jeff merrinette: The City Picked up my Sign Again! - 07/17/07 10:42 PM
I'm working on sign codes, Ugh.
In a recent post I invited Realtors to leave comments about sign codes and I've had a few comments. MORe has invited local brokers to comment and to be honest, the response has been underwhelming.
Three Activerainers left me pretty good comments and I'm posting my reply … (0 comments)
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jeff merrinette: Illinois Waits for a Budget - Realtor Report - 07/06/07 07:00 PM
All Illinois waits as the Governor, the Speaker, and the President are still deadlocked over the budget. Realtors lobbied the legislature earlier this year on the GRT, license law, and a host of other important issues, but the legislature is still mired in budget talks. Now normally the legislature adjourns for … (0 comments)
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jeff merrinette: Happy Fourth of July Activerainers! - 07/03/07 03:47 PM
Today we celebrate the anniversary of our independence. An independence that has been celebrated for 231 years, through good times and bad, war and peace, prosperity and depression. With each generation comes a new appreciation for who we are as Americans and what our particular American freedoms mean to us. I … (2 comments)
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jeff merrinette: How Would You Cook Up The Perfect Sign Code? - 06/30/07 06:02 PM
`OK, A local village has asked Mainstreet Organization of REALTORS to help them rewrite their residential sign code. Of course, I will be working with my Government Affairs Committee, brokers, and MORe leadership.
But I'd like to get a broader perspective. I want your wish list. We can edit and shape and … (4 comments)
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jeff merrinette: As-Is Sales in Westchester are Threatened - 06/30/07 12:57 PM
At stake here is the right of an owner to sell their property without getting some sort of permission slip from the village. Westchester is taking the same position that we have seen in a few other towns; they believe they can hold up the sale of a property until they get either … (7 comments)
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jeff merrinette: Gingrich once again reaffirms the Realtor Message - 06/26/07 10:36 PM
Today's Washington Post included a great editorial (http://www.washingtontimes.com/article/20070626/EDITORIAL/106260011/1013) from Newt Gingrich, former Speaker of the House. You may love him, or you may hate him, Newt is never ignored. Realtors should be reading this editorial simply because he references property rights strongly in his arguments with the current White House war … (0 comments)
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jeff merrinette: 2 Transfer Taxes Coming Your Way???? - 06/22/07 11:14 AM
Not if we have anything to say about it!
There have been two important transfer tax bills in the General Assembly this Spring Session. While they have not garnered the attention that the GRT or budget have, they are still important bills. The Mainstreet Organization of Realtors is committed to bringing the Realtor voice to … (2 comments)
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jeff merrinette: Dads and Pickup Trucks - 06/03/07 10:38 PM
Do you have plates?
His father smiles at me and in broken English tells me that they have the title and will go tomorrow to apply for plates.
His father is a man who has seen things, done things, and experienced a life I hope never to encounter. He toiled years in southern … (1 comments)
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jeff merrinette: The Home of the Brave - 05/28/07 10:07 AM
"...gather around their sacred remains and garland the passionless mounds above them with choicest flowers of springtime....let us in this solemn presence renew our pledges to aid and assist those whom they have left among us as sacred charges upon the Nation's gratitude,--the soldier's and sailor's widow and orphan." --General John … (2 comments)
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