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Barbaraok

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  1. Escapees is a business NOT a club, period. And part of their presentation when we joined was they were at the forefront of being a voice for RVers and the lobbying they did in Texas to get the address recognized as a legal address. If that is part of your selling pitch and then you are not providing that service, you should expect to have people question how it slipped by. Barb
  2. You have to admit they missed the boat on this one. They were not watching what was going on during the past legislative session - - isn't that part of the reason that we join Escapees, because they are suppose to be on top of issues affecting RVers and to lobby effectively for our interests? I think Kelly hit the nail on the head - no one was paying any attention and now they are trying to downplay what could be really serious effects for all of us. Think how much easier it would have been to be told about "Pending" legislation, organize a lobbying effort to point out a potential problem, and get something in place for those who would be out of state for continuous periods of time into the original law, rather than trying to cobble something together afterwards. Barb
  3. From the Motor Vehicle Registration Manual: "A multi-year registration renewal option for 24 or 36 months was previously available for most vehicle types in IVTRS; however, in preparation for the combined registration and inspection sticker, online renewals are now only available for 12 month periods." Barb
  4. Think you might want to check. This is from the Motor Vehicle Registration Manual: "A multi-year registration renewal option for 24 or 36 months was previously available for most vehicle types in IVTRS; however, in preparation for the combined registration and inspection sticker, online renewals are now only available for 12 month periods." Barb
  5. But what good is that to those with Motorhomes and toads, often they have different registration dates. Barb
  6. I'm glad you think that there is time between opening session of the legislature in January '15 and effective date of 3/1/15 - - but given the past history of the legislature and the fact that most bills don't get acted upon until late May or into June of the session, I don't share your optimism. Our car registration comes due in April of each year, so while we will have more time with the motorhome, not so with the car. Barb
  7. Thanks for the information as you have a lot of concerned people who would be negatively impacted by this. Also I hope that before the next legislative session some way of monitoring what is being introduced that will effect Escapee members can be implemented. Imagine what Escapee members could have done in the way of emails, phone calls, etc. if we had been alerted when the bill was introduced. Barb
  8. Linda, For those of us on Medicare, moving isn't the big problem it will be for people who need health insurance. Barb
  9. I would agree except that it appears from the reply I got from Escapees office was that they didn't know about it. There was no handling behind the scenes that I can see and it appears that the state senator and state representative for the Polk county area also had no idea what was going on. Barb
  10. Kirk, One of the selling points for Escapees has been that they are working to make sure RVers in Texas are treated fairly. I only found out about this through a link to the HDT section a couple of weeks ago - - I don't monitor legislative action in Texas during the legislative session. That is what Escapees headquarters should have been doing if they want to keep customers. I reported it to the office as soon as I found the link to the legislation, and they hadn't heard about it. Again, one of their selling points was that they were on top of things relative to RVers - clearly that is no longer true! Barb
  11. The law was signed by the governor in June of 2013. Introduced some 2-3 months earlier. The email I received from Escapees headquarters on January 27th thanked me for bringing it to their attention. Obviously no one was monitoring last legislative session. Barb
  12. My question is how did Escapees miss this so completely? Don't they monitor legislative action anymore - members have to do it for them? Barb
  13. Enough so that there are two precincts for Escapees. Barb
  14. I would bet that a lot of people will be moving to SD or some other state and Escapees will lose a lot of business. Barb
  15. We hit the required minimum distributions next year. Question will be whether to do lump sum or spread it out during the year. Has anyone started doing that and which way do you do it? Barb
  16. Derek, I wasn't referring to you. Barb
  17. Apparently someone wants to make this into a political discussion. Out of here. Barb
  18. Derek, Great posts above. Barb
  19. That's one of the funds we're looking at - we've been with Vanguard since the mid 80s. Barb
  20. In answer to the original question - yes, we are still in. In fact we never completely got out. Has been an interesting few years. Now the questions is when to shift and what to shift into. We're starting to approach the age when we will have to do minimum distributions. Barb
  21. I was just saying you missed some great gains during the past 4 years by having so little in stocks. If you are happy with your gains, great. Barb
  22. So you missed a lot of the great momentum forward by not being in more during 2009? And by having so little in stock funds means that you've missed some good gains the past 4 years. Barb
  23. Probably will see a lot of people taking capital gains (like Apple stock) in the next week - in anticipation of a rise in the CG rates next year. Also, a lot of companies (like Wal-Mart) are paying dividends this month, again in anticipation of dividend rates going up next year. Plus mix in the fear of the fiscal curb and it should be an interesting week to watch. Barb
  24. Derek, I'm now starting to think about moving some funds into less volatile funds because there will be a correction, we just don't know when. Trying to hit the exact time isn't something I'm good at. Barb
  25. But how much better would it have been for them to get some help so they didn't have to go it alone!
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