vote local government: Get the Economy Moving - Support NAR's Four-Point Plan
- 12/16/08 11:33 PM
Subject: Reviving the real estate market must be the focus of a future stimulus bill As a constituent and a Realtor, I ask that Congress focus any future stimulus package on reinvigorating housing markets. The current crisis is the result of problems in the nation's housing markets. Efforts to boost the economy must calm jittery real estate markets. Earlier, the National Association of Realtors (NAR) proposed a 4-Point Housing Stimulus Plan that should be part of any new stimulus package. NAR's plan would: *Make the $7500 first-time homebuyer tax credit available to all buyers and eliminate repayment requirements. The credit's limited
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vote local government: Stronger self-defense law backed
- 01/31/07 11:59 PM
Stronger self-defense law backedBy JOHN MORITZSTAR-TELEGRAM AUSTIN BUREAU AUSTIN -- A coalition of state lawmakers that cuts across party lines wants to remove any doubt that Texans have the right to respond with force to protect their homes and belongings from unlawful intruders. To that end, state Sen. Jeff Wentworth, R-San Antonio, filed legislation Wednesday that would update the so-called Castle Doctrine to make it clear that a property owner had no "duty to retreat" before firing on or otherwise stopping the intrusion or attack. And 27 of his 31 Senate colleagues have signed on as co-sponsors to Senate Bill 378. "I believe Texans
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