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					  <title><![CDATA[Is Your Association Prepared?]]></title>
					  <link>http://njcooperator.com/articles/387/1/Is-Your-Association-Prepared/Page1.html</link>
					  <description><![CDATA[On October 24, 2007, Governor Jon Corzine signed the Predatory Towing Prevention Act to prevent tow truck operators from &#8220;taking advantage of vulnerable citizens and holding their vehicles hostage for exorbitant fees.&#8221; On October 19, 2008, 360 days after its enactment, this law will go into effect and dramatically alter the current towing procedures in New Jersey. ]]></description>
					  <author>no@spam.com (Marc Meunier, Esq.)</author>
					  <pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2008 14:58:54 EDT</pubDate>
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					  <title><![CDATA[Governor Corzine&#039;s 2009 Budget Proposal]]></title>
					  <link>http://njcooperator.com/articles/386/1/Governor-Corzine039s-2009-Budget-Proposal/Page1.html</link>
					  <description><![CDATA[Recognizing that New Jersey has been spending its way into deficit for two decades, Governor Jon Corzine&#8217;s $33 billion proposed 2009 budget calls for numerous cuts to pare down expenditures. Cutting spending is the first step to getting the state&#8217;s fiscal act together, the governor maintains. Most officials agree that cuts alone will not erase the state&#8217;s $32 billion debt, and nearly all agree that decreasing spending is the place to start to gain control of New Jersey&#8217;s fiscal affairs. State officials believe that the 2010 fiscal year already faces a $1.7 billion shortfall, and they are working to remedy that problem and other impending economic crunches. ]]></description>
					  <author>no@spam.com (Jonathan Barnes)</author>
					  <pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2008 14:57:02 EDT</pubDate>
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					  <title><![CDATA[The New Jersey Cooperator&#039;s Condo, HOA &amp; Co-op Expo]]></title>
					  <link>http://njcooperator.com/articles/385/1/The-New-Jersey-Cooperator039s-Condo-HOA-amp-Co-op-Expo/Page1.html</link>
					  <description><![CDATA[On Wednesday, May 14th, The New Jersey Cooperator and parent company Yale Robbins, Inc. hosted the first-ever annual New Jersey Condo, HOA & Co-op Expo at the Meadowlands Exposition Center in Secaucus. ]]></description>
					  <author>no@spam.com (Hannah Fons)</author>
					  <pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2008 14:55:44 EDT</pubDate>
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					  <title><![CDATA[Are Condo Boards Adopting Stricter Rules?]]></title>
					  <link>http://njcooperator.com/articles/384/1/Are-Condo-Boards-Adopting-Stricter-Rules/Page1.html</link>
					  <description><![CDATA[Every community needs an established set of rules and regulations for the organization to function properly and the residents to live in harmony with one another. HOAs are no exception. The rules and regulations of a condominium community are set forth in the governing documents, mostly in four documents that make up the administrative framework of the condominium association. They are, in order of importance, the master deed, the bylaws, the association&#8217;s certificate of incorporation and/or proprietary lease and, finally, the rules and regulations. ]]></description>
					  <author>no@spam.com (Greg Olear)</author>
					  <pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2008 14:54:09 EDT</pubDate>
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					  <title><![CDATA[Protecting Workers, Preventing Injuries]]></title>
					  <link>http://njcooperator.com/articles/383/1/Protecting-Workers-Preventing-Injuries/Page1.html</link>
					  <description><![CDATA[A building or community&#8217;s onsite staff and workers are an integral part of any co-op, condo or HOA. As they go about their daily duties on behalf of your board and residents, your workers must be provided with a safe working environment as well as any necessary equipment they need to keep them safe on the job. Protecting workers before injury occurs is the first step in keeping them safe and avoiding costly workers&#8217; compensation claims. ]]></description>
					  <author>no@spam.com (Stephanie Mannino)</author>
					  <pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2008 14:52:33 EDT</pubDate>
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					  <title><![CDATA[What Happens when a Board Abuses its Power?]]></title>
					  <link>http://njcooperator.com/articles/382/1/What-Happens-when-a-Board-Abuses-its-Power/Page1.html</link>
					  <description><![CDATA[Condo and HOA residents often complain that their board doesn&#8217;t do enough, or that the board members aren&#8217;t involved as much as residents would like in the administration and maintenance of their community. While a disinterested or apathetic board is certainly a problem, going to the other extreme&#8212;becoming an overbearing, Big Brotherish cabal&#8212;can be just as bad, or worse. ]]></description>
					  <author>no@spam.com (Keith Loria)</author>
					  <pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2008 14:50:35 EDT</pubDate>
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					  <title><![CDATA[A Look at What&#039;s On Deck in Trenton]]></title>
					  <link>http://njcooperator.com/articles/381/1/A-Look-at-What039s-On-Deck-in-Trenton/Page1.html</link>
					  <description><![CDATA[Each legislative session in the New Jersey Senate usually includes at least one bill or proposal related to housing, or one that impacts the state&#8217;s HOAs. There were several such bills introduced this past year&#8212;some of which were allowed to continue their journey toward ratification, and others that just couldn&#8217;t catch a break, no matter how long ago they were first suggested to the assembled lawmakers. ]]></description>
					  <author>no@spam.com (Raanan Geberer)</author>
					  <pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2008 14:49:07 EDT</pubDate>
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					  <title><![CDATA[Pet Rules and Regulations]]></title>
					  <link>http://njcooperator.com/articles/380/1/Pet-Rules-and-Regulations/Page1.html</link>
					  <description><![CDATA[For anyone who has ever taken in a stray, won a goldfish at a county fair, or indulged a pleading child with an impossibly cute kitten, the disarming charm a pet holds over its owner is self-evident. A pet becomes more than just a presence about the house, it is a loyal companion, and for many people, an extended member of the family. But in communal living situations, like in condos and HOAs, the issue of pet rules and restrictions is vital. One person&#8217;s joy must not become another&#8217;s burden. So lay out the ground rules before the situation becomes hairy&#8212;or furry, as the case may be. ]]></description>
					  <author>no@spam.com (Raphael Kohan)</author>
					  <pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2008 14:47:45 EDT</pubDate>
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					  <title><![CDATA[NHWA and Construction Defects Litigation]]></title>
					  <link>http://njcooperator.com/articles/273/1/NHWA-and-Construction-Defects-Litigation/Page1.html</link>
					  <description><![CDATA[Few things are as frustrating and irksome as paying a contractor to execute a project in either a private home or a condo association's common areas and finding out after the dust has settled that the work you paid for is substandard or outright defective. Condominium boards and homeowner associations have the right to sue a developer for defective construction. But the situation is never as cut-and-dry as you might think; New Jersey has laws that can both help and hinder a condo owner whose building may have been victimized by negligent construction contractors. ]]></description>
					  <author>no@spam.com (Michael Norris)</author>
					  <pubDate>Mon, 23 Jul 2007 16:07:42 EDT</pubDate>
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					  <title><![CDATA[Pet Rules and Restrictions]]></title>
					  <link>http://njcooperator.com/articles/244/1/Pet-Rules-and-Restrictions/Page1.html</link>
					  <description><![CDATA[It's a familiar covenant in most New Jersey 
 leases. The rules and regulations allowing pets may differ from association 
 to association but the gist is the same. If you live in a multi-unit 
 building or community and you want to keep pets, there are going to be 
 rules. ]]></description>
					  <author>no@spam.com (Mary K. Fons)</author>
					  <pubDate>Mon, 23 Jul 2007 13:20:18 EDT</pubDate>
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