Posted by
Mick O. on Tuesday, May 13, 2008 9:35:44 PM
If you want to see what Communism looks like, it's getting close to that in California. We have anything but a free market, and the legislators are driving businesses out of the state by the droves. Now they are aiming to kill the housing market in the name of solving global warming! As if they could.
The San Francisco Association of Realtors (SFAR) is hard at work trying to defeat Assembly Bill 2678 proposed by Fabian Nunez. The goal of the legislation is to force point of sale energy audits on home buyers and sellers. In a state already suffering from the effects of a weakening housing market, Mr. Nunez is proposing oppressive regulations that would 1) force home buyers to have and pay for an energy audit that 2) sets out a timeline of energy saving upgrades that would have to be made or the owner would face fines and penalties. Is this the government that is supposed to be for the little guy?
The
SFResidence Blog has a short editorial about it along with some comments put forth by the SFAR. It's worth reading and give several phone numbers of people to contact if you oppose this new regulation.
Our government is out of control at the federal level as well as the state level. They are moving toward a Communist form of government where the elected elites get to choose what the rest of us can and can not do. I, for one, am getting ready to leave the country and head for Panama!