The Rocky Mountain News reports from Colorado. "Doug Milliken, the newly elected Arapahoe County treasurer who ran on a platform that promised to help families avoid foreclosure, is in the process of losing his house. Milliken's Centennial home in the Parkview Meadows subdivision is scheduled to go up for auction on Jan. 3, a day before he is sworn in as treasurer. County records show he owes $243,624 on the property."

"Milliken's campaign fliers promised to 'educate homeowners on how to make wise decisions to avoid losing their homes' and to 'empower families to save their home when faced with foreclosure.'"

"But Adrian Ciazza, the outgoing Arapahoe County treasurer, said Milliken 'won on false pretenses.' 'The treasurer has absolutely no ability to help people avoid foreclosure,' he said."

"Milliken, who said he found out Friday about the foreclosure, said he fell behind because he has been focused on campaigning, was shutting down his accounting firm, and was taking care of his ailing father. He said he didn't expect he would be embroiled in the same problem he was telling voters he would help them avoid. 'When I brought up this issue, this was the furthest thing from my mind,' he said."

"Milliken says he plans to use what he learns from the foreclosure process he faces to help others in difficulty. 'It's just amazing that I have some personal experience,' he said."

The Associated Press reports from Tennesee. "A church that wanted to do something special for Hurricane Katrina victims gave a $75,000 house, free and clear, to a couple who said they were left homeless by the storm. But the couple turned around and sold the place without ever moving in, and went back to New Orleans."

"'Take it up with God,' an unrepentant Joshua Thompson told a TV reporter after it was learned that he and the woman he identified as his wife had flipped the home for $88,000."

"'They came in humble like they really needed a new start, and our hearts went out to them," said Jean Phillips, a real estate agent and member of the church. 'They actually begged for the home.'"

"The church was also shocked by an ungrateful interview the couple gave with WHBQ-TV in Memphis. 'I really don't like this area,' said Delores Thompson. 'I really didn't, and I didn't know anybody, so that's why I didn't move in and I sold it.'"

"Thompson thanked the church for its generosity but said she saw nothing wrong in selling the three-bedroom, two-bath house. 'Do I have any legal problems? What do you mean? The house was given to me,' she said. 'I have the paperwork and everything.'"