Comments on Frank Chopp's Not All Bad. But You Still Can't Sue Your Contractor.

Jesus, Josh, we really need to get you laid. Does anybody know a good $5,000-an-hour prostitute?

The thing is, suing your contractor isn't something that low-income people would get to do anyways, and realistically only applies to a very few people, and most of those people are extremely well-off. This funding is going to help many, many thousands of people who really need it. I think from Chopp's point of view it's a question of maximum public benefit. Which doesn't sound so bad to me.

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Fnarf, I was joking.

Good. That saves me from having to say Fnarf's right in this case.

Governing and leadership in this day is a tough job--too many priorities and too little time. Chopp takes a lot of crap, but on the whole, he does a pretty good job. I have my frustrations like everyone else, but if forced to make a choice, I would rather Chopp spend his time and political capital on securing $200M to help the disadvantaged.
If both are a legitimate option, then that is another issue...

Apologies for obliviousness, Josh. I'm not at the top of my game.

Bring the housing law suit bill back next session and clean it up - huh, Josh.

And get Grouch from Mercer Island out of the loop.

Gregoire can run on that good time funding for housing --- remember --- the elections?

All bad.

part time legislature = arbitrary date cut offs = only can pass 3 or 4 impt. things a year = stupid.

also = permanent continued conservative status quo rule (keep govt. small and impotent, let the democratic majority rot in hell cuz it can't get stuff passed)

does any Democrat stand up and say this is stupid?

nope.

OK, move along, let's keep our 19th c. system in place so the legislators can get back to the farm to raise crops all summer.

Correction: Residents CAN sue their contractors. They just can't sue someone else's contractor.

Still, it's a shame that Frank Chopp is in the pocket of the BIAW. If he and the governor had any balls they'd turn off the BIAW's money faucet by eliminating the BIAW's ability to see workers' compensation insurance and apply the surplus to political purposes. The conservative nuts at the BIAW are fleecing their own members and fucking over the whole state at the same time.

Okay, so I'm an insurance agent, and I can tell you that you can sue your contractor. In fact, you can sue your contractor in this state if your neighbor's house is defective and he had the same contractor. That's why for general contractors, all domestic insurance companies (that's lingo for ones licensed to sell in this state) restrict GCs to a max of usually five buildings in any subdivision. The subcontractors, plumbers, electricians, carpet installers, and the like face the same restriction, though all of the above can go through a broker and get a nice Lloyds of London policy that will take them as high as they're willing to pay for.

If you couldn't sue your contractor, there would be no need for builder's defect coverage.