{"id":14333,"date":"2011-03-24T14:07:43","date_gmt":"2011-03-24T21:07:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/?p=14333"},"modified":"2011-03-24T14:07:43","modified_gmt":"2011-03-24T21:07:43","slug":"its-the-realtor-party-you-can-cry-if-you-want-to","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/14333\/its-the-realtor-party-you-can-cry-if-you-want-to\/","title":{"rendered":"It’s the REALTOR Party, you can cry if you want to…"},"content":{"rendered":"

…But when push comes to shove, I’m a Midwesterner- practical, down-to-earth, not prone to\u00a0crying over spilled milk. If something is wrong, let’s fix it. If there is a problem, let’s find the solution and move along. So when push recently came to shove\u00a0and the NAR rolled out their latest membership shakedown<\/span> benefit<\/a>, my Midwestern mind mulled over what was really happening and\u00a0whether or not\u00a0there was a fix.<\/p>\n

There is\u00a0a video that’s been making the rounds in Ohio\u00a0as public union options\u00a0are being reconsidered. In 2007, Bob Chanin, General Counsel to the NEA for over 40 years, gave a farewell speech to the NEA<\/a>.\u00a0This\u00a0is a\u00a0fascinating\u00a0look inside the history of\u00a0one of the biggest, most powerful unions in the country, but at 25 minutes it’s a bit long. Let me break it down for you:\u00a0Chanin describes in loving detail\u00a0how the NEA was once-upon-a-time, a quiet little organization of long suffering do-gooders. Then they got politically organized. He says:<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is not because of creative ideas, it is not because of the merit of our position, it is not because we care about children, it is not because we have a vision of a great public school for every child. NEA and its affiliates are effective advocates because we have power and we have power because there are more than 3.2 million people who are willing to pay us hundreds of millions of dollars in dues each year because they believe we are the unions that can most effectively represent them, the unions that can protect their rights and advance their interests as education employees.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

But wait, there’s more:<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen all is said and done, the\u00a0NEA and its affiliates must never lose sight of the fact that they are unions and what unions do first and foremost is represent their members.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

If this doesn’t disturb you, fine. I’m not here to change your mind. And just so I’m\u00a0clear about this:\u00a0I’m a REALTOR because I’m forced to be, for access to the MLS, and not necessarily because I want to be (and just for the record, Dear NAR- I’m not anti-NAR per se, but I am anti-coercion. Force is coercion and coercion Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

…But when push comes to shove, I’m a Midwesterner- practical, down-to-earth, not prone to\u00a0crying over spilled milk. If something is wrong, let’s fix it. If there is a problem, let’s find the solution and move along. So when push recently came to shove\u00a0and the NAR rolled out their latest membership shakedown benefit, my Midwestern mind […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[62,29,30],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-14333","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"hentry","6":"category-dirty-laundry","7":"category-group-therapy","8":"category-supplanting-the-nar","10":"no-featured-image"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":15240,"url":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/15240\/nar-idx-franchisors-its-complicated\/","url_meta":{"origin":14333,"position":0},"title":"NAR, IDX, Franchisors.. 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