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The Denver rental market is a competitive one, and the vast majority of landlords in the city are of a decent quality. They look after their properties, and their tenants and act as upstanding citizens. Unfortunately, just like many industries, there are some bad apples. There are those landlords who just don’t get it, and make up some strange stories to tell their tenants.

We’re going to cover a few here. These claims have all been heard by Denver renters over the past year.

Claim 1. “It’s my property, I’ll come in when I want.”Not true. The landlord does pay the mortgage, but while you rent it, you occupy the space. That means the landlord has to schedule access for a time convenient to you both.

The landlord has a legal right to enter the property but only once they have given you notice, and a specific time. A landlord is only allowed to enter a property you’re renting without prior notice in an emergency.

Claim 2. “Just sign the lease, it’s all standard.” Uh huh. Any landlord that says that doesn’t really care about you. Fortunately, there aren’t too many of those in the Denver rental market, but they do appear from time to time.

There is no such thing as a standard lease. Each document is different, and will often favor the landlord. You’re entitled to 24 hours to review, or have it reviewed. There are cases of unenforceable clauses in contracts such as waiving the right to privacy, the right to enter, to repair and deduct from deposits. Any contract needs to be checked before you sign it.

Claim 3. “I’m flexible, if you want to leave during the lease, that’s fine as long as you let me know.” Yeah right. A lease is a contract for a fixed period of time. Any renter in Denver knows that they are liable for the rent for that property for the given period.

If the landlord says that during a negotiation, ask them to put it into the contract, or at least in writing. Otherwise it means nothing. In reality, yes you can leave a tenancy during the rental period, but you will still be liable for the rent for the remainder of the lease.

Claim 4. “The pool/gym/cinema/social room will reopen in a few weeks.” On the surface, this doesn’t sound like an unreasonable claim. Maybe it’s down for repairs, being renovated or fumigated. However, this claim happens a little too often to be taken at face value. The appropriate answer would be to request the amount you’re paying for the facility to be deducted from the rent until it opens.

You should not be paying for an amenity that you can’t use. If the presence of that amenity influenced your decision to rent the property and it isn’t usable, you’re actually entitled to break the lease without penalty.

The Denver rental market is a solid one with a stable of honorable landlords, but as mentioned, not everyone plays fair. Knowing a few of their tricks should stop you falling prey, and edge them out of the game.

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Id theft is a very serious problem and it happens all the time. Trying to reclaim your life and undo the damage done can be a long and difficult process. Protect yourself. Use lanyards to carry your ID.

Cicilline, the mayor of Providence, is up by double digits in the polls, holds a fundraising advantage against his competitor, Republican John Loughlin II, and has received a slew of endorsements.

And he has the help from the Democratic big guns. On Monday, President Obama stumped in the state for the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, lending support for Cicilline, among others.

If elected, Cicilline, 49, would be one of four openly gay members of Congress — joining the ranks of Democratic Reps. Tammy Baldwin of Wisconsin, Barney Frank of Massachusetts and Jared Polis of Colorado (assuming they win their re-election bids).

Robin Brand, deputy executive director of the Gay and Lesbian Victory Fund, said her nonpartisan political action committee decided to endorse the mayor mainly because of his leadership track record.

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“He had been a successful state legislator, successful mayor and really came out of the starting gate as the front-runner in this race,” Brand said. “He is a really strong campaigner.”

But he still has work to do, according to the nonpartisan Cook Political Report.

The report deems the district “Lean Democrat.” It previously changed its ranking in September from “Likely Democrat” to “Lean Democrat” after Cicilline was forced to acknowledge that the city had “improperly given him pay raises as mayor between 2006 and 2009.”

It’s a point that Loughlin was able to capitalize on.

“David Cicilline illegally collected more than $20,000 in salary that he was not entitled to — and he only gave it back because he got caught,” Loughlin said at a press conference last week. “If we can’t trust him to watch our money in city hall, how can we trust him to watch our money in Washington?”

