{"id":13553,"date":"2017-05-25T10:47:57","date_gmt":"2017-05-25T15:47:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/?p=13553"},"modified":"2017-05-25T10:47:57","modified_gmt":"2017-05-25T15:47:57","slug":"ora-et-labora-why-one-states-mh-battle-matters-to-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/ora-et-labora-why-one-states-mh-battle-matters-to-you\/","title":{"rendered":"Ora et Labora; Why One State&#8217;s MH Battle Matters to You"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"margin: 0px; color: #454545; font-family: 'Tahoma',sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">In Michigan, a reporter for <strong><em>MLive<\/em><\/strong> on back-to-back days has done stories on fires that involved a factory-built home. One appeared to be a true mobile home (built pre-June15, 1976), the other likely a HUD Code manufactured home were someone was smoking in bed. The likelihood is high that there were several other fires in conventionally built apartments and houses overlooked by the writer, looking to spotlight the hazards of &#8220;<span style=\"color: #993300;\">mobile homes<\/span><\/span><span lang=\"NL\" style=\"margin: 0px; color: #454545; font-family: 'Tahoma',sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">.<\/span><span style=\"margin: 0px; color: #454545; font-family: 'Tahoma',sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">&#8221; <\/span><\/p><div id=\"manuf-3912517923\" class=\"manuf-content manuf-entity-placement\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3870480136270376\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3870480136270376\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"\" \ndata-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"margin: 0px; color: #454545; font-family: 'Tahoma',sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">The road to hell is paved with good intentions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"margin: 0px; color: #454545; font-family: 'Tahoma',sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">Is it a coincidence that in neighboring Ohio, Governor John Kasich declared war on manufactured homes as dangerous places to live? This is one of many possible examples of events covered by local, regional &#8212; and national &#8212; media can influence each other.\u00a0 Whatever the governor&#8217;s or that MLive reporter&#8217;s intentions, they&#8217;re paving that hellish road, if they persist in their false and misleading ways.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13558 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/TheRoadToHeavenOrHellMashheadManufacturedHousingIndustryCommentaryMHProNews-1-350x430.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"430\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/TheRoadToHeavenOrHellMashheadManufacturedHousingIndustryCommentaryMHProNews-1-350x430.png 350w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/TheRoadToHeavenOrHellMashheadManufacturedHousingIndustryCommentaryMHProNews-1-122x150.png 122w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/TheRoadToHeavenOrHellMashheadManufacturedHousingIndustryCommentaryMHProNews-1.png 607w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"margin: 0px; color: #454545; font-family: 'Tahoma',sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">So the battle by the Ohio Manufactured Homes Association and the forces aligned by the Kasich Administration will influence &#8211; for good or ill &#8211; what happens in Michigan, Indiana, Pennsylvania, Kentucky, West Virginia, and other states which happen to be paying attention to the regulatory <\/span><span lang=\"NL\" style=\"margin: 0px; color: #454545; font-family: 'Tahoma',sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">drama<\/span><span style=\"margin: 0px; color: #454545; font-family: 'Tahoma',sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\"> about manufactured homes unfolding there. That&#8217;s why what is happening in Ohio, matters in MHVille, USA.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"margin: 0px; color: #454545; font-family: 'Tahoma',sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">The OMHA along with,<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"margin: 0px; color: #454545; font-family: 'Tahoma',sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">their state&#8217;s home owners association, <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"margin: 0px; color: #454545; font-family: 'Tahoma',sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">both national manufactured housing associations,<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"margin: 0px; color: #454545; font-family: 'Tahoma',sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">grass roots professionals, and<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"margin: 0px; color: #454545; font-family: 'Tahoma',sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/omha-manufactured-home-residents-ratchet-up-pressure\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">MHProNews<\/a> and our sister <a href=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomelivingnews.com\/avoidable-tragedies-mobile-home-fires-vs-manufactured-home-and-conventional-housing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">MHLivingNews<\/a> trade media, <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"margin: 0px; color: #454545; font-family: 'Tahoma',sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">have all sounded off in support what Tim Williams<\/span><span lang=\"NL\" style=\"margin: 0px; color: #454545; font-family: 'Tahoma',sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">, Andrea<\/span><span style=\"margin: 0px; color: #454545; font-family: 'Tahoma',sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\"> Reichman, and their members are striving to do.\u00a0 That is, to\u00a0keep their current regulatory structure; which just happens to be in the best interests for home owners, buyers and the industry.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"margin: 0px; color: #454545; font-family: 'Tahoma',sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">Is this collaborative\u00a0model for standing up for the industry&#8217;s truths a useful one for\u00a0manufactured housing\u00a0at large?