Posted on 03/10/2010 5:22:52 AM PST by Libloather
Rep. Barney Frank: ‘I shouldn’t be a homeowner’
By Christina Wlkie - 03/08/10 07:57 PM ET
The chairman of the House Financial Services Committee wields a gavel with jurisdiction over the nation’s housing industry. But he’s not a homeowner. And he likes it that way.
In a speech Friday to three real estate groups, Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.) said that despite having owned condominiums before, he prefers to rent his living space. Or spaces, as it were.
Frank classified himself as a double renter — he has an apartment in Washington and one in Newton, Mass.
“Given my personality and my work demands, I shouldn’t be a homeowner,” he said.
“I don’t want to be in the middle of a committee session and be told the pipes broke or the roof is leaking or this or that. I need when that happens to be able to call somebody and say, ‘Please fix it and call me when I can come home.’"
Frank was addressing the National Association of Hispanic Real Estate Professionals, the National Association of Real Estate Brokers and the Asian Real Estate Association of America.
Rep. Barney Frank admitted that he was sitting on the porch of his partner’s Maine home when police came to arrest his partner for marijuana possession.
Frank, responding to new reports that he was present during the Aug. 2007 arrest of James Ready, said in a statement he was unaware Ready had marijuana plants.
According to a police report obtained by MyFoxBoston, Maine police arrested and charged James Ready with marijuana possession, cultivation and use of drug paraphernalia. He pleaded guilty to civil possession and paid a fine. The remaining charges were dismissed last year.
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Bawney gets a message from God....
“The poor should rent”
LOL
He could room with chris dodd.
Sister’s up; will be on the river fri>wed.
Also, usff is down. Who’s doing support??
Swinging from a 16 foot rope is more like it. LOL
Barney shouldn’t be a congresscritter either....
Send him home so he rent a nicer place........... LOL, his district wouldn’t ever let that happen.
LOL Bump
I’ll follow up.
Thanks.
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