tears by the time the day was at an end, so I asked if they could please find me someone who speaks more English.

One didn't like that I was having a hard time figuring out what days/hours to have her here, working around her hours with her other client, and quit after just two days because I asked if she could come on different days.

One turned out to be a Republican and I nearly had a nervous breakdown and did have minor panic attacks once I realized a motherfucker who voted to basically seriously harm me, and almost everyone I care about, was IN MY HOUSE for four hours 3 times a week and I had to be polite to him and count on him- and asked for a different caregiver please.

...I need caregivers who only work 3 or so days a week, because my disabilities are mental illnesses, and having someone I do not personally know very well and such here multiple days in a row, I will actively hit a point where I will spiral into serious anxiety and depression.

These people are supposed to help me, but making me go into downward spirals or anxiety and panic attacks are the opposite of helping me!

BUT... because in the last 2 years only about a half dozen possible caregivers have been found, and none of them worked out, and more than half the time it was a problem on THEIR end... well:

As far as the medicaid provider thinks of things, if I have 'been fine' without the help, if I have been willing to refuse to retain a caregiver rather than put up with whoever is on hand no matter how unsuitable, then that proves I do not need a caregiver.

And without caregivers helping me, it's true, I have not died.

My house has been messier and messier and messier over time, because I can't keep up and there are specific tasks I usually cannot force myself to do around executive dysfunction and exhaustion, but I haven't died or been hospitalized for it.

My diet increasingly became fast food burgers, toaster waffles, and microwave taquitos because trying to cook for myself all alone is exhausting, but I didn't die or get hospitalized for it.

I had entire days of being almost in tears because I knew I needed to go grocery shopping, but the idea of being in the store alone, or dealing with putting groceries away alone, was incredibly daunting and depressing.

But it's not like I died.

I am almost in tears today, because there is a new possible caregiver here, and she has taken out recycling I've been too tired to take out this week, has cleaned the kitchen sink that squicks me out to go near or clean so hadn't been for weeks, helped put dishes away so they didn't just sit on a counter or in the washer and reload the washer.

...She is cutting up the chicken I bought, which is something I actually have anxiety about doing, because chicken is so SLIPPERY and I'm always terrified of cutting myself, and putting the cut chicken into the freezer so that all I have to do to make taco meat or soup is pull it out and cook it.

But, yeah, it's not like I'd die if she wasn't here. The chicken would just wind up in the freezer as whole breasts, and every time I wanted to cook any, I'd stare at the frozen chunks of chicken and have to decide if I felt up to defrosting/cutting it. And sometimes I'd have to say 'no', and just eat more toaster waffles.

But that wouldn't kill me.

And I guess in the US with the current system of healthcare and feelings about who is worthy or whatever. I guess.. that means there's no need. Because quality of life has been declared to be not a fucking need.

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A man who fled to Mexico after being accused of dragging a 66-year-old insurance broker 300 feet, killing him during an alcohol-fueled crash in Logan Square in 2011, is back in Chicago facing new charges, officials said Thursday.

Saul Chavez, 47, who was extradited from Mexico earlier this month, is being held without bond at the Cook County Jail after appearing before a judge in Maywood courthouse on Saturday, said Shereen Mohammad, a spokesperson for the Cook County sheriff’s office.

Chavez was wanted on two outstanding warrants: one for the 2011 aggravated DUI that resulted in the death of William McCann and another violation of bail bond in 2012, Mohammad said.

Chavez was behind the wheel of a black Dodge Neon on June 8, 2011 that fatally struck McCann, and dragged him nearly 300 feet. An off-duty Chicago police officer was one of two good Samaritans who chased Chavez down an alley after he fled the crash on the bustling Kedzie Avenue.

McCann, of the 2500 block of North Kedzie Avenue, died at the scene of massive internal injuries, according to police.

Shortly after the wreck, Chavez was issued a $250,000 D bond for the case and was released from custody after posting the required 10% of that bond amount, court records show. But he stopped showing up in court and after missing dates, he was subsequently charged with violation of bail bond in 2012, and a no-bail arrest warrant was issued for that charge, according to court records.

The case caused controversy in early 2012 when Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle refused to cooperate with federal requests to hold undocumented immigrants in county jail after a federal immigration official wrote her a letter warning that the county undermines public safety by not keeping suspected illegal immigrants in custody while agents decide whether to deport them.