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Cook Political Report points out that while Loughlin has begun to rip into Cicilline’s record as mayor, “Cicilline still enters the homestretch in reasonably good shape. … Loughlin doesn’t have a ton of money left, and Cicilline is ahead anywhere from one to two dozen points in public polling.”

Brand said that Cicilline’s record on gay and lesbian issues is hardly a reason why he may appeal to a large swath of Democratic voters in the district, a seat now held by Rep. Patrick Kennedy, a liberal Democrat, who isn’t seeking re-election.

Cicilline’s “focus has been on the issues that people care about right now, which is economic development and jobs,” she said. “He has a strong reputation for building Providence’s economy and I think that focus for him has really been what has propelled him to the front of this race and put him in a really strong position to win this seat on November 2.”

The state’s largest newspaper — The Providence Journal — is also supporting him.

The paper’s endorsement reads: “Mr. Cicilline has been an honest, energetic and often innovative mayor. … He has cleansed city government of much of its reputation for corruption and hired capable people. … He has brought a level of fiscal discipline (including in relations with the city’s far too powerful public-employee unions) that has not been seen in the city for many decades.”

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Perhaps the most likely reason that Cicilline can win, Brand added, is that voters are less likely now to care about a candidate’s sexuality because of the economic problems facing the country.

“Ultimately, voters vote for candidates who are going to help improve their lives. It doesn’t matter if you’re gay or lesbian,” she said. “If you’ve demonstrated that you’ve helped improve people’s lives on the issues they care about, our research shows that being openly gay or lesbian is really secondary to that.”

And that’s certainly the case for Laure Rondeau, an elderly Catholic woman in Providence, who told NPR that sexuality doesn’t play a factor in her vote.

“[Sexual orientation] doesn’t bother me at all,” Rondeau said in the interview. “He’s been a good mayor of Providence, and I think he’d do well in Congress.”

In many ways, his sexuality may be a plus to some voters angry at Washington’s backroom deals and candidates deemed distant, out of touch and dishonest, Brand said.

“It’s clear that it may not be easy to run as openly gay or lesbian, but they are being open and honest about who they are,” she said. “Voters really respect that, and I think that, in some ways, can really be an advantage especially in times like this.”

Across the country, another openly gay House candidate — backed by the Victory Fund — is hoping to ride that same wave.

Steve Pougnet, 47, the Democratic mayor of Palm Springs, California, is running against Republican Rep. Mary Bono Mack in the state’s 45th Congressional District.

While the incumbent’s poll numbers are high and fundraising dollars continue to pour in, political observers note that she faces a challenge this year from Pougnet — a well-liked politician who has a husband and two children.

The Cook Political Report rates the district “Likely Republican.”

“Bono Mack remains strong here because she is one of the most moderate members of the California delegation,” according to Cook’s analysis. “Now, they finally have a credible candidate in Palm Springs Mayor Steve Pougnet, who is receiving the kind of national support that past nominees have not enjoyed.”

The report goes on to say that Pougnet remains a “heavy underdog” because of the GOP lawmaker’s moderate voting record. (She was one of eight Republicans to vote for Democrats’ “cap and trade” energy bill.)

Gay candidate a front-runner in House race

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Tamiflu may also have shortened the period that patients were
contagious and reduced the duration of their fevers, the research team
said.

However, reporting in the Sept. 29 issue of bmj.com, the study
authors stressed that their findings should be interpreted with caution
given that the conclusions are based on an after-the-fact analysis and on
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The study team, led by Dr. Weizhong Yang and Dr. Hongjie Yu from the
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The Chinese team nonetheless called for more follow-up research to
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For most people, building their own home will always remain an unrealized dream. Too much work, too many headaches and too many unknowns. Indeed, the list of potential complications, such as planning, finance and finishing touches is endless. But it took Nick and Katie a little over two years from when the ground was first broken to moving into their new Gulf Coast home – a four bedroom, three bath villa-style house. Although the bulk of the work was carried out by contractors, they did all the internal work and decorating themselves, including insulation, a bit of plumbing, flooring, kitchen and bathroom.

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