{"id":1057,"date":"2012-07-02T11:46:30","date_gmt":"2012-07-02T16:46:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/industryvoices\/?p=1057"},"modified":"2012-07-02T11:46:30","modified_gmt":"2012-07-02T16:46:30","slug":"dying-to-tell-the-truth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/industryvoices\/dying-to-tell-the-truth\/","title":{"rendered":"Dying to tell the Truth"},"content":{"rendered":"
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New York Times Columnist, Tom Friedman,  wrote a thoughtful column<\/a> about the hard truths leaders around the world seem unwilling and unable to tell their own citizens.<\/p>\n

Citing problems including the “global credit crisis, the jobs shortage and the need to rebuild Arab countries from the ground up,” <\/b><\/i>Friedman writes that their solutions require “extraordinary leadership that has to start with telling people the truth.”<\/b><\/i><\/p>\n

Unfortunately, Friedman concludes, “that is not what we’re seeing from leaders in America, the Arab world or Europe today.” <\/b><\/i> A shame, says Friedman, because telling the truth is not only the right thing to do but it also binds people to you and results in their own positive action.<\/p>\n

Smart, seasoned gents, like successful manufactured home community owner, attorney, finance expert and consultant Marty  Lavin have been telling us for years: 'MH, we are dying.  Wake up, smell the coffee and take the cure.'<\/b><\/i><\/p>\n

One of <\/b><\/i>Marty's<\/b><\/i><\/a> many columns on manufactured housing is <\/b><\/i>linked here<\/b><\/i><\/a>.<\/b><\/i><\/p>\n

Marty Lavin has communicated in part:<\/p>\n