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Published Monday, Aug. 16, 2010 | 5:02 p.m.
Updated Tuesday, Aug. 17, 2010 | 9:48 a.m.
Rep. Dina Titus' first official TV ad hits the airwaves Tuesday, and it focuses on an issue many residents in Congressional District 3 are facing: foreclosure.
More than 70 percent of homeowners in CD3 are upside down on their mortgages, making the district the hardest hit in the nation.
Titus, a Democrat, has made the foreclosure crisis the top priority, and she features several families who faced -- and staved off -- foreclosure in her ad.
"I made over 100 calls to the bank, but Dina made them listen to us," Marisol Repko tells the camera.
"Dina helped us renegotiate our loan," Cate Costanzo explains.
"And she saved our home," Chatauna Robinson says.
Titus has lobbied for homeowner relief, delivering floor speeches, arranging workshops to help homeowners negotiate with banks and pushing President Barack Obama to better target aid for Nevada. Titus recently secured $136 million to help unemployed state residents buy down their mortgages, and she estimates her office is working on 1,000 more foreclosure cases.
"It's tough in Nevada," Titus said Monday. "Anything we can do to help people in their daily lives, that's our job."
As for the ad, Titus said she wanted to highlight the constituent services she offers and show people that she cares. She would not say how much she planned to spend airing the commercial.
Republicans responded by blaming Titus and the Democrats for ballooning foreclosure and unemployment rates.
Its a shame this forigner from georga wants to take credit fixing what she helped break.
She will win hands down, the republicans dont have a chance after Gibbons.
I am African-American urging minority democrats not to vote for southern Titus who refuse to secure funds to save the only prostate cancer nonprofit agency free blood screening program. However,she secured $300,000 earmark taxpayer dollars for her major campaign contributor's institute, a violation of US House Standard of Conduct...dispensing of special favors
In the 80's the Republicans deregulated the
Savings and Loans = S & L Crash. In the 90's the Republicans (with some Democratic help) deregulated the Banks = Banks Crash. Now their solution is to Deregulate some more and allow tax cuts for Billionaire Hedge Fund Managers to continue( today most only pay 15% ), while trying to convince working Americans to cut medicare and social security. Look at specific proposals before you vote. If there aren't any plans it's because they don't have a clue or are deceptive with their plans.
So a Nevadan has to need help with their evil mortgage lender to get a sound bit from Dina Titus.
Dina Titus sits on the U.S. House Labor Committee, in a position to help protect all Nevada workers from a lack of safety oversight that is glaringly lacking in Nevada construction and mining industry's.
No new overbearing regulations are needed. What is sorely missing is a commitment by NV mine Safety and Training Section and NV OSHA to protect worker's instead of Corporations as is the current norm.
As Lobbying money continues to flows, our elected officials are more than ever part of the corruption and Nevada oversight remains a
joke.
Quote from ED Tomany, Chief Administrative Officer for Nevada Mine Safety and Training Section " I called the mine and they said they did not do anything wrong"
Paul Rupp B125 SP NV 89047
A year and 6 months ago President Obama set up his own way of helping 5 to 7 million home owners and WHAT ARE THE RESULTS? Less than 1/4 of 1 million. Seems pathetic doesn't it?
After 18 months of President Obama's fix for forclusres that was suppose to help 7 million, it has been used by less than 1/4 of 1 million.
And already 1/3 of those are failing. WOW, i'm impressed.. R U impressed?
Obviously, none of you have been out of work with no income, unemployement & had to burn through your savings and destroy your credit. We are in a recession and no one but Dina Titus is attempmting and assisting about 3000 people. People act as if people want to lose their jobs. What do you do when you run out of money because you cannot find a job ?
I only hope that all your jobs are secure and that none of you are ever in this position. I know teachers, dealers , realtors and even chiropractors that are no longer working due to non payment from insurance companies and / or cutbacks.
I'm sorry, but I place more faith in Representative Dina Titus than I do in any of you commenters.
Because she is trying. And it is readily apparent.
As a retired Navy Veteran, she has offered her help more than any stupid Republican in all of Nevada in the present or in the future has ever tried to do.
I have found out that she does her level best to represent me in the halls of power in Washington DC. More than any of these other yahoos have ever tried to do.
I stick by her. Because she has in the past, now and I am very sure in the future, represents me. And she does this voluntarily.
I KNOW she has my best interest.
To hell with these other people. They don't show me anything.
I repeat. I KNOW she has my best interest at heart.
Because she has shown me nothing that would detract from that.
Why is Dina Titus continuing to support the theft of the wealth of America through these types of programs? If this video doesn't make you furious nothing will. Vote them all out. November Is Coming.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ssl5yb7Fe...