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SELECTED LINKS TO MCRC IN THE NEWS

                           
For-Profit Credit Counselors Are Cashing In on Housing Crisis, Consumer Groups Tell O'Malley
Article in Wasington Post discussing consumer groups urging Gov. O'Malley to veto the bill that would allow a Columbia-based, for-profit credit counseling firm whose business practices are under review in multiple states to be licensed in Maryland.  Read the article

                      

 Debtors won't profit from counseling bill
Letter from our president, Cleo Manuel Stamatos, opposing legislation to allow "for profit"  corporations to offer debt management services.  Read the letter
 

        

Hello, Complaint Central
Baltimore Sun (February 1, 2008)
Discussion of Consumer Protection Division complaint section quoting Steve Hannan, executive director of the Maryland Consumer Rights Coalition. Read the article.   

                    

                           

Help us help you
Baltimore Sun Blog (February 1, 2008
Quoting Steve Hannan.Read the article.

                                             

Ratepayers will bear $850M cost of 15% energy use reduction plan
Daily Record (January 31, 2008)  Refers to testimoney of executive director Steve Hannan. Read the article