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Baltimore - Washington area
Lease Representative
M&T Bank is seeking an in-market lease representative to develop and maintain relationships with broker/lessors, equipment vendors, and direct lessees throughout Maryland and Northern Virginia. Must be knowledgeable small ticket leasing ($75K average ticket) and third-party lease/loan transactions. Please apply on-line at www.mandtbank.com and view posting #4044.
At M&T Bank, we provide and exciting and challenging work environment where performance and innovative thinking is encouraged at every level. With over 700 branches, your career can travel as far as you take it!
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EFG Leasing Inc. is named to Inc. 500 list at #48
Key Equipment Announces Promotion for Express Leasing Services
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Our Prayers for Wayne Moseley
----- Original Message -----
From: Wayne
To: Chuck Brazier
Sent: Tuesday, October 18, 2005 2:39 PM
Subject: Wayne Moseley Operation
Chuck,
Per our conversation Monday I am forwarding you some information regarding my upcoming surgery this Thursday @7:30am. The operation is expected to last 6-9 hours and is similar to the last one I had in February of 2001, but the risk of death is much much less than my prior emergency operation. The long and short of it is 02/01 I had a dissected aorta (major blood vessel tear) right above my heart and had a Dacron stint implanted. Most people have no idea of this increasing problem and last time it took them over 3 hours just to determine what it was with the standard chances of survival being 3%. That operation is the same one John Ritter died from just couple of years ago.
This time , the aorta that starts “ inside my heart ” has enlarged to 5.9CM. Normal is 3CM . 6CM is when the aorta vein starts to rupture. Because I have been monitored closely since my prior surgery, it was found in time. GOD was with me before and I have no doubt he wants me here on earth to finish his plans for me and… because this surgery is planned and due to my better health condition now, my life expectancy is a whopping 85%. Can you say Vegas Baby! J
I feel real good about these numbers and if I needed any additional encouragement, I would only have to look at my surgeon's qualifications. While he was my original surgeon I had no idea, until… just yesterday how world renowned he was. He trained under the godfather himself, Dr . Christian Bernard out of South Africa, that's right the man himself. He has been with the hospital team and the USF College Medical team for 15+ years but when he is not doing transplants he is teaching or working on studies to the betterment of his field.
Point is, while this is a major operation, I couldn't be more happy and feel so blessed than to be where I stand today, in good hands, God first.
FYI: website links with info on my surgeon and the last one is an incredible story whereas he did an amazing job on patient nearly gone. He did no less for me in 2001.
Your prayers will be much appreciated sir – Wayne Moseley
http://hsc.usf.edu/medicine/surgery/faculty24.html
http://www.clinicalcardiology.org/productcart/pc/briefs/200107briefs/
cc24-527.profiles_bernard.html
http://www.sptimes.com/2005/06/13/Worldandnation/Vatalya_Bynum_needed_.shtml
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Documentation Manager
New York, NY
10+ years in equipment leasing/secured lending. Skilled in management & training, documentation, policy and procedure development & implementation, portfolio reporting. Strong work ethic.
Email: dln1031@nyc.rr.com
Phoenix, AZ
Lease Administrator with exp. in lease administration, doc. & porfolio management for $200M in IT assets. Additional experience financial analysis process improvement/development.
Email: jeg3894@cox.net
Finance
Austin, TX.
20+ years all facets of lease/finance. Collection and credit management. Equipment & rolling stock structuring. $150k credit authority, $100 million portfolio management.
Email: texmartin@juno.com
Chicago, IL
Experienced in big ticket origination, syndication, valuation and workout. Twenty five years, MBA, CPA, JD, LLM (Tax), structuring specialist. Inbound and outbound transactions.
Email: pal108381@comcast.net
Transaction Summary
Website: www.tlgattorneycpa.com
Orange County, CA
25+ years experience large ticket and mid-market commercial finance. Senior manager in operations, documentation, legal, credit, workouts, portfolio management. $2+Billion portfolio. MBA Finance. Juris Doctor.
Email: finance1000@cox.net
San Jose, CA.
15+ years sourcing debt, managing cash and receivables and other treasury functions. Strong background in credit, contract administration and bankruptcy litigation experience. MBA Finance.
Email: raycis@comcast.net
Toronto
Long diverse career financial services industry. Executed billions of dollars of leases over 20 years; structuring, executing and pricing US/Canadian transactions. Per Diem or full time.
E-mail: eslavens@eol.ca
North Detroit, MI
INFOLEASE EXPERT - 18 years experience. Since being downsized in 2002, working as a consultant for several leasing companies. Seeking consulting projects nationwide.
email: darwint@prodigy.net
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Los Angeles, CA
Experienced in-house corporate and financial services attorney seeks position as managing or transactional counsel. Willing to relocate.
Email: sandidq@msn.com
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Orange County, CA.
Operations/Credit Manager with 15 Years Experience, Middle & Large Ticket, initiated policies for Patriot Act and Sarbanes Oxley, Team Motivator.
E-mail: equiplender@aol.com
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Skilled Manager in credit, collections, training, documentation, policy and procedure, lease and finance operations. Get results and keep the customer coming back.
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Email: dln1031@nyc.rr.com
Wayne, NJ
20+ heavily experienced collection/