Comments on: TRCC: It’s the Uneducated Consumers’ Fault http://www.texasobserver.org/blog/?p=1155 Sat, 21 Nov 2009 13:32:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 By: Is the Texas Residential Construction Commission Worth Keeping? - The Monk Law Firm http://www.texasobserver.org/blog/?p=1155#comment-87136 Is the Texas Residential Construction Commission Worth Keeping? - The Monk Law Firm Mon, 06 Oct 2008 20:02:41 +0000 http://www.texasobserver.org/blog/?p=1155#comment-87136 [...]  A local representative, Allan Ritter, authored the bill, carried it to passage, and has recently argued that it should survive.  What has come out as of late through the work of the Sunset Review Commission is that the TRCC [...] […]  A local representative, Allan Ritter, authored the bill, carried it to passage, and has recently argued that it should survive.  What has come out as of late through the work of the Sunset Review Commission is that the TRCC […]

]]> By: Tiffany http://www.texasobserver.org/blog/?p=1155#comment-86620 Tiffany Thu, 25 Sep 2008 20:22:18 +0000 http://www.texasobserver.org/blog/?p=1155#comment-86620 It is time to get rid of the old and get some new blood in our Capitol. We really do need that Blue Blood in Austin. It is time to get rid of the old and get some new blood in our Capitol. We really do need that
Blue Blood in Austin.

]]> By: John Cobarruvias http://www.texasobserver.org/blog/?p=1155#comment-86602 John Cobarruvias Thu, 25 Sep 2008 13:12:37 +0000 http://www.texasobserver.org/blog/?p=1155#comment-86602 We should either get rid of the Texas Residential Construction Commission or get rid of the Sunset Commission. We should either get rid of the Texas Residential Construction Commission or get rid of the Sunset Commission.

]]> By: Tiffany http://www.texasobserver.org/blog/?p=1155#comment-86556 Tiffany Wed, 24 Sep 2008 19:17:59 +0000 http://www.texasobserver.org/blog/?p=1155#comment-86556 Listening to Lewis Brown had me wanting to put my boots on and walk out the door. One could see the victims seething as he spoke. I guess he would like to keep his position. Here is another reason for the disconnect. When one pays a builder and entrusts them to do the right thing but they lie to you, about you and could not care less in regards to the mess they have made for you why would anyone want them to come back into your home and fix it. They obviously do not know what they are doing. The thought of my so called builder coming back on my property is not doable under any circumstances. The hearings yesterday were very questionable. What I walked away with was the thought that the coins and bills the homebuilders have contributed to the elected officals warchest are more important then laws with teeth that would really protect consumers. One elected offical has her crooked contractor in jail for 99 years, the rest of us still see ours building and scamming others; yet the state does nothing. TRCC needs to go and so do the elected officals who have done nothing to help victims get justice. Listening to Lewis Brown had me wanting to put my boots on and walk out the door. One could see the victims seething as he spoke. I guess he would like to keep his position.
Here is another reason for the disconnect. When one pays a builder and entrusts them to do the right thing but they lie to you, about you and could not care less in regards to the mess they have made for you why would anyone want them to come back into your home and fix it. They obviously do not know what they are doing.
The thought of my so called builder coming back on my property is not doable under any circumstances.
The hearings yesterday were very questionable. What I walked away with was the thought that the coins and bills the homebuilders have contributed to the elected officals warchest are more important then laws with teeth that would really protect consumers. One elected offical has her crooked contractor in jail for 99 years, the rest of us still see ours building and scamming others; yet the state does nothing.
TRCC needs to go and so do the elected officals who have done nothing to help victims get justice.

]]> By: Eye on Williamson » Builder Protection Agency Gets Legislative Protection http://www.texasobserver.org/blog/?p=1155#comment-86550 Eye on Williamson » Builder Protection Agency Gets Legislative Protection Wed, 24 Sep 2008 16:35:50 +0000 http://www.texasobserver.org/blog/?p=1155#comment-86550 [...] that the TRCC was the consumers best friend and was being unfairly attacked. From the TO Blog, TRCC: It’s the Uneducated Consumers’ Fault: TRCC Commissioner John Krugh, general counsel and VP for Bob Perry Homes, who helped craft the [...] […] that the TRCC was the consumers best friend and was being unfairly attacked. From the TO Blog, TRCC: It’s the Uneducated Consumers’ Fault: TRCC Commissioner John Krugh, general counsel and VP for Bob Perry Homes, who helped craft the […]

]]> By: John Cobarruvias http://www.texasobserver.org/blog/?p=1155#comment-86547 John Cobarruvias Wed, 24 Sep 2008 14:50:33 +0000 http://www.texasobserver.org/blog/?p=1155#comment-86547 Krugh just sat there with an incredibly stupid look on his face, frozen in place. He eventually got bailed out by Duane Waddill, the Executive Director, who is fighting to keep his job. Duane simply blamed it on ignorant Texans. Why the disconnect? There is a huge disconnect because those who created the commission (John Krugh) never consulted with the consumers or consumer organizations to understand the problem they were trying to solve. It should come as no surprise that this commission helps the builders and not the consumers. Krugh just sat there with an incredibly stupid look on his face, frozen in place. He eventually got bailed out by Duane Waddill, the Executive Director, who is fighting to keep his job. Duane simply blamed it on ignorant Texans.

Why the disconnect?
There is a huge disconnect because those who created the commission (John Krugh) never consulted with the consumers or consumer organizations to understand the problem they were trying to solve. It should come as no surprise that this commission helps the builders and not the consumers.

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