Masonry Magazine January 2011 Page. 44
INDUSTRY NEWS
Builders claimed that revised zoning standards adopted by the City of Kyle, Texas, violate the Federal Fair Housing Act (FHA). The Federal Court's decision (Case No. 09-50352) published on Nov. 11, 2010, essentially affirms the Federal District Court decision in March 2009, which had rejected the legal challenge on the basis that the plaintiffs had not presented any evidence that the city's revised zoning standards had discriminated against African- Americans or Hispanics.
The lower court judgment was affirmed unanimously by the Fifth Circuit, which found that neither the NAACP nor the NAHB had standing to sue the City under the FHA. In a nutshell, the court embraced all of Kyle's standing arguments and held, in particular, that neither the NAACP nor the NAHB had established any direct injury to their members or any substantial diversion of their own financial resources traceable to the particular effect of Kyle's regulations.
Kyle (est. pop. 26,000), located about 20 minutes south of Austin, is known in
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MCAA Certification Calendar
The following is the MCAA's education calendar for certification:
January 16-17, 2011
Las Vegas
Masonry Foreman
Development Course
Discipline: Ethics & Business
Practices
Credits: 20
January 16-17, 2011
Las Vegas
Masonry Quality Institute
Discipline: Masonry Quality Institute
Credits: 16
January 17, 2011
Las Vegas
7 Steps to Effective Problem
Solving
Discipline: Ethics & Business
Practices
Credits: 1.5
January 17, 2011
Las Vegas
A Crash Course in Financial
Management for the Small
to Midsize Business Owner
Discipline: Ethics & Business
Practices
Credits: 1.5
January 17, 2011
Las Vegas
Building Better Masonry
Discipline: Masonry Products
Credits: 3
January 17, 2011
Las Vegas
Closing More Sales With
Killer Marketing and Sales
Techniques
Discipline: Ethics & Business
Practices
Credits: 3
January 17, 2011
Las Vegas
Estimating Part I: Strategies
to Determine Labor,
Equipment and Profit
Discipline: Bidding Practices
Credits: 3
January 17, 2011
Las Vegas
The Benefits of Powerful
Masonry
Discipline: General
Credits: 1.5
January 17, 2011
Las Vegas
Time Management and Goal
Setting
Discipline: Ethics & Business
Practices
Credits: 1.5
January 17, 2011
Las Vegas
From Survivability to
Profitability Using a
Dashboard to Steer Your
Company on the Right
Financial Path
Discipline: Ethics & Business
Practices
Credits: 3
January 17, 2011
Las Vegas
Getting Paid - Mechanics
Liens, Stop Notices and the
Miller Act
Discipline: Ethics & Business
Practices
Credits: 1.5
January 17, 2011
Las Vegas
Masonry Facades: Repair
and Restoration
Discipline: Masonry Products
Credits: 3
January 17-18, 2011
Las Vegas
OSHA 10-Hour Construction
Safety for Concrete/Masonry
Construction
Discipline: Safey
Credits: 10
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