3rd Missouri Licensing Bill

[Patrick Carter]

Originally Posted by dbowers

Come on JB how bout you and PC giving us a heads up. This stuff could end up being a real hoot in Missouri this year and very entertaining.

How bout:
1) Only licensed engineers can do HI's;
2) Only licensed contractors / builders can do HI's;
3) Only BPI Certified Engerny Odditors can do HI's;
4) Only a iNACHI certified member (CMI) can do HI's;
5) 200 hours of classroom and 50 HI's under licensed CMI required to do HI's;
6) Only licensed realestator can do HI's;

Come on you two give us a clue what next?

Wow, I am impressed, for an old guy, you do get pretty creative, so when will your MO Rep introduce # 5 & # 6 on your list

[James H. Bushart]

There are certainly a myriad of behind-the-scenes activities going on with this year's legislative efforts.

One group of us connected with people from two ASHI chapters have our thing happening next week. There will be more on that, later after it pans out. I'm not expecting much out of it ... just a bunch of guys wasting their time with legislators in Jeff City arguing that ASHI, as an association, is not backing SB 651 and HB 1291 and attempting to discredit their leaders who are seeking appointments to the board that they want to create.

Then there are the other two groups (I'm only actively associated with one of them) ... one pushing another (looks like maybe a fourth, or possibly, a fifth) bill and the other, well ... if things work out with that, you will be hearing a lot more about it and probably not liking it too much.

I guess someone friendly with NAHI (certainly NOT their '2003 Educator of the Year' ) is looking to financially profit from a bill as well. Why not? The more the merrier. I will say that this NAHI bill is a very poor effort for either a proponent or opponent of any licensing bill. It does nothing to interfere with or support the licensing efforts ... merely suggests to legislators that members of NAHI should have limited access to the word "certified" which, while amusing, adds nothing to the conversation. Looks like a NAHI chapter with a lot of time on their hands were misled into thinking they were actually doing something by someone with a personal agenda, to me. In any event, it is a harmless effort to add a little frivolity to the circus and we can enjoy it for that, at least.

This year is certainly an "every man for himself" year and I absolutely love it.

I can't ... (pardon me) ... I won't go into much detail here, but I will share with you that the best is yet to come. Too bad Curt Dougherty isn't here to see it.

That's all I plan to say about this for a while. Enjoy the show.

[James E. Braun, CMI]

You know Daugherty's term expired, so he could not run again. The only thing your article accomplished was to get your name in the paper, gave proof that you are a lier and screwed your fellow NACHI members that was working with Representatives on the inside. You are such a scumbag, Bushart.

[Dan Bowers, CMI]

Pat -

I was gonna save my MO Rep & Sen contact for the 7th Bill, I was hoping you or JB would use your MO Rep's Uncle to intro the 5th and 6th Bill.

BUT if the ASHI guys go there and simply argue that the Bills are NOT supported by the state ASHI inspectors - Won't that stop the show right there. Realtors and others certainly would NOT want a Bill that is not supported by ASHI would they??????

[Christopher Currins]

I don't know what anyone expects from a state that just wasted $8,000,000.00 on a meaningless Presidential primary that will not count.

[James H. Bushart]

Originally Posted by ccurrins

I don't know what anyone expects from a state that just wasted $8,000,000.00 on a meaningless Presidential primary that will not count.

This.

[George E. Russell]

Originally Posted by ccurrins

I don't know what anyone expects from a state that just wasted $8,000,000.00 on a meaningless Presidential primary that will not count.

I'll thinking that all of the combined money spent on the 2012 elections could sure be better spent. I see NOTHING conservative at all about these conservatives....There isn't a one of them, well maybe Ron Paul, who has any inkling what the middle and lower class has been going through. The left isn't any better BTW.
The right don't really like Romney....Santorum is a nutjob racist and Newt has problems beating Ron Paul and still thinks he's going to be the next president. What a bunch of maroons!!

[Gary Farnsworth]

Wow. Getting paid to get signatures, and for what. Sad.