[Summit] Summit Digest, Vol 74, Issue 38

Craig Borges craigborges at yahoo.com
Fri May 27 09:20:26 UTC 2011 

The landlord licensing will not pass. It is simply a proposal from a councilor -- an ill-thought out one at that. It would be impossible for Boston (or Providence) to manage and is probably unconstitutional considering property rights.
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On May 26, 2011, at 1:00 PM, summit-request at sna.providence.ri.us wrote:

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>   1. Licensing landlords (shawnps at shawnps.com)
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>   3. Re: Auto Body work (Thomas A. Schmeling)
>   4. Fw:  Licensing landlords (Hope for Health)
>   5. Re: Fw:  Licensing landlords (Rebecca Kislak)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Wed, 25 May 2011 15:15:01 -0400
> From: shawnps at shawnps.com
> To: summit at sna.providence.ri.us
> Subject: [Summit] Licensing landlords
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> So Boston is considering licensing landlords. How would this play out in
> Providence? I'm for it.
> 
> Shawn
> 
> 
> http://www.universalhub.com/2011/city-council-consider-licensing-landlords-bad-ones
> 
> City Council to consider licensing landlords; bad ones could be barred
> from renting property
> 
> By adamg - 5/25/11 - 2:13 pm
> The City Council voted today it is fed up with absentee landlords who let
> their properties go to hell and backed a hearing proposed by Councilor
> Maureen Feeney (Dorchester) on cracking down on them.
> 
> Feeney said she plans a hearing at which she will consider landlord
> licensing that would "disqualify poorly attentive landlords from operating
> rental properties." Her hearing was co-sponsored by Councilor Mike Ross.
> 
> Feeney told her colleagues, "It's being a good parent. When you have
> children who don't understand and you have landlords who don't understand
> what it is to be a good neighbor, then it's up to us. People should not
> live in our neighborhoods and feel unsafe. ... You're adults, and it's
> about time you start acting (like it)."
> 
> She said she's had enough of calling landlords in New York and other
> states trying to get work done on problem properties; she cited one
> elderly constituent now afraid to leave her house - or even open her
> windows - because of "punks" who have taken up in an absentee-owned
> property next door.
> 
> 
> 
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> Message: 2
> Date: Wed, 25 May 2011 16:47:22 -0400
> From: Michael McGlynn <mmcglynn at gmail.com>
> To: summit at sna.providence.ri.us
> Subject: [Summit] Auto Body work
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> We have a scrape on the side of our car and need some basic body work
> done. This would not involve an insurance claim.
> 
> Has anyone had a good experience with auto body service in the local area?
> 
> -- 
> thank you,
> michael mcglynn
> 
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> Message: 3
> Date: Wed, 25 May 2011 17:11:28 -0400
> From: "Thomas A. Schmeling" <tschmeling at ric.edu>
> To: Michael McGlynn <mmcglynn at gmail.com>
> Cc: "summit at sna.providence.ri.us" <summit at sna.providence.ri.us>
> Subject: Re: [Summit] Auto Body work
> Message-ID: <4F747EEB-7BE0-46D7-99F2-B1EC185BDB64 at ric.edu>
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> BTS referred me to Leer Auto Body in Pawtucket.  They did a great job, did it quickly, and gave me a free loaner (though the loaner was a junker).  I would go back again.  Online reviews also look good.
> 
> Leer Auto Body.
> 15 York Avenue
> Pawtucket, RI 02860-6423
> (401) 725-1192
> 
> 
> Thomas A. Schmeling
> Associate Professor and Chair
> Political Science- Rhode Island College
> (401) 456-8056
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> On May 25, 2011, at 4:47 PM, Michael McGlynn wrote:
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>> We have a scrape on the side of our car and need some basic body work
>> done. This would not involve an insurance claim.
>> 
>> Has anyone had a good experience with auto body service in the local area?
>> 
>> -- 
>> thank you,
>> michael mcglynn
>> 
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> From: Hope for Health <libertyliterary at yahoo.com>
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> Subject: [Summit] Fw:  Licensing landlords
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> The problem is, some really good landlords will
> decide not to do rentals because they don't want 
> the hassle.  
> 
> --- On Wed, 5/25/11, shawnps at shawnps.com <shawnps at shawnps.com> wrote:
> 
>> From: shawnps at shawnps.com <shawnps at shawnps.com>
>> Subject: [Summit] Licensing landlords
>> To: summit at sna.providence.ri.us
>> Date: Wednesday, May 25, 2011, 3:15 PM
>> So Boston is considering licensing
>> landlords. How would this play out in
>> Providence? I'm for it.
>> 
>> Shawn
>> 
>> 
>> http://www.universalhub.com/2011/city-council-consider-licensing-landlords-bad-ones
>> 
>> City Council to consider licensing landlords; bad ones
>> could be barred
>> from renting property
>> 
>> By adamg - 5/25/11 - 2:13 pm
>> The City Council voted today it is fed up with absentee
>> landlords who let
>> their properties go to hell and backed a hearing proposed
>> by Councilor
>> Maureen Feeney (Dorchester) on cracking down on them.
>> 
>> Feeney said she plans a hearing at which she will consider
>> landlord
>> licensing that would "disqualify poorly attentive landlords
>> from operating
>> rental properties." Her hearing was co-sponsored by
>> Councilor Mike Ross.
>> 
>> Feeney told her colleagues, "It's being a good parent. When
>> you have
>> children who don't understand and you have landlords who
>> don't understand
>> what it is to be a good neighbor, then it's up to us.
>> People should not
>> live in our neighborhoods and feel unsafe. ... You're
>> adults, and it's
>> about time you start acting (like it)."
>> 
>> She said she's had enough of calling landlords in New York
>> and other
>> states trying to get work done on problem properties; she
>> cited one
>> elderly constituent now afraid to leave her house - or even
>> open her
>> windows - because of "punks" who have taken up in an
>> absentee-owned
>> property next door.
>> 
>> 
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> Message: 5
> Date: Wed, 25 May 2011 20:21:01 -0400
> From: Rebecca Kislak <rkislak at verizon.net>
> To: Hope for Health <libertyliterary at yahoo.com>,
>    <summit at sna.providence.ri.us>
> Subject: Re: [Summit] Fw:  Licensing landlords
> Message-ID: <CA03152D.4A30%rkislak at verizon.net>
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> While landlords here do not have to be "licensed" out-of-state property
> owners need to register a local agent.  I wonder whether this gets (in part)
> at the same issue; sometimes it is important to be able to reach someone who
> is local regarding a property.  Of course, this does not mean every
> out-of-state landlord actually does this, but it is a current requirement in
> RI law. 
> Rebecca
> 
> On 5/25/11 6:46 PM, "Hope for Health" <libertyliterary at yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
>> The problem is, some really good landlords will
>> decide not to do rentals because they don't want
>> the hassle.  
>> 
>> --- On Wed, 5/25/11, shawnps at shawnps.com <shawnps at shawnps.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> From: shawnps at shawnps.com <shawnps at shawnps.com>
>>> Subject: [Summit] Licensing landlords
>>> To: summit at sna.providence.ri.us
>>> Date: Wednesday, May 25, 2011, 3:15 PM
>>> So Boston is considering licensing
>>> landlords. How would this play out in
>>> Providence? I'm for it.
>>> 
>>> Shawn
>>> 
>>> 
>>> http://www.universalhub.com/2011/city-council-consider-licensing-landlords-ba
>>> d-ones
>>> 
>>> City Council to consider licensing landlords; bad ones
>>> could be barred
>>> from renting property
>>> 
>>> By adamg - 5/25/11 - 2:13 pm
>>> The City Council voted today it is fed up with absentee
>>> landlords who let
>>> their properties go to hell and backed a hearing proposed
>>> by Councilor
>>> Maureen Feeney (Dorchester) on cracking down on them.
>>> 
>>> Feeney said she plans a hearing at which she will consider
>>> landlord
>>> licensing that would "disqualify poorly attentive landlords
>>> from operating
>>> rental properties." Her hearing was co-sponsored by
>>> Councilor Mike Ross.
>>> 
>>> Feeney told her colleagues, "It's being a good parent. When
>>> you have
>>> children who don't understand and you have landlords who
>>> don't understand
>>> what it is to be a good neighbor, then it's up to us.
>>> People should not
>>> live in our neighborhoods and feel unsafe. ... You're
>>> adults, and it's
>>> about time you start acting (like it)."
>>> 
>>> She said she's had enough of calling landlords in New York
>>> and other
>>> states trying to get work done on problem properties; she
>>> cited one
>>> elderly constituent now afraid to leave her house - or even
>>> open her
>>> windows - because of "punks" who have taken up in an
>>> absentee-owned
>>> property next door.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> _______________________________________________
>>> Summit mailing list
>>> Summit at sna.providence.ri.us
>>> http://mail.sna.providence.ri.us/mailman/listinfo/summit_sna.providence.ri.us
>>> SNA Website: http://sna.providence.ri.us/
>>> 
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