A Newbie...well not quite

[Gloria Simpson]

Originally Posted by prussell

NH is also battling regulation of contractors, there is none, after six years of bills they had one this year that passed the senate, this bill was downsized to a mere registration, not licensing, of contractors and it failed in the house.

Live Free or Die,

But please don't smoke in restaurants, we would like you to put your seat belt on and by all means tell your kids to stay off My Space, big brother is watching.

Why do you think this happened?

[Peter C. Russell]

The house decided it could not be funded and stay within the existing budget.

[James H. Bushart]

Originally Posted by Gloria Simpson

Why do you think this happened?

In Missouri, builders and contractors are neither licensed or regulated. Not only do they have the powerful builders' association lobby fighting against licensing attempts, but they have the powerful "realtors" association lobby fighting with them, as well.

It is argued that the expenses incurred by builders and contractors to comply with licensing laws will be passed on to the consumer in building costs. To real estate salesmen, this is felt to be harmful to their business.

So, at a house warming party near Wichita....where the builders of the home and the contractors he hired are unlicensed...and where the county has no building codes...a deck collapses and kills a guest last month (May 2007).

At the next political meeting between legislators and real estate salesman, the local congressman pledges to continue to keep the state free of costly building codes and licensed builders....and to renew his efforts next year to introduce home inspector licensing, to the cheers of those attending.

[gbeaumont]

At the next political meeting between legislators and real estate salesman, the local congressman pledges to continue to keep the state free of costly building codes and licensed builders....and to renew his efforts next year to introduce home inspector licensing, to the cheers of those attending.

And there was me thinking that Village idiot was an honorary position, not an elected one!!

Regards

Gerry

[Russel Ray]

Hey, Gloria.

Glad to see you here on your own; I'm sure you know what I mean.

[arussell]

Welcome aboard Gloria
There's a lot of bark on this board but the bite doesn't hurt much