At the time, Preckwinkle said she was “outraged” by the case involving Chavez, who was an undocumented immigrant with a prior felony conviction and was able to get out of jail by posting $25,000.

But Preckwinkle said that focusing on the relatively small number of undocumented immigrants who commit crimes or fail to turn up in court after making bond in criminal cases is divisive.

“This type of fearmongering is distasteful, and has no place in the public policy arena,” Preckwinkle said in 2012.

A former high school hockey player and avid White Sox fan, McCann graduated from Mendel Catholic High School on Chicago’s South Side and was in the insurance business for more than 40 years.

He worked for the last decade at the Serpe Insurance Agency office in Lincoln Park, said his colleague and friend, Jim Serpe at the time of McCann’s death, who called him a “super-nice guy, always pleasant, always fun to be around.”

McCann’s brother, Brian McCann, reached by phone Thursday night, said he still has lingering rage, most of it directed at politicians who “enabled” Chavez to bond out of jail on the charges.

But for about the last year, the case has ramped up and the search by the Chicago FBI’s fugitive unit became more aggressive. After years of waiting, they became closer to finding out where he was.

“He was driving a truck,’’ McCann said of Chavez, adding they also learned he was somewhere near Mexico City with his mom.

McCann called the FBI fugitive unit’s actions “marvelous.”

“I have no quarrel whatsoever with them,” McCann said of the fugitive unit. “They have been marvelous in the last three months, active in this…keeping me appraised with phone calls.”

Finally, after some ten years, a solid development: Chavez was located.

“They captured him, flew home with him on Friday night. At 6:59 p.m. they landed, went through customs and whisked him over to Cook County Jail,’’ McCann said.

The patriarch of their family, William, or “Dennis,” was a commercial insurance broker who owned his own agency.

“He was crossing the street to call on a client, El Cid, he was good buddies with, and would hang out there,” McCann said. El Cid, a popular Mexican restaurant, is located at 2645 N. Kedzie Ave.

“Chavez was stone drunk and hit him, dragged him. He died a violent death. That was tough,’’ his brother said. “Those were rough times. Subsequent to that, my anger really ratcheted up.”

Eventually, McCann said, he wants to talk to Chavez.

“I want to see if he’s remorseful.”

Chavez, of the 3200 block of West Wilson Avenue, moved to Chicago from California three years before the crash and worked at a North Side restaurant, his court-appointed attorney said at the time.

Chavez was extradited from Mexico to the United States on Dec. 9, according to Joseph Fitzpatrick, U.S. attorney’s office spokesperson. Federal officials have moved to dismiss their complaint, which initially charged Chavez with unlawful flight to avoid prosecution, he added.

Chavez is due back at the Leighton Criminal Court Building on Dec. 21.

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Some further clarification about things people were asking in the comments.

Tina spoke fluent English without an accent. She's either native or has been speaking it since very young.

We'd also spoken early that morning when she arrived, over the phone (woke me up where I was sleeping upstairs, but whatever, I'd rather too much communication than too little), because she wanted to clarify about the squash. She specifically acknowledged the concept of squash, and asked if it was near the kale she was seeing. I said that sounded right, and that it should be labeled. She said okay. I reminded her that if she couldn't find it, to ask my roommate for help.

The rats were on the top shelf of our freezer-top fridge so that you'd have to be leaning down to even see it, and no kale would be in its vicinity. Three people live in this house, so it's always full. Lots of options if you're gonna go rogue.

She didn't know I had snakes, unless she'd seen them in their bins in the living room, which is possible (it looks like a filling cabinet with clear plastic drawers and sometimes they come to the front). They're very quiet pets and don't even count with my landlord, so sometimes I forget to mention them when people ask about pets, as they usually are asking due to allergy concerns. So when the agency asked, I was focused on our cats. They know now, of course. But Tina had no reason to think she should be preparing a pet's meal. That was never established as something among her duties when I met with her and an agency nurse the day before to go over everything.

Also, snakes can't eat cooked meat, even if it's safely prepared. It will make them sick. So they could not still be used.

