tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post819282472451429613..comments2024-03-13T14:53:25.892-05:00Comments on Advance Indianaâ„¢: More On Town Of St. John's No Shack Up LawGary R. Welshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15185079937305083438noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-22224815781665579782007-10-09T07:43:00.000-05:002007-10-09T07:43:00.000-05:00This town attorney's response exemplifies the punc...This town attorney's response exemplifies the punch line to the old joke:<BR/><BR/>Q: You know what they call the person who finished last in his law school class (substitute whatever professional degree you choose for "lawyer") ?<BR/><BR/>A: Attorney.<BR/><BR/>Every Realtor, Appraiser, Title Insurance Worker or real estate assistant who's licensed in Indiana, has a refresher course in this remedial entry-level fderal statute every two years. We whine about it, because it's b-o-r-i-n-g to sit through, but cases like this make it clear there are still violations.<BR/><BR/>This violation is blatant.<BR/><BR/>What's surprising is that anyone in the Bush administration pursued it. Obviously, the career attorneys at HUD and DOJ are able to pursue gross violations of the FHA, RESPA and other pertinent statutes or regulations.<BR/><BR/>I've done business in the Lake-Porter area, in some of these small towns. You'd be amazed at the racist, prejudiced attitudes which exist there.<BR/><BR/>It's a small town--their town treasury cannot afford to defend this case, I'd guess. And their insurer will surely not pay for attorney fees to defend such a gross mispplication of FHA standards. So the citizens are going to get stuck with what could be hugely expensive defense, of defenseless poition.<BR/><BR/>This attorney needs a trip to the woodshed. Hold on--Bush is on the line. He may get a federal court appointment.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com