Financial crisis commission announces Bakersfield hearing lineup
| Thursday, Sep 02 2010 04:25 PM
Last Updated Thursday, Sep 02 2010 04:25 PM
FINANCIAL CRISIS INQUIRY COMMISSION HEARING
When: 9 a.m. Tuesday
Where: Kern County Board of Supervisors Chambers, 1115 Truxtun Ave.
To request an opportunity to speak during the hearing, go to www.fcic.gov/contact. You'll be asked for personal information and a description of your experience and if you're selected, a member of the commission will contact you with additional details.
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What do you think about the state of America’s economy? If you have something to say, e-mail your thoughts to economy@bakersfield.com, or write to Economic Hearing, P.O. Bin 440, Bakersfield, Calif., 93302. Some comments may be selected for publication in The Californian. Please include your full name, address, city and phone number. As always, only your name and city will be published.
A commission studying the meltdown of the U.S. economy announced Thursday the lineup of people who will testify at its first field hearing -- next Tuesday in Bakersfield.
They include local bankers, real estate professionals, construction executives and others. And the hearing will be held in the Board of Supervisors chambers in the County Administrative Building downtown.
This will be the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission's first hearing outside of Washington, D.C., and New York. The panel, whose vice chairman is former Rep. Bill Thomas, R-Bakersfield, also wants to hear from the general public about how the nation's financial crisis has affected them.
These are the people scheduled to participate:
* Session 1: Welcome
Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Bakersfield
Kern County Supervisor Ray Watson
Bakersfield City Councilwoman Irma Carson
* Session 2: Local banking
Arnold Cattani, chairman, Mission Bank
Steve Renock, president and CEO, Kern Schools Federal Credit Union
D. Linn Wiley, vice chairman, CVB Financial Corporation and Citizens Business Bank
* Session 3: Residential and community real estate
Gregory D. Bynum, president, Gregory D. Bynum and Associates Inc.
Warren Peterson, Warren Peterson Construction Inc.
* Session 4: Local housing market
Gary Crabtree, principal owner, Affiliated Appraisers
Lloyd Plank, Lloyd E. Plank Real Estate Consultants
* Session 5: Foreclosures and loan modifications
Brenda Amble, escrow manager, Ticor Title
Laurie McCarty, Coldwell Banker Preferred
Jeannie McDermott, no affiliation given
The last session will give members of the public a chance to speak. Anyone interested needs to request the chance ahead of time online. (See details in box attached).
The commission was created by Congress to investigate the economy's collapse and is due to produce a report on lessons learned by Dec. 15.
The other field hearings are to be held Wednesday in Las Vegas; Sept. 21 in Miami; and Sept. 23 in Sacramento.