The discovery: storytime

If you want to see video evidence: investigation

UPDATE (added here since the sub automod was being weird):

Apologies for the late update. As I’m sure you can imagine, the last week was exhausting.

This is just to give what closure I can and go over how my last conversation with Tina went, the day after the incident.

When I was on my way to the cafe to escape the house last Tuesday, she actually texted me with an apology, saying “I’m so sorry, I feel so stupid and bad, this never happened before,” and offering to pay me back for the rats and the dish as I had mentioned the rats were expensive. Which is honestly more than I was expecting, but, “never happened before?” Well I sure fucking hope so! Though that begs the question, why now? Why me? I don’t know if there’s a good answer.

We agreed that she could come by the next day in the evening with the money ($15 for the rats, $30 for the dish). She declined doing Venmo or something similar. Possibly didn’t know how to use things like that, since I estimate by her comment of her grandson being my age, she had to be at minimum in her late 60s, probably older. I admit I was hesitant to have her return to the scene of the crime when it was still so unclear what her motivations had truly been, but I wouldn’t be home alone, and she had seemed sincerely contrite, if a bit defensive over the degree of my outrage.

Before the appointed time, she called me to tell me she was on her way, and then made, of all things, a request of me. She would be bringing by her time sheet, and could I sign for the two days she’d been there? I was baffled. The audacity of asking me a favor when our meeting was about her making amends, claiming that her time with me should count as doing her job, AND implying that her paying me back was to get something from me. Maybe that was why she wanted to do cash?

But at this point, I just wanted the whole thing over and done with, and it’s not like I was the one who’d be paying her, just my insurance. It was also confusing because…did that mean that she was still employed?? Surely if she’d been fired, she’d be less willing to play nice with me, would probably be blaming me more for how it affected her. At the very least, she seemed like the kind of person who would bring it up to make me feel a little bad. But maybe she wouldn’t, I don’t know. It was also strange because out of the three (now four) HHAs I’ve had at two different companies, none have ever asked me to sign a timesheet for them. Maybe some of y’all more familiar with the inner workings of these companies can shed some light here.

I was nervous when she showed up. There's something about seeing someone do something so truly unhinged that shatters the basic trust that this fellow human won’t do something else crazy, maybe something more harmful than running one out of the house. So I checked her hands through the window before I opened the door. She had two plastic bags half-full and bundled up to hide their contents under each arm. Strange choice for a weapon, so I chose faith.

There was no more apology upon greeting, she mostly just seemed in a hurry, civil but brusque, like she wanted this behind her as much as I did. While she was rummaging, I asked how she’d disposed of the dish (the follow-up to I made a video about linked in the original post if you want to see, you sickos). And as expected, the first thing she brought out was her timesheet. Sure enough, there was a place for patient signature, and as I took it and the proffered pen and set it against the doorframe to sign, I said, “We said $45, right?” just to confirm.

The look she gave me as she reached into her jacket was SO offended, and her civility evaporated. Like I was questioning her word, and how dare I. “I’m gonna pay you, I said I would.” Calm down, paranoid, was the tone.

It took all my self-control not to respond with, “You also said you’d cook the squash.” Like, yeah, lady, wonder why I would want to triple check anything we agreed to at this point. My bad.

But she did in fact hand me the wad of bills (after I’d handed back the timesheet and she’d checked it), and then she left in a bit of a huff. I just told her to take care of herself to her back.

At this point, after interacting with her again, I am of the opinion that this was simply from some form of psychosis, either a mental health thing or senility, I don’t know. Even talking to her, things were just a little off. Hard to describe, but it was like part of her attention was always somewhere else. I do not believe this was malicious or “weaponized incompetence” as many were saying in the Tik Tok comments. She had nothing to gain from this, and clearly she wants to keep her job. At this point, after the shock and horror has worn off, I just feel kind of bad for her. She clearly shouldn’t be in this profession (which, btw, she said she’s been in for thirty years??), so I more blame these companies for not being more thorough in their hiring and training process. Psych evals should be par for the course, surely.

And I know I probably shouldn’t have, it’s none of my business, but it was eating at my conscience to not express my concern. Because I don’t know what’s going on in her life. When it comes to things like reality breaks and changes in behavior, it can be really hard to see for ourselves, and maybe the people in her life aren’t saying anything, and so she’s not seeking the help she needs. So I texted her a little while after she left.

