AZ INTERIOR DESIGN ALERT

                                 BREAKING NEWS

The Interior Design Coalition of Arizona (IDCA) once again came up empty on their attempt to pass legislation to regulate interior designers.  While their lobbyists insist they had a sponsor, well placed sources close to AZIDALERT revealed that no sponsors were willing to take on that issue.  But, they’ll be back!  To read more about the proposed Bill,  Click here 

Because there have been so many attempts by the ASID/IIDA coalitions to regulate all of us out of business in 2007 and 2008, a new and dedicated trade organization has formed for the purpose of fighting interior design legislation in every state.  To read more, click here.

The first annual and highly coveted Pillow Tossers Award was given to Clark Neily, Senior Attorney at the Institute for Justice, in recognition of his outstanding article published on April 1, 2008 (April Fools Day) in the Wall Street Journal.  Mr. Neily’s article was followed by many bloggers (click Opinion Journal Forum at the bottom of the page) in favor of legislation.  These are well worth reading where they show again just why you don’t want these people making any decisions on your behalf that will impact your business.  To read the article, click here.  The copy on the pillow reads Pillow Tossers Award and under Clark Neily’s name reads Unlicensed Designers of America.  Click here to read the Pillow Tossers Award Press Release. 

The coalitions are trying to use the issue of health, safety and welfare of the consumer as one of their ever changing reasons for the need for interior design regulation.  Is this a valid argument?  Click here for the answer.  

The Institute for Justice has recently published a hair-raising, jaw-dropping study on interior design legislation.  Want to know how legislation will affect you and your business, Click here… (FYI: )  Be sure to read the other articles on interior designer legislation in states around the country on this site.

A study on Occupational Licensing referring to interior design licensing was published by Reason Foundation in August.  To see the study, go to www.reason.org/summers.shtml

George Will caused quite a flap with ASID when he came out with his article on interior design legislation that ran in 80 major newspapers around the country.  Click here to see what ASID got so annoyed about.  

National Kitchen and Bath puts their money on their designers in a big way, click here 

NFIB, the National Federation for Independent Business stands up for interior designers in Massachusetts, Click here