These organizations are very powerful and have the ear of all politicians.

Crazy to expect the LL to be financially responsible for this but from a politician perspective they cannot have the tenants suffer more than having their personal items damaged (which is significant but not in comparison to the LL who has damage to the units).By the way the vote was 4 to 1. 

Andrew, we all know how it works... politicians are elected to listen to the people as well , but how often does that happen... right?

Although I am not sure that this is still the case (i am no politician I believe about 2 years ago the Department of Labor initiative forced all advisors to be fiduciary in their trade, now just like any other sales job in the world, whether that holds true ground or not is up to the individual just like a phamarcist prescribing meds or personal trainer selling you his products or real estate agent selling you on a home, loan officers, etc. there are people that have good intentions and some bad in every industry.

Our local politicians are not business-friendly and instead seem to cater to a union mindset.

And if the state legislature fixes the auto insurance mess, that could be a major factor pulling young people from the suburbs into the city.One caveat... the "two Detroits" narrative is quite real, despite what politicians will tell you. 

On my scale of trustworthiness, wholesalers fall below used car salesmen and politicians, and only slightly above Charles Ponzi.

http://www.historyextra.com/feature/painful-truth-about-rationing-nhsI dont know about others... but when /if my hips/knees/eyes need replacement/surgery, I dont want it to be dependent on bureaucrats who answer to other bureaucrats/politicians.

Once more the politicians are providing a solution for something to which there is no problem.  

., my mother decides to move to Texas, lol), I'll probably continue to focus on Rhode Island where I'm registered to do business, where I reside, where I have a lot of good contacts / contractors / business partners /etc.It's very easy for politicians to talk about big infrastructure projects, much more difficult to actually make them happen (ahem Big Dig ahem :).