The original Latin meaning of the word we use in English – Radical – meant to get to the root of an issue. We are using the word radical in that sense, of getting to the root or cause of an issue, in order to successfully address it. While we enjoy at this time a …
A nice snapshot of the hospitality and class shown during my trip last week to New York would start at the airport. A limo from the resort was arranged for my pick up. The resort’s room was great, as was the view and the meeting facilities. At each stage, with each meal or meeting …
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There are times when discussions and lobbying with regulators may reach an impasse. If the matter is serious, for example, involving very costly matters, what can be done when such an impasse occurs? In theory, the options are many. They can include lining up public or elected officials support. Engaging the executive (governor, president etc.), …
Lobbyists know the art of politics is in part about compromise. Even when strong positions are taken in public, behind the scenes, deals can get done. A key part of what MHI and MHARR does is lobbying. So do their leaders want to practice their arts with each other? What many of us want to …
You don’t have to be a Democrat to know the wisdom of this Tip O’Neill noteworthy quote, “All politics are local.” We think about things happening (or not) in Washington, D.C. Certainly huge issues are at play in the Capitol – Dodd-Frank’s impact on manufactured housing finance or the publishing of the SAFE Act’s Final …
When you get a lot of e-comments and calls on an article, it makes a writer think he has hit an important theme. There is no easy way to capture all of the comments on our last column: Can MHI and MHARR Join Hands on Dodd-Frank for Manufactured Housing’s Future? But let’s provide a representative …
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It would be nice if we could share a manufactured housing news headline at MHMSM.com that read like this: MHI and MHARR Cooperate on Dodd-Frank with their Capitol Hill Resources We can’t give you that headline, which is the motivation for this column today. But we do need a truce between the Manufactured Housing Institute …
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What do: • Government officials, contractors and lobbyists • MH Business Owners • Associations • MH ‘rank and file,’ managers and executives • Experts interested in manufactured housing all have in common? The answer may surprise you! Each of these groups represents numerous individuals from across the nation that are sources for our MHMSM.com news …
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I just reviewed a housing news item for our Daily Business News blog. In the next decade, we need 16 million new housing units in the U.S. So, even though we are in the midst of this great foreclosure and housing finance debacle, we are on the brink of a boom driven by what every …
One of the advantages of publishing an electronic trade journal like www.MHMSM.com (aka www.MHProNews.com) is that over time, you built a list of experts as go-to resources on key topics. Some experts are writing columns for us monthly or periodically. Some you can see on my LinkedIn profile, but other experts and professionals are entirely …
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