Many building materials and products used in interiors, including the foams used in furniture construction, are required by the building code to be treated with fire retardant chemicals – even those products used in the residential environment. In addition, many fabrics are required to be treated with these chemicals, including clothing and bed [...]
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Fire Retardants Do More Harm Than Good?
Posted in Energy Efficiency, Green Design, Health/Safety/Welfare, Interior Design Legislation Opposition, tagged asid, bioaccumulation, building code, carcinogens, electronics, Energy Efficiency, EPS, fabric, fire retardant chemicals, fire retardants, fire safety, flammability, Furniture, furniture foam, genetic mutations, green buildings, Green Science Policy Institute, insulation, NoDesignLegislation blog, polystyrene, polystyrene foam insulation, polyurethane, spray foam, Steiner tunnel test, Styrofoam, toxic chemicals on April 17, 2009 | 2 Comments »
ASID – Backpeddling as Fast as They Can
Posted in Interior Design Legislation Opposition, tagged Allied member, anti-competitve, anti-consumer, asid, building code, certification, codes, credentials, damage control, Florida, health, IBC, Interior Design, interior design law, interior design legislation, interior design regulation, interior designer, International Building Code, legislation, legislative strategy, license, licensing, member, membership, Minnesota, nanny state, NCIDQ, opposition, practice act, registered design professional, registration, regulation, safety, Tennessee, Texas, title act, welfare on March 10, 2009 | 1 Comment »
ASID’s recent message to designers clarifying their position re: legislation may look like waving the white flag, but when you read between the lines, and fully understand the background, a very different story emerges, which makes it clear that the tiger has definitely not changed its stripes. Read the full explication here.
Practice Act Hearing in Maryland March 17
Posted in Interior Design Legislation Opposition, tagged Alabama, anti-competitive, asid, cartel, certification, DC, Delaware, grandfathering, HB 1168, hearing, House Economic Matters Committee, interior design legislation, interior design regulation, interior designer, legislation, license, licensing, Maryland, NCIDQ, opposition, practice act, registration, regulation, sunset review, Virginia, Washington on March 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Please attend the hearing for Maryland SB 1168 on March 17th in Annapolis. This proposed practice act would be the most restrictive in the nation, allowing only 325 designers to continue to work – and there will be *no* grandfathering of those who are not already certified!
Proof needed to DEREGULATE Florida’s Anti-Competitive Law – by March 5
Posted in Interior Design Legislation Opposition, tagged anti-competitive, asid, certification, credentials, Crist, deregulation, Florida, Gaetz, Interior Design, interior design law, interior design legislation, interior design regulation, interior designer, legislation, license, licensing, NCIDQ, opposition, practice act, registration, regulation, Senate Select Committee on Florida's Economy on March 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Governor Crist has indicated that he is interested in deregulating professions that have been faltering under the burden of excessive and redundant governmental regulation which is stifling Floridians’ ability to earn a living, as well as hindering growth of the state’s economy. Both the Governor’s office and Senator Gaetz are seeking real life examples of how the current anti-consumer, anti-competitive practice law has negatively impacted your ability to market yourself and/or how it has restricted you from practicing to the full scope of your abilities and caused you to turn down business that you would otherwise be able to perform.
Wake up and smell the coffee… SB 337 will hurt your ability to compete!
Posted in Interior Design Legislation Opposition, Interior Design Protection Council (IDPC), tagged Alabama, asid, certification, credentials, Indiana, Interior Design, interior design law, interior design legislation, interior design regulation, interior designer, legislation, license, licensing, NCIDQ, opposition, practice act, registered, registration, state registered on March 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This bill will benefit a very small minority of interior designers who will be able to market themselves as “State Registered” and YOU WILL NOT.
We simply cannot allow this group to monopolize all the business in Indiana
No Documented Cases of Unlicensed Designers Creating Safety Hazards
Posted in Institute for Justice, Interior Design Legislation Opposition, tagged asid, Austin, certification, Clark Neily, codes, credentials, Interior Design, interior design law, interior design legislation, Interior Design Protection Council, interior design regulation, interior designer, Joel Mozersky, legislation, license, licensing, Marilyn Roberts, NCIDQ, opposition, registration, regulation, TAID, Texas, Texas Association for Interior Design on February 20, 2009 | 1 Comment »
A key pro-legislation figure in Texas admits that there are *zero* documented cases of unlicensed interior designers creating any kind of safety hazard.
URGENT – Immediate Action Needed In Indiana Against SB337!
Posted in Interior Design Legislation Opposition, tagged asid, certification, credentials, IN, Indiana, Interior Design, interior design law, interior design legislation, interior design regulation, legislation, license, licensing, NCIDQ, opposition, practice act, registration, regulation, SB 337, Senate on February 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Urgent action needed to oppose IN SB337, which goes to the Senate floor on Tuesday February 24th.
Florida deregulation will restore your right to practice!
Posted in Interior Design Legislation Opposition, tagged accessories retailer, anti-competitive, antiques dealer, art dealer, asid, builder, carpet dealer, cartel, celebrity designer, certification, Clive Christian, consumer protection, credentials, deregulate, deregulation, disciplinary action, drafting services, engineer, fabric vendor, First Amendment, FL, flooring company, Florida, Florida's economy, florist, furniture dealer, Hirsch Bednar, Hirsch Bedner, IDAF, Interior Design, interior design law, interior design legislation, interior design regulation, interior designer, Juan Montoya, Kelly Wearstler, kitchen design, legislation, license, licensing, lighting company, lobbyist, NCIDQ, occupational licensing, opposition, paint store, Phillip Sides, real estate developer, real estate stager, realty company, registration, regulation, remodeler, restaurant equipment dealer, stager, upholstery workroom, wall covering supplier on February 20, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Support the move to deregulate interior design in Florida. Read about why at least 12 governmental agencies agree that the profession should be deregulated, and what you can do to make sure it happens.
Second Group of ASID Members Resign in Protest over ASID’s Support of Interior Design Legislation
Posted in Interior Design Legislation Opposition, tagged Architectural Digest, asid, censorship, certification, Connex, credentials, dues, Florida, Interior Design, interior design law, interior design legislation, interior design regulation, interior designer, license, licensing, member, membership, NCIDQ, opposition, professional, professional designer, registration, regulation, resignation on February 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Once again Allied designers have come together to state the reasons for their dispute with ASID and to resign as a group in protest of the organization’s policies and practices. Read the full text of the resignation letter here.
Well-Behaved Women Rarely Make History
Posted in California Designers Against Legislation (CADAL), Institute for Justice, Interior Design Legislation Opposition, Interior Design Protection Council (IDPC), ncidq certification licensing, tagged asid, certification, credentials, Florida, interior design legislation, licensing, NCIDQ, opposition, registration, regulation on January 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
As a matter of fact, well-behaved people of all genders are rarely the ones who are most instrumental in effecting any sort of important social changes.
It’s unfortunate, but it’s also a reality that it usually takes getting in bad guys’ faces loudly, and sometimes quite aggressively spreading the word, in order to rectify conditions in [...]
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