(March 1, 2012) -- New York—Expectations for getting help from Washington were sky-high as a crowd filed into the Kaye Playhouse at Hunter College in New York City on Feb. 22 to participate in a “town hall” to air their gripes about banks’ fees for checking account overdrafts. The gathering was sponsored by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, whose director, Richard Cordray, already has won lots of plaudits from consumer advocates for his aggressiveness despite being in his post just two months....