In this issue we have the exclusive "Cup of Coffee" interview with Democratic Senate candidate, Congressman Joe Donnelly, who co-sponsored the bi-partisan HR 3849. You will also find an election study done by a team at the a University of Colorado that uses a formula has been 100% accurate in predicting the outcome of presidential …
You just have to love movie titles. Most are short, pithy and just hit you with a Sudden Impact Sounds pretty Clint Eastwoodish, doesn't it? Or how about this one: Shoulder to Shoulder Are right, the last was a Brit mini series and not a movie, so enough titles for now. Executive Decisions. Shoulder to …
William Shakespeare dramatically asked, "What light through yonder window breaks?" Have you been looking for the light at the end of the proverbial tunnel? Or even the light from behind a dark shade covered window? Then take heart. When word came that U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Chairman of the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban …
I confess there are times that we at MHProNews.com have failed to report on a topic. An example might be my sitting in a room where former MHI President Thayer Long sat and was politely told by a respected state executive director that MHI was not getting their job done. Would it have been a …
Let me start by inviting you to take a good look at this Industry Voices guest blog post by a seasoned West Coast MH Business owner, entitled, Will we catch the Tsunami? If you haven’t read it yet, please do. Yes, now, before proceeding. Done? Glad to have you back. As you can see John …
Our new issue for June will go live by the end of this week. So you still have time to catch up on all the great May Featured Articles, before they go into the archive. It looks like we may nudge past the April record in readership in May. With thousands of new visitors (industry …
A friend of mine called from California today (I am writing this on Saturday) who was telling me, ‘I’ve been looking at the history of change in business and politics. Most of the time, positive new ideas comes not from the current leaders – the insiders – but from those who aren’t yet part of …
It would be difficult to understate the importance of what took place in Washington, DC on September 22nd, when officials from MHI and MHARR met jointly with HUD officials, as reported Friday in our Daily Business News. Given the often tenuous and rocky history between these two key trade groups representing manufactured housing’s various interests, …
Those who follow this blog know that we have been advocating that Thayer and Danny get their heads together as the respective Presidents of MHI and MHARR with the goal of advancing our Industry’s common issues. MHARR and MHI have done so before, on topics such as the GSEs and the Duty to Serve or …
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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 …
