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Two Michigan lawmakers have introduced bills to limit access to people's houses by local tax assessors. Complaints surfaced earlier this year when a group of homeowners in Davison Township contacted the Mackinac Center for Public Policy about letters from the local tax assessor requesting to come inside personal residences. Homeowners who declined saw their assessments go up based on improvements their neighbors made in their houses, which resulted in higher property taxes. Other homeowners agreed to the inspections because they thought they were legally required to do so. State Representative Bob Genetski, R-Saugatuck, introduced House Bill 5172, which demands that...

A sanitation district in Pennsylvania has notified homeowners that its representatives will be making personal visits to every structure served by its network of drainpipes because that's what the federal Environmental Protection Agency is demanding. The letter informs homeowners the inspections will probably take only about 15 minutes, but that all properties "will be considered a source of clear water discharges until an inspection can be conducted." The effort, according to officials at the Coplay Whitehall Sewer Authority, is to prevent water from sources such as sump pumps or downspouts from being channeled into a water treatment process. But homeowners...

Dirty Secret No. 1 in Obamacare by Chuck Norris Health care reforms are turning into health care revolts. Americans are turning up the heat on congressmen in town hall meetings across the U.S. While watching these political hot August nights, I decided to research the reasons so many are opposed to Obamacare to separate the facts from the fantasy. What I discovered is that there are indeed dirty little secrets buried deep within the 1,000-plus page health care bill.

Pardon me for asking a personal question. However, freepers are a wealth of information and I need some of that expertise. We have reached an agreement with a buyer for our home. Closing is Dec. 15th. We have one major hurdle. The buyer's inspection. We have had a water claim within the last three years. Here in Texas, that is a major concern due to this mold hysteria. We have no evidence of mold. Period. Everything has been fixed and nothing seems to be a problem. If there is mold it would be in the wood beams above a drywall...