May 20, 2013
Louisiana Auctioneers
Licensing Board (LALB) Meeting Highlights
LALB Contemplates Removal of ALL Restrictions from
Ken Buhler's Auction License
Brief Background:
As a result of the March 26, 2013 hearing (in which Estate Auction Services was found guilty of two auction statute violations), the bond of Estate Auction Services was cancelled. Accordingly, the license for Estate Auction Services became void (a license requires a bond be in place). Consequently, the status of Ken Buhler's license became jeopardized because his license required him to work directly under and be supervised by his father, Mac Buhler, as owner of Estate Auction Services. As a result, the LALB convened a special meeting to discuss the removal of ALL restrictions upon the license of Ken Buhler. The video below contains the highlights of those discussions:
May 20, 2013
LALB Meeting:
May 20, 2013
0:22 - 1:21
Ken Buhler states why he feels the restrictions on his license should be
removed.
1:22 - 2:30
Board Member Hal McMillin: "an injustice has
been done for a long time" regarding
the restrictions on Ken Buhler's
license. He further relays, "a bad thing happens for a good thing to
happen."
2:32 - 4:19 Marvin
Henderson relays why he contends the restrictions on Ken Buhler's license
should be removed.
4:46 - 7:03 LALB
Attorney Anna Dow reiterates problems which led up to Ken Buhler's license
revocation and relays
"I was seeing some of the same problems now that I saw
then." She also expresses reservations that Mr. Buhler has not
paid off his
EBRP sales tax obligation.
9:15 - 9:52
LALB Attorney Anna Dow expresses her concerns with any total removal of the
restrictions on Ken Buhler's
license and states that her biggest concern is
that "Mr. Buhler will be back here again."
10:00 - 10:23 Ken Buhler expresses his reluctance to permit clients to
indicate they desire reserves because "everyone will want to have reserves;"
however, Board Member James Sims indicates he will HAVE to incorporate such
provision for reserves on his contracts.
10:25 - 11:08
LALB Member James Sims relays to Ken Buhler that the Board is removing all
restrictions on his license except his obligation for past
sales taxes.
11:28 - 12:06 LALB Member Hal
McMillin
states what he expects of Ken Buhler and warns him that "after all we've been
through" that he
expects Ken Buhler
not to be appearing before the Board
again anytime soon.
Alphabetical Membership Vote Breakdown (4-0):
Greg Bordelon:
Yes
Charles "Clayton" Brister:
Yes
Jeff Henderson:
Recused
(Buhler serves as contract auctioneer
at Henderson Auctions)
Darlene Jacobs-Levy:
Absent
Charles "Hal" McMillin:
Yes
James Sims:
Yes
Tessa Steinkamp: Recused
(saying she had "too much information")
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