ALOC NEWS
| September 1, 2001 | Associated
Landlords of the Cumberland Area ALOC Phone (301) 759-0530 P.O. Box 1867 |
Vol. 7, Issue 9 |
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Upcoming Speakers Once again our planned speaker, Bob Rider, from the Cumberland Water Dept. has run into a schedule conflict and we will postpone his appearance until November or January. We have instead invited Chief of Police Bobby Dick to attend the September meeting as our speaker. Unfortunately we have not been able to confirm this as of the mailing of this newsletter. So we will have to see what happens. At our October meeting we will have Paula James from the Health Dept. as well as some folks from the Lead Coalition to bring us up to date about the Lead Paint Program ALOC Website ALOC
has established a website on the Internet, cumberlandlandlords.com.
The site is up and running in a very basic format and we hope
to add to the site over the next few months. The site will
have a lot of basic information about ALOC as well as archived
copies of past newsletters. Lead Paint Training Allegany
College will have training as follows: Call
301-784-5341 or E-mail jloff@ac.cc.md.us for more information.
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Smoke Detector Law HB66,
which was signed into law this past May, requires that each
lease for an existing residential dwelling unit that contains
AC powered smoke detectors must have a disclosure. This essentially
advises people that AC powered smoke detectors may not work
if there is a power failure. College Park Sprinklers The
College Park City Council met on August 8th to hear a bill
that would require all owners of single-family rental properties
to install sprinkler systems. Of course this bill does not
require owner occupied homes to be similarly equipped. Miscellaneous Lead Stuff Keep in mind that effective October 1, 2001 any lead dust wipes can be performed only if there no is chipping and peeling paint. This obviously will change the way many of us deal with turnovers and the treatments we perform. If you have questions about this change contact one of the many contractors and inspectors who advertise in our newsletter. If the dates for Allegany College's Lead Paint courses are not convenient there is an alternative. Hagerstown Junior College also offers courses and they have quite a few planned for the fall of 2001. If you would like more details contact Cynthia Hull at 1-301-790-2800 ext. 520. The
MDE is running spot checks on lead contractors and they recently
were waiting for a contractor in Baltimore checking for proper
training and licensing cards, use of proper materials and
procedures. Be careful "Big Brother" is indeed watching
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Maryland Business
for Responsive Government
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The MBRG each August publishes its Roll Call Report on Maryland Legislators. The main headline in the Roll Call states "Following Glendening's Lead Lawmakers Go Fast, Turn Left". This assumption is based on three defining actions made by our elected officials this year. The first major blunder was the bloating of Maryland's spending, a lack of focus on the long-term transportation problems we face in Maryland and of course the extension of collective bargaining for non-faculty state college and university personnel despite opposition by the people affected. The Governor obviously bent the legislature to his will in these three major areas. Our State
Senator, John Hafer, had the most impressive voting record of
all of the Western Maryland Delegation. According to MBRG his
2001 percentage is 89 %, which is arrived at by dividing the
number of favorable votes for business related bills by the
number of bills on which the legislator voted. John's cumulative
percentage over the years is 77%, which places him very high
up on the list of common sense voting! Some of
the bills that were part of this analysis included SJ 8 Health
Care for all Marylanders, SB 75 Lobbyists Ethics Reform, SB207
Collective Bargaining, SB 341 Regional Transportation Study,
SB 200 Transportation-Use of Revenues, SB 486 MEDCO, SB 641
Telephone Solicitation, SB 665 Unemployment Insurance, HB 820
Financial Institutions-Fees for Bounced Checks, HB 1001 Apprenticeship
Program and etc. This is only a partial listing of the bills
involved and members wishing to see the complete study should
contact MBRG at 410-547-1295 or E-mail mbrg@erols.com.
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Leases and other Documents The Leases and other forms have been upgraded to reflect Law changes made in recent years and are available now.ALOC has
available leases, rental applications and tenant checklists
for sale, at cost, to members. The cost for each item is as
follows: These forms are kept at Jeff Hutter's office, TWR Comm. at 117-119 Valley Street. Any paid member can stop by and pick up whatever they need, however we ask that you call first with your order so that the forms can be ready and waiting for you. Please
call at least 24 hours in advance as these are made to order. |
ALOC
Officers
J. Jeffrey Hutter President Carey
Walker Vice President J. Jeffrey Hutter Treasurer Board of Directors
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Thought
for the Month
It
would be a great reform in politics if wisdom could be made
to I am without and office, without a seat, without a party and without an appendix. I
am sure the mistakes of that time will not be repeated; we shall |