I thanked her for taking responsibility, acknowledged I was butting in, and then brought up how she said this had never happened before and how she’d seemed confused about how it happened. And that if this was a new kind of thing or there’d been other weird things happening, it might be a good idea to talk to a doctor, just in case something else is going on that needs to be addressed, as gently and non-judgmentally as I could think to say. And I ended it with “But if I’m way off base and out of line, and you’re just used to people eating like that, I apologize and wish you the best.” After a day of silence, she sent two texts, copied here:

“K thank you people make mistakes”

“God bless have a good day”

That was and I’m sure will remain the last I heard from her. I’m sorry I can’t recount some detailed confession about how it had all been a nefarious plot by some vengeful ex who’d had their aunt impersonate an aide to poison me. That would have made for a much more satisfying story.

As for my current aide situation, I’m still working with the replacement they sent to me, but have already requested a new one. She’s sane and competent, but alas, it would seem she much exaggerated her English fluency to my coordinator (who sounded resigned to such a deceit). In any other service context, I wouldn’t care, we have translator apps, but I think we’ve seen how critical clear and easy communication can be when one person is relying on another to meet their needs while sick. Others have told me how long it can take to find a good fit, so I guess I’ll just have to keep spinning the revolving door until I do.

Also, I have put in a request for the agency to reimburse me the takeout I had to get myself that day. And the oven has been cleaned and sanitized to within an inch of its life and seems okay now? I dunno, asking for a replacement or suing anyone seems like a lot of hassle (especially when I already have a medical malpractice case in the works).

Thank you to everyone for taking an interest in my harrowing experience and for your support. It legitimately turned this into something more light hearted that I can laugh at now, where it would have remained traumatic otherwise.

May your squash always be squash.

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Text recounting of the full events below but oh my god please watch this person explain the wildest thing happening to them

[image text]r/trueoffmychest post by CptnSpaceCase

Today my aide cooked what should not be cooked

I have to get this out, because today feels like an actual nightmare I keep expecting to wake up from.

I'm disabled, and need help with stuff around the house. Today was the second day with a new agency and new home health aide, "Tina." I set it up so she would come by in the morning while I'm sleeping (insomnia is killer), and I texted her last night what I would need done today.

One of those things was to roast some precut squash I'd gotten so I could have it with my salads and pasta. I was very clear in my instructions: what it looked like, where it was in the fridge, how to use the oven, how to cook it. I also have a roommate who was up and told her she could ask them for help if she couldn't find anything. Or come get me if truly necessary.

Now, I have three pet ball pythons. They eat rats that I thaw from frozen in the fridge in a reusable plastic bag. Yes, that's where I'm going with this.

Tina couldn't find the squash, and so, obviously, that meant she should roast the first other thing she could see that was technically also encased in plastic, in a completely different area of the fridge. The FUCKING RATS. In butter and salt, in my nice baking dish.

And like, that's insane all on its own, but if you're going to cook any animal, you should at least clean and skin it first, right??? Like, do the crazy, disgusting thing properly so I can respect the effort, instead of sticking them in as is. Fur and guts and all.

And the smell. Good God baby Jesus the SMELL. It woke me up and had me gagging the moment I opened my bedroom door. Definitely not squash. Or food-smelling for that matter. At first I thought the squash had spontaneously rotted overnight and she'd tried to cook it anyway. That would have been slightly less insane and much preferable.

I had to pull it out of her what she was cooking instead when she said she couldn't find it (it was in plain sight), had to open the oven and see my snakes' dinners in place of my own and still couldn't process what the fuck was happening, what I was looking at and smelling. I don't like yelling at people and generally avoid it. Today was a day for exceptions. And at the end of my half-crazed, dissociative rant, I told her to get the whole dish and its contents and herself out of the fucking house. And to not come back.

Suffice to say, I've contacted the agency to report it and am requesting a new aide. Now I'm sitting at a cafe trying to calm down and eat something despite the scent memory that's taken up permanent residence and turning my stomach. The whole house reeks like musty, sewage-dipped pork that had been left out for a whole day before being cooked in rancid oil, and I'm not sure Febreeze is gonna cut it. I don't want to go home. 🫠😭

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