I posted in June about the bill I lobbied for.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discu...

Yesterday I was given a framed copy, signed by the governor!



A brief summary - two of my students' families were renters who lost their homes when the landlord didn't pay the mortgage and the bank foreclosed. They were given no warning; one family came home from work one afternoon to find their belongings in the front yard. I was shocked to find this was perfectly legal and renters who don't pay their rent and are evicted have more legal protection than those who do pay their rent but the landlord doesn't pay the mortgage.

So I emailed the state rep who serves the district where my school is and she wrote a bill and it passed. Renters will now get 10 days' notice when their home is a foreclosure.

Knowing that bill passed was enough of a reward so this framed copy is just icing on the cake.

Lesson here: keep on writing, calling and bugging the you know what out of your elected officials. I figured I started contacting mine about 40 years ago and it sure feels good to know they DO listen once in awhile. LOL