From: Jay Reifert [true-agents@true-agent.com] Sent: Monday, February 11, 2002 6:17 AM To: Oppose the WRA--Defeat Designated Agency Subject: Candidate for Governor is First to Back Wisconsin Consumers [Note: In spite of the similarities between the names REAL-Reform (Real Estate Agency Law Reform) movement and the Reform Party, there is no affiliation between the two organizations. REAL-Reform does not endorse political candidates...and would encourage all other candidates for any office to examine the issue of Designated Agency and to join in the fight against Designated Agency and other deceptive Wisconsin real estate laws/practices endorsed or created by the Wisconsin Realtors Association, such as the Agency "Reform" Act of 1994.] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- List Removal Instructions: Reply to this Message With "Remove" in the Subject Line or Body of the Message. Governmental Officials and Their Respective Staffs Will Not Be Removed From This List. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Reform Party Candidate for Governor First to Back Wisconsin Consumers ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Entrepreneur, businessman, attorney, teacher, lecturer, mentor, legal scholar, community leader and Realtor...Alan Eisenberg--the Reform Party USA/Wisconsin candidate for Governor--has the ideas to make Wisconsin Government more accountable to the CITIZENS of this State and has the tenaciousness and drive to carry those ideas out. In a phone conversation yesterday evening with Jay Reifert, Organizer and Director of Operations of REAL-Reform, (Real Estate Agency Law- Reform), Candidate Eisenberg wholeheartedly backed a repeal of the Agency Law "Reform" Act of 1994 and further went on record as opposing any form of Designated Agency in the State of Wisconsin. When asked why, Mr. Eisenberg stated, "Because there's no truth to either one of these schemes. What the Wisconsin Realtors Association called "Reform" back in '94 was just a bunch of good ol' boys getting together to protect their turf. They saw buyer agency coming and knew that if they didn't remake the laws to fit their practice, they were going to start losing business." "So, what'd they do? They took away the rights of every last Citizen in Wisconsin to have real representation from an agent in a real estate transaction. Took it away by making them all facilitators...paper pushers. In my book that's criminal. Take something like that away from people and then pretend that nothing's changed." "Now, here they come with another grand plan...this Designated Agency thing and all that's going to do is make it harder than ever for a client to hold their agent and firm responsible." "If I'm elected, one of the first things I'll work to do is to repeal the Agency "Reform" Act of 1994 and make sure that, if it passes, Designated Agency gets the boot, too. Maybe I'll even open up an investigation of the Wisconsin Realtors Association to see if they're acting in concert to limit competition in the marketplace. Sure seems to be a whole bunch of suspicious coincidences going on." To learn more about Gubernatorial Candidate Eisenberg and/or the Reform Party USA/Wisconsin, you can visit: http://www.AlanEisenberg.com/ http://www.reformpartywi.org/ http://www.reformparty.org/ or, for further information, contact: Pat Owens, Press Secretary (262) 642-3388 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- [Reminder: REAL-Reform does not endorse candidates for public office. Any other candidate wishing to go on the record against the scam concept of Designated Agency or the confusing, convoluted Agency "Reform" Act of 1994 , can contact Mr. Reifert in any of the fashions found below.] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Please, contact your legislators to voice your opposition to Designated Agency. You can find out how to contact your legislator to register your oppostion to Designated Agency by going to: http://www.legis.state.wi.us/wamltest/ -------------------------------------------------------------------- Also, PLEASE forward this message to everyone you can and please also print it out--and distribute--to those who you know that don't have email capabilities.] --------------------------------------------------------------------- [This message is going out to thousands of Wisconsin Realtors, almost 500 governmental officials--including all State Legislators and their respective staffs, the Governor of Wisconsin and most candidates for Governor of Wisconsin, the Attorney General of Wisconsin, over 425 Consumer Advocacy Groups and/or individual Consumer Advocates, over 285 Registered Wisconsin Lobbyists and over 190 Media Outlets.] -- Sincerely Yours, Jay Reifert, Organizer/Director of Operations REAL-Reform (Real Estate Agency Law-Reform) Jay Reifert, Broker/Owner*****************Excel-Exclusive Buyer Agency 100% Homebuyer Representation********5136 E. 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