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<p><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"><font color="#000000"><strong><font color="#000099" size="4">National Public Radio (NPR) takes a look at Politics and Homebuilding Texas Style<br />
<a href="http://www.npr.org/stations/?ps=st1">NPR Station Finder</a><br />
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The first piece will run on <b>Saturday morning, 3/28</b> (7&#150;9 AM) featuring the billionaire political campaign donor, homebuilder&nbsp;Bob Perry who refused to make repairs on a defective home his company built and sold to Robert and Jane Cull in Mansfield, Texas.&nbsp; Perry has avoided warranty responsibility for the past 11-years for the defects utilizing his money, the courts including the Texas Supreme Court.&nbsp; &nbsp;<br />
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The second piece will run on <b>Sunday morning, 3/29 </b>(8-10 AM) will feature the TRCC Agency Bob Perry built and run by the building industry to regulate homebuyers.&nbsp; A system that for homeowners with defective home has gone awry</font><br />
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				<p align="center"><font face="Arial" color="#000000"><font face="Verdana"><strong><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lYe-OTKe6FI"><font color="#000000" size="1">KB Home&nbsp;Bombs</font></a></strong></font><br />
<font size="1"><strong>KB Goes Unpunished for Building&nbsp;Community on&nbsp;Bombs</strong><br />
</font></font><font color="#cc0000"><strong><a href="http://www.hobb.org/index.php?option=com_content&amp;task=view&amp;id=347&amp;Itemid=89"><font size="1"><font color="#cc0000">Taxpayers Pay $</font><font color="#cc0000">2.6 Million</font></font></a><br />
<font color="#cc0000"><a href="http://www.hobb.org/index.php?option=com_content&amp;task=view&amp;id=2419&amp;Itemid=213"><font face="Arial"><font color="#cc0000">KB Attempts</font> <font color="#cc0000">to Bribe Woman</font></font></a></font></strong></font></p>			</td>
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				<p align="center"><font size="1"><strong>KB HOME FEATURES<br />
</strong></font><font color="#cc0000"><font color="#000000"><span style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;"><font color="#cc0000"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: #cc0000; font-family: Impact;"><a href="http://www.hobb.org/index.php?option=com_content&amp;task=view&amp;id=448&amp;Itemid=166"><font color="#cc0000" size="1"><strong>Legislators,</strong></font></a></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: #cc0000; font-family: Arial;"><font face="Verdana" size="1"><strong>&nbsp;</strong></font><a href="http://www.hobb.org/index.php?option=com_content&amp;task=view&amp;id=448&amp;Itemid=166"><strong><font size="1"><font color="#cc0000">HUD &amp; FTC<br />
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HUD Fines KB&nbsp;Home$3.2M<br />
FTC Fines KB Home&nbsp;$2M</font><br />
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				<p align="center"><font size="2"><font size="1"><strong><font size="2">Take Action</font><br />
Ban Binding Mandatory Arbitration</strong></font><br />
<a href="http://www.peopleoverprofits.org/c.ntJWJ8MPIqE/b.2897621/k.48EA/The_Arbitration_Fairness_Act_of_2007/siteapps/advocacy/ActionItem.aspx"><font color="#cc0000" size="1"><em><strong>Send a message urging your Congressman to support all legislation banning this unfair practice</strong></em></font></a></font></p>			</td>
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