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Since March 2005, when Gainesville ordered the Building Systems Network chief executive officer to remove a partially-finished modular house in Waters Edge subdivision, Smereczynsky has sued in Hall County and federal court, rallied interest from the modular construction industry nationwide, and regularly pleaded his case to area media. "I've chosen to continue the fight," Smereczynsky said last week. "... I'm in the deal to the end." The deal has reached a new boiling point. The city, feeding off a state Court of Appeals denial of Building System's appeal, on Sept. 12 gave the Gainesville company 30 days to remove the home on Waters Edge Drive. Smereczynsky is seeking a court stay. An attorney representing the city's insurance company has also filed to dismiss constitutional claims in Smereczynsky's second lawsuit.
A judge this week froze the assets of two men accused of leaving mobile home buyers with faulty titles and thousands of dollars in unpaid taxes that should have been handled by the sellers. Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott had requested the asset freeze against Andrew and Edward Huizar to preserve money that he believes should be used to refund homebuyers. Tuesday, Judge David A. Berchelmann, sitting in Bexar County's presiding court, also signed off on an injunction that halts the business practices in question. The Huizars and a third man, David Barroso, were sued by the Attorney General's Office in March, accused of providing home buyers with faulty property titles and leaving them with debts for unpaid taxes and other liens that should have been paid by the sellers.
Following a morning of emotional and pointed questions by residents of Dixie Ranch Acres the Okeechobee County Board of County Commissioners passed an emergency ordinance by a 4-1 vote in their afternoon session dealing with residency requirements for sexual offenders in the county. Commissioner Ray Domer was the lone dissenting vote. The emergency ordinance states "it is unlawful for any sexual offender to reside in the same dwelling unit or within separate dwelling units on a single lot or within the same duplex or multi-family dwelling with another sexual offender." Exceptions are made for married sexual offenders and those residing in some type of rehabilitation facility. Violations would invoke a fine of not more than $500 or up to 60 days jail, or both.
Racine County - Starting in 2007, the county's Human Services Department will not provide services for elderly people and people with disabilities under a new system, County Executive Bill McReynolds announced this week.A care maintenance organization will provide all services under a direct contract with the Wisconsin Department of Health and Family Services. Racine County would be one of the first Wisconsin counties to shift from a county-based program, to one run by a state contractor.Under the new plan, services will be provided within two years to all elderly and disabled individuals currently on waiting lists. Currently, the wait time for services can be as long as 10 years.The state has agreed to work towards an entitlement to all long-term care services within three to five years.The county also will operate an Aging and Disability Resource Center, with locations at the Human Services Department, at St.
DEERFIELD, Ill., Oct. 20 /PRNewswire/ -- Takeda Pharmaceuticals North America, Inc. and Takeda Global Research & Development Center, Inc. celebrate today the grand opening of the companies' new, 70-acre corporate home office in Deerfield, Ill. Several representatives from the companies' Japanese parent company, Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited, will join local dignitaries and employees on-site at One Takeda Parkway to commemorate Takeda's history and growth in the U.S. "We are celebrating yet another milestone for Takeda. In just eight years, the company quickly grew in the United States from three employees to more than 3,000, establishing itself as the one of the fastest-growing pharmaceutical companies in the United States," said Mark Booth, president of Takeda Pharmaceuticals North America, Inc.
(October 9, 2006)--Experts say finding an honest, readily available contractor is a challenge these days on the Gulf Coast as hurricane recovery continues. Last year's Hurricane Katrina demolished tens of thousands of homes and sent several hundred thousand evacuees to Texas. Authorities expect the construction fraud problem to grow worse as more federal grant money reaches homeowners in Mississippi and Louisiana. In March, Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour signed into law a measure elevating home-repair fraud from a misdemeanor to a felony, punishable by up to ten years in prison. Since Katrina, the Mississippi attorney general's office has opened more than 350 home-repair fraud investigations. At least ten have led to arrests.
SANDPOINT -- Ben and Julie Silverman's brand new Cocolalla home has a two-car garage, wood floors and a spacious living room with 9-foot ceilings.But it came with something they were not expecting."We've got built-in neighbors that hate us," said Ben Silverman, who is locked in a legal showdown with fellow Cocolalla Estates homeowners.
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