On January 26th, 2009, Minnesota lost a Hero. Chief Warrant Officer 3 Philip Windorski Jr. gave his life in Iraq. Homes for Heroes sends our sincerest condolences to CWO3 Windorski’s wife and 3 children. We are truly sorry for your loss and sacrifice. May God bless you and guide you through this difficult and trying [...]

In this troubled housing market, home buyers and sellers are dealing more and more with banks. Repossessions and short sales are requiring the banking market to become more directly involved in the sale of a home. I hope to point out some of the potential pitfalls when dealing with short sales and bank owned properties. [...]

In the three presidential debates between John McCain (R-AZ) and Barack Obama (D-IL), we’ve heard a lot about their voting records in the Senate. Votes on funding the troops in Iraq, stem cell research, equal pay for women, childrens’ health care, and energy policy have been raised by the candidates several times. Here’s [...]

For the first time ever, two sitting senators are running head to head as the major party candidates for President. This gives us a unique opportunity to look at the legislative records of the candidates – John McCain (R-AZ) and Barack Obama (D-IL) – to find solid clues about their governing styles and policy [...]

Democratic challenger for Minnesota’s Senate seat, Al Franken, has enlisted the help of Texas businessman Bob Meaders, a well known Republican. Meaders’ grandson was being deployed to Iraq for a tour of duty and he was unhappy with the quality of the helmets issued to the soldiers.
After contacting Franken via his radio show, Meaders joined [...]

Running on his service to his country, State Senator John Boccieri(D) is one of many War on Terror veterans currently running for Congress. Boccieri did multiple tour of duty in both Afghanistan and Iraq as officer and pilot of a C-130 aircraft in the Air Force Reserve. “From my service, I know the needs of [...]

Michael Skelly, Democratic challenger for Texas’s 7th Congressional District’s House seat, is running on a heavy alternative energy platform. Skelly was the chief development officer for Horizon Wind Energy, working to bring sensible wind technology to the market.
He makes the argument that the recent problems with the economy and the occupation of Iraq can be [...]

Despite his staunch opposition to the Occupation of Iraq, Democratic Congressman Joe Sestak of Pennsylvania’s 7th Congressional District has voted to extend the war with the Iraq Occupation appropriations bill. Congress has the power of the purse and cutting funding from military expenditures in Iraq has long been the only way for Democrats to end [...]

Democratic Congressman John Sestak of Pennsylvania’s 7th Congressional District, made his case for redeployment on Meet The Press. Exchanging barbs with Former Republican Congressman Tom Delay, Sestak laid out a plan to remove troops from Iraq and station them in Kuwait and Bahrain.
In addition, he speaks to the point of the Iraqi Army and their [...]

Despite his pledge to not support an arbitrary timeline for pullout in Iraq, Congressman Jason Altmire(D) voted for a bill that stated a date certain time for withdrawal of US combat troops.
Having come to power in the Democratic takeover of 2006, Altmire was elected by a constituency with strong right leanings but were angered by [...]