We just got slapped!...and are continuing to exercise our freedom of speech until ordered to do otherwise. We don't hand over our American civil rights that easily.

We do not understand why builders would feel it to be more important to sue their customers and try to take away their constitutional rights rather than to do the right thing.

Before buying a home in the State of Texas, we had no idea we would have be expected to forfeit our freedom of speech should something go wrong. Are you sure this is the USA    

www.choicehomescomplaint.com

Watch our website and see if it disappears!   

This is a good case of "it all starts at the top".  I feel the behavior of management to be unprofessional and childish.  Perhaps this is why Mr. Yates appears to be without discipline. 

We need to continue educating the public on the TRCC.  Each day I find more and more people are aware of the true facts.  The word is getting out, thanks to HOBB and thousands of Texan home buyers who have been victimized and have taken the time to educate themselves on the TRCC.

I feel Mr. Yates' attitude and lack of concern for the victims is typical of homebuilders.  As is, builders are allowed to destroy the lives of home buyers and appear to have no remorse for doing so!

Mr. Yates wrote  "...I may not like the system, but it is the system we have until it's made better by our elected officials." If you don't like the system, then why are you promoting, pushing, and advertising what many feel to be a  one-sided, unjust builder protection agency? 

Please read my communication with Mr. Yates below this message.  It is my opinion Mr. Yates is extremely unprofessional and exhibits total disregard and disrespect for the home buyer.

I was hung up on twice today.  The first time the person screening the calls asked me if this was a "good" or "bad" call about the TRCC.  I asked her for what reason she was asking the questions and the reply was that they were going to have to balance them out as they were coming in one-sided. Gee....I wonder why no "good" calls were coming in?!?!

Perhaps we should all call the main station general manager and voice our complaints.  I feel that the Mr. Yates is contributing to totally misleading the general public in what the TRCC is all about! 

We knew after our experience that the caller by the name of "Rodney" was also hung up on after connecting and they attempted to make it appear that it was a mishap. 

Please note the long Strayhorn name Mr. Yates used below which appears to be used for the purpose of discrediting Strayhorn.  Sorry, Mr. Yates!  Smear tactics especially don't work on those of us educated on the Texas Residential Construction Commission.
Sherry

Sherry,
Thank you for your email.  I have read candidate-for-governor Carole Keeton McClennan Rylander Strayhorn's report and comments and am saddened that instead of working to make productive changes to the TRCC she instead used the topic for political attention and then discarded it as a topic.  I was just on her campaign website and missed her plan to make the system better (or any mention of it for that mater).

I'm not sure how my "condoning and promoting this agency on your radio show is completely and intentionally misleading the public."  I may not like the system, but it is the system we have until it's made better by our elected officials.
David

On 8/5/06, Dan and Sherry Freeland < dsfreeland@aircanopy.net> wrote:
Mr. David Yates,
I am a recent victim of a homebuilder and educated myself to the functions and purpose of the Texas Residential Construction Commission prior to filing the SIRP.

Our home closed in February of this year.  Our home is NOT sellable and our builder has chosen not to honor our warranty.

I suggest you read Carole Keeton Strayhorn's report in regard to the TRCC.  She stated in a letter to Representative Todd Smith: "In a homeowner survey conducted by my office, I found that 86 percent of homeowners who responded said their builder failedto fix construction defects in their homes.  And that was after going through the mandated State Sponsored Inspection and Dispute Resolution process that verified the defects.....After reviewing the TRCC and its enabling statute, it is clear that the
agency functions as a builder protection agency."

It is my feeling that your condoning and promoting this agency on your radio show is completely and intentionally misleading the public.

In addition, I felt you were quite rude to a caller by the name of Rodney when he called to state the true facts in regard to this agency.

I agree with Carole Keeton Strayhorn when she stated "If it were up to me personally, I would blast this TRCC builder-protection agency off the bureaucratic books."
Sherry Freeland