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Olympia Pam Roach, Populist, on Her Home Foreclosure Bill (And Her Lunch Plans)
Posted by Eli Sanders on Wed, Feb 1, 2012 at 1:20 PM
- Roach gets one right.
Yesterday, after I wrote up her bill to make illegal home foreclosures into a Class C felony, State Senator Pam Roach left a voice mail message for me explaining how the bill's recent hearing went (and offering a glimpse into her sandwich preferences).
"I thought it was very successful," Roach said of her bill's hearing on Tuesday morning before the Senate Committee on Judiciary. "Of course, the issue is one that is really important to a lot of people, so in many ways the hearing was difficult. We heard from people who lost their homes, merely because other people—in the white suits—weren't honest with them.
"There was no opposition to the bill. Senator Kline, who is second on the bill and chair of the committee, was very supportive, so we're looking forward to having the bill passed.
"It's long overdue. We should have seen this, but I guess it takes hard times. We should have seen this earlier. But now these things becomes evident as the economy is what it is.
"So hopefully we'll be able to save some homes for people. And since we're moving the crime from misdemeanor to felony, it will be a lot more serious, of course—and we want it to be that way because people who do lie to foreclose will find themselves in jail this time around."
With that, Roach said goodbye: "I'ma jet out, get a Subway."
4
Well, OK then. Everyone knows that Col. Sanders turns to a puddle of grease if he enters a Subway.
5
Subway? Really? Meconi's Italian Subs is like a 200' walk from the Capitol Campus, and infinitely better.
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@5, Pam objects to Meconi's employment of a known homosexual. She tried it once but suspected her hoagie had been secretly smeared with pederasty.
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I detect unusually large amounts of win in this thread. It's close, but I'm sorry, @7, I'm going to have to with "smeared with pederasty". Tasty, tasty pederasty!
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You know, if you sign a mortgage that has a blend of 13 secret spices, you kind of get what you deserve.
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Pam Roach is a gun toting right winger, and just may be bipolar. But from what I understand, she is whip-smart and fiercely advocates for her constituents--many of whom, as it turns out, have faced foreclosure (like anywhere else).
Good on her. I'd deliver some flowers to her senate desk, but it would be a shame if they were stolen.
Good on her. I'd deliver some flowers to her senate desk, but it would be a shame if they were stolen.
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