Realtors Paying for Lawsuits against Local Gov. THIS is Wrong..

Tucson Association of REALTORS® Supports Lawsuit against the City of Tucson

Tucson, Ariz. – (September 10, 2008) –Tucson resident Eric Button has filed a lawsuit against the City of Tucson challenging the validity of § 3033.7 of the Tucson Code (the "Ordinance").

The City has refused to issue Mr. Button a demolition permit for his house in the Jefferson Park Neighborhood until he completes a costly and potentially time consuming historic review process mandated by the Ordinance. So, Mr. Button has challenged the Ordinance's validity, asserting that the City adopted the Ordinance without providing the proper notice to the public.

Click here to view the city ordinance. It requires Mr. Button to submit a historic survey to the City for his house and for every property within 300 feet of his house. Mr. Button does not have the expertise to prepare the historic survey so he would have to hire an architect to do so.

Once the City accepts the historic survey, the review process can take up to two months and, at its conclusion, the City Building Official is authorized to delay issuing the demolition permit for an additional 90 days to allow the City to document historic features and/or an additional 180 days "to provide the City with time to preserve the structure either by purchasing or arranging the purchase of the property."

Apparently, the City Council has given the Building Official the discretion to hold up a demolition permit in this fashion even if the property owner has no desire to sell his property to the City.

The Tucson Association of REALTORS® is funding Mr. Button's lawsuit against
the City of Tucson. ...

http://www.TucsonRealtors.org/tar-v2/lawsuit_web.pdf

Why Do Realtor have this kind of Power? Who is this "trade association" that they are seemingly above local law, that they get to even have an opinion on local lawsuits. Do the Realtors Run the Cities.. Well from What I see they do and My First year of Real Estate.. the Big Boys told me.. that "We control who comes in and our of town".. I have talked to several people who have said the same thing. the Realtors having Been Running the Show Long Enough... Stop Using Realtors to Sell your Real Estate...

Lawsuits such as this should be between those directly involved and not the Realtors, the Realtors want Demo for their own selfish reasons.. they should not have a say.. the Support of a Local Association of Realtors should be Flat Out Rejected.. they SHOULD not get to Pick a Side, Period.
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The Realtors should not have a Say, they have no right. Just because they have bigger attorneys and a whole lot of people and money behind them should not give the Realtors the Rights to Bully Local Law, Local Councils - Planning Boards or Governing Bodies... it is "We the People" not We the Realtors.. who Decide what is best for a community.
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When a Local Realtor Association Funds a Lawsuit between a Citizen and the City .. the Realtors have gone Way to far with their "political clout" not only has the Tucson Association of Realtors declared their SUPPORT for this guy, they with their millions of dollars are Funding the Lawsuit. And as an Ex-Realtor I have seen the Damage Realtors can do and the money they have behind them. I doubt that City Funds are big enough to Fight the Realtors Agenda. Realtors Get what Realtors Want... Bullying ? Real Estate Cartel? How far will the Realtors go to take over local law and to ENFORCE their agenda on local government ?