Chuck Brown, 'Godfather Of Go Go,' Hospitalized

Your music is Magic........Mr. Brwon, may you recover fast and fully.
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Record Store Day: Saving Independent Music Stores Since 2008

Record Store day is an awesome event and with the growth of the crowds and titles in this years line up ~expect to see the demand for vinyl to increase and the traffic in stores as well to revive --ONLY if the Independent releases are the focus. Having the Major's crowd out the very acts that keep releasing physical and made this day possible is a very valid point and IMHO RSD13 will be the start of HYPERLOCAL distribution.



I want to personally thank everyone that went out and bought "Music that Changes the World" and if your store didn't get it in time it will be there this week. Please keep going to stores they are a vital part of our community, culture and the impact that producing, distributing, retailing and once again exporting USMADEMUSIC is sure way to win the future in the 2nd Half of America
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Susan G. Komen Top Officials Resign As Backlash Gains Steam

Wow!!! I just looked into comment on Charity Navigator and it seems that the CEO is a Rommey CEO, meaning she is racking in the bucks over $500,000.0­0 As the founder of a nonprofit(­s) and son of a lifelong nonprofit dad I am sadden that this salary is not more of an issue.



"Nancy G. Brinker promised her dying sister, Susan G. Komen, she would do everything in her power to end breast cancer forever" ~Unless your poor and have to seek medical attention.



http://www­.charityna­vigator.or­g/index.cf­m?bay=sear­ch.summary­&orgid=450­9
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Chile Discrimination Against Maid, Felicita Pinto, Sets Off National Soul-Searching

OMG they wrote into the bylaws of the non stock corporatio­n that this was allowed. The lawyers for the developer need to be brought up before the Hague and any country that permits this needs to be questioned of their ability to sit on any humanitari­an commission­s, committees and let alone treaties they have signed. I hope no major NGO's have funding in this and if so they need to defund it.
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Maria Cantwell's Marital Status Used By GOP Opponent In Political Attack

""Maria Cantwell believes that the Plan B decision should be based on the best (available science)" said Cantwell campaign strategist Rose Kapolczyns­ki. "Washingto­n voters support {protectin­g} women's health. You don't need to be married to know that Baumgartne­r's extreme anti-choic­e position is out of touch.""



This is called a FRAME. The main point is that she uses (science) and that he will use {moral} code. Now this same moral code allows for the death penalty so don't think it has to be rational. That's the point there is no rational when the FRAME is view with a moral len's.



This FRAME both the left's use of (science) and the rights, which btw both left & right are FRAMES, use of {moral} or "principle­d" mandates to encode message to voters.



One works on conscious level and other on the subconscio­us; And, it don't take a genius to know which one works better.
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FHA May Require A Taxpayer Bailout By The End Of Next Year: Report

Blogged about this back in 2010 on State of Communitie­s: http://sta­teofcommun­ities.blog­spot.com/2­010/10/wha­t-percenta­ge-of-cond­ominim-nee­d-to.html And from what I have seen they FHA, Congress and the Obama Admin have only made it worse for themselves and for the housing market.
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Maryland Appellate Court Rules That Individual Unit Owners Have a Right of Action Against the Council of Unit Owners For Failing To File a Timely Suit Against the Developer For Defects In The Common Elements

Hillel Greenstein et al. vs. Council of Unit Owners of AvalonCourt Six Condominium, Inc. has been decided and the six clients seemly have won a decision to hold a board members personally liable for the specials assessments that his six clients don't want to share. This ruling is a major set back in many ways to Common Interest Communities "CIC" The attorney, Raymond D. Burke, is on record saying that he has in his own words.  

"often warned condominium councils about the consequences of failing to take timely legal action to protect the unit owners when there is evidence of construction defects in the common elements."

Well! I have been involved with CIC since 1988 and I don't recall once seeing Attorney Burke talking about that happens to communities that are given no help from the state, county or city government in their efforts to get developers to live up to their contracts, obligation and I would say moral responsibilities; however, I know the crowd where talking about about; so I'll save the lecture.

In this case a Condominium board is being help responsible to the do what inspectors, permitting offices and the government on all levels has been backing out of ~ Ensuring that the community is livable.

The vener that this subject is being plastered over with is nothing but that -vener and these board members are now being held to account. 

These communities often find themselves fighting with the developers by the time the 1st resident moves in and the developer is still in control of the meetings, voting and money. And, all to often these developers leave the community with no money, a completely unworkable budget and often don't hold a transition meeting to let the community know what is even happening. And this group of homeowners have to be do what......run a community as a professional board right out of the gate. 

Meanwhile Maryland politicians are right there with the developers sucking up all those contributions and screwing the people out of any representations.

If you have tried to get a meeting with any Maryland offices about the issues facing these boards you know that Maryland officials want nothing to do with CIC's We have tried to get several meeting with Albert Wynn's office for some communities in Prince Georges, MD and the staffer refused to set one up and said that each owner had to come in on their own. This is not an isolated issues with him as not one Maryland state of federal public servent has done ONE THING for CICs.

The really sorry part about this is that many CIC are handicapped because Maryland refuses to enforce it's Condo ACT and to the extent that it has a HOA act it is pretty much a hollow shell of protecting, considering there is no financial disclosure in HOA in Maryland.

Where is this attorney on the face that banks, Fannie, Freddy, FHA, HUD and the VA aren't paying assessments, making reserve funds contributions and forget about special assessments. In our office we get calls every week by someone that just moved into a CIC in Maryland and they have no documents, financial statement or even clue as to who's even on their association board.

Now the really stupid part about this is that these six owners have sued themselves and they will have to share in the cost of this as there is no president what so ever that says that they are excluded from any special assessment or legal action that impacts the whole community. I'll guess they don't realizes that the insurance company that was covering the community will more then likely be dropping their community from coverage when reconstruction is happening in a condominium.

So who is going to cover this community that this Attorney and his clients are now forcing something

So, Great news all around another attorney got paid and the community gets the bill.

Maryland Appellate Court Rules That Individual Unit Owners Have a Right of Action Against the Council of Unit Owners For Failing To File a Timely Suit Against the Developer For Defects In The Common Elements