\u00a0We think that&#8217;s self evident.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"margin: 0px; color: #454545; font-family: 'Tahoma',sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">Fight! Fight, fight, fight to get the truth out! Do whatever is ethical and honorable to get and keep those industry truths front and center!\u00a0 The reward could be in the tens of billions for doing so. That means potentially <a href=\"http:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/mandamus-magnificent-may-in-mhville-2017\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">millions to a business location like yours<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"margin: 0px; color: #454545; font-family: 'Tahoma',sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">Because as we&#8217;ve said for years, if we as an industry don&#8217;t define ourselves, others will fill the vacuum and define us, often to our detriment.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"margin: 0px; color: #454545; font-family: 'Tahoma',sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">Ohio shipment numbers state they are on the upswing.\u00a0 In their battle, they&#8217;ve already won in their House. The latest press release to <strong><em>MHProNews<\/em> <\/strong>from the<a href=\"http:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/FireandWaterNR-5-22-17OMHA.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong> OMHA <\/strong>is attached, linked here<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"margin: 0px; color: #454545; font-family: 'Tahoma',sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">We&#8217;re told that prayers are being said daily in Ohio, and beyond, for the wisdom and strength to fight their governor&#8217;s misguided, misinformed, elitist overreach. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-13556\" src=\"http:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/HandsToThePlowJustDoItOraEtLaboraPrayerWorkManufacturedHousingIndustryCommentaryMHProNews.jpg\" alt=\"HandsToThePlowJustDoItOraEtLaboraPrayerWorkManufacturedHousingIndustryCommentaryMHProNews\" width=\"586\" height=\"504\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/HandsToThePlowJustDoItOraEtLaboraPrayerWorkManufacturedHousingIndustryCommentaryMHProNews.jpg 626w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/HandsToThePlowJustDoItOraEtLaboraPrayerWorkManufacturedHousingIndustryCommentaryMHProNews-150x129.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/HandsToThePlowJustDoItOraEtLaboraPrayerWorkManufacturedHousingIndustryCommentaryMHProNews-500x430.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 586px) 100vw, 586px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"margin: 0px; color: #454545; font-family: 'Tahoma',sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">Prayer and work, or as they said centuries ago, <span style=\"color: #993300;\"><em><strong>Ora et Labora<\/strong><\/em><\/span>. Put your hand to the plow, fold them in prayer as needed, several times daily. Ora et Labora is a powerful combination that ended the dark ages.\u00a0In our sometimes dark times, it can be just as impactful and true now, as yesteryear. ## <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"margin: 0px; color: #454545; font-family: 'Tahoma',sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">(Image credits are as shown above, and when produced by third parties, are provided under fair use guidelines.)<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_11724\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11724\" style=\"width: 250px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/latonykovach.com\/recommendations-and-testimonials.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11724\" src=\"http:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/LATonyKovach-QuestioningNYSAAteam-NewYorkHousingAssociation-MHProNews-com-PhotoCreditMarkSimon-250x167.jpg\" alt=\"LATonyKovach-QuestioningNYSAAteam-NewYorkHousingAssociation-MHProNews-com-PhotoCreditMarkSimon--250x167\" width=\"250\" height=\"167\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/LATonyKovach-QuestioningNYSAAteam-NewYorkHousingAssociation-MHProNews-com-PhotoCreditMarkSimon-250x167.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/LATonyKovach-QuestioningNYSAAteam-NewYorkHousingAssociation-MHProNews-com-PhotoCreditMarkSimon-250x167-150x100.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-11724\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><i>Photo taken while Tony was questioning regulators in NY. <\/i><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"margin: 0px; color: black; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;\">L. A. \u2018Tony\u2019 Kovach<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/manufacturedhomelivingnews.com\/\">MHLivingNews.com<\/a>|\u00a0<u><a href=\"http:\/\/mhpronews.com\/\">MHProNews.com<\/a><\/u>|<br \/>\nOffice\u00a0<strong><span style=\"margin: 0px; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif;\">863-213-4090<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0|<br \/>\nConnect on\u00a0<strong><span style=\"margin: 0px; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif;\">LinkedIn<\/span><\/strong>:<br \/>\n<u><a href=\"http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/latonykovach\">http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/latonykovach<\/a><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"margin: 0px; color: black; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;\"> +++<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #993300; font-size: 9pt;\"><em><b><span style=\"margin: 0px; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif;\">Whether you think you can or whether you think you can\u2019t, you\u2019re right<\/span><\/b><\/em><\/span><span style=\"margin: 0px; color: black; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;\">. \u2013 Henry Ford<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Michigan, a reporter for MLive on back-to-back days has done stories on fires that involved a factory-built home. 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