ML-Implode Reader & Appraisal Reform Author Gets Response From Congresswoman

``I agree with many of your conclusions. For example, you indicate that existing laws created after the savings and loan debacle were not enforced. I agree, and the State of California and federal regulators bear much of the blame for creating this recent real estate bubble and bust... In response to your book's implicit message that we haven't completed the job of cleaning up the financial system, I will think about the role of appraisers and determine if legislation or further inquiry would be helpful.''