David Booth's lengthy tenure at the head of Clayton Homes retail division came to an official close at the 2012 Tunica Manufactured Housing Show. David demurred a photo op, and simply expressed looking forward to a well earned retirement. Kevin Clayton has personally taken over those duties. For those who wonder how that is possible …
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I was looking at a list of some of our readers on MHProNews.com's twice weekly emailed 'newsletter' update. The thousands of names reads like a Who's Who for the fabled and powerful in our Industry, for association leaders and also includes throngs of the mom and pop operations, managers and rank and file from every …
Let's start with a quick numbers look at the Tunica Manufactured Housing Show. Tunica was well attended, and most of those I spoke with during or since the show were pleased with their attendance. Dennis Hill and his team at Show Ways Unlimited do a great job year after year. This has been the manufactured …
As I write this, after returning home via Amtrack's "City of New Orleans", the 2012 Tunica Manufactured Housing Show is now history. 1178 attendees, 331 suppliers and 460 manufacturers came; including owners, executives, managers and staff attended, as of 9:54 AM on Friday March 30, 2012. Manufactured housing state executives, retailers, community operators, installers, transporters, …
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Most of us who fly or go to a city like Las Vegas or DC will end up riding a light – sometimes automated – rail system. But it has been since I was about my young son's age that I've taken a real train. With Tunica coming up, an overnight train available and sans …
The Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) has begun to line up support for HR 3849, dubbed "Preserving Access to Manufactured Housing Act.” The bill would amend portions of the SAFE Act and Dodd-Frank. The good news for our industry is there is bi-partisan support for the measure in the House, with over a dozen legislators signed …
VIEW 1,144 delegates needed to win. Source: Associated Press What the chart above indirectly suggests is that any of the candidates could – in theory – still capture the nomination. In less than 24 hours, Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum have made campaign appearances in Rockford, IL – our family's personal back yard …
The Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) new president, Richard A. "Dick" Jennison has done well on his response to USA today about tornadoes. Let me quote his letter to them, verbatim: — Tornadoes are devastating natural events that do not discriminate against one form of housing vs. another. As the article states, 823 people were killed …
"Now is the winter of our discontent, made glorious summer by this sun of York." – William Shakespeare, in Richard III The meaning of this phrase, the winter of our discontent, is "The time of unhappiness is past." http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/261500.html Shakespeare knew how to create a character that spoke to his audience, and how to fashion a …
A classic part of the MD's Hippocratic Oath states, "first do no harm." This arguably should be a part of any professional's or organization's commitment to their customers and clients. We want to do good, but certainly, we also should seek to do no harm to the client or customer with our product/service. It is …
