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Thursday, April 12, 2007

BILL CULLEN FORMER SAINT PAUL LANDLORD OFFERS CHARITABLE DONATION FOR WRITTEN POLICIES ON RENTAL CRITERIA

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7 Comments:

Blogger Bob said...

Reprinted from Saint Paul Issues and Forums.

From: Bill Cullen Date: 2007-04-11 23:58 (UTC) Short link

Dyer wrote: "I honestly hope you or someone else on this board publishes
the rental criteria landlords should use."



My response:



I would also like to see the rental criteria landlords should use. From my
time in St. Paul, I remember this being a hot issue. I remember St. Paul
city officials commonly saying things like: "landlords get what they
deserve because they don't screen enough." This was most commonly said by
Lantry, Bostrum and Mayor Coleman. I would like one of these city officials
(or an authorized spokesperson) to post something official here. Please
tell us landlords what rental criteria we should use. I think the criteria
should meet these two specifics:



1) It should be the minimum criteria you believe will keep problem
tenants out.

2) You should also no longer hold landlords accountable for tenant
behavior if the landlord uses AT LEAST the criteria you specify.



If one of the elected officials I mentioned above is willing to put their
commonly issued directives in writing, I will pay them $500.00 (1). My
offer is serious. For years I have been told that screening is the solution
to our industry problems, yet I have never seen anything concrete proposed.
I am now offering $500 to the first elected city official that puts in
writing what they have advocated for years.



Regards, Bill Cullen.

Former St. Paul landlord

Former President of St. Paul Association of Responsible Landlords

(1) If it is considered illegal or unethical for me to pay a sitting
official, I will contribute the money to a charity or political organization
of their choice.

10:26 PM  
Blogger Bob said...

You can click onto the title of this post on the front page and get the entire thread at Saint Paul Issues and Forums.

10:33 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Cullen's money is safe. This chickenshit City Council will never do what he proposes because all they are capable of is one liners and sound bytes. They know they are wrong and they know they are just scapegpating the landlords cause they either don't have the answers or don't want to take the heat for implementing them.

1:13 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I'll donate some viagra when these crooked oficials are sitting in jail. It can't come soon enough to suit me!

7:26 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

These Bozo's can't answer your questions Bill.

This is beyond their capacity of thought.It wouldn't fit with their criteria of smashing civil rights to meet their objectives to rid the City of as much affordable housing as possible.

10:51 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

The key word here is affordable, and what the city considers affordable is not a place to live for people making less than $20,000.00 a year, its people making $40,000 to $60,000 that the city of St Paul Caters to. If you make less than that they treat you like an eyesore and want to chase you out of town.

8:25 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

For someone who likes to put e-Democracy down, you sure create a lot of links to their discussions. I thought this was going to be a place that would improve upon e-Democracy ... not promote it.

10:21 PM  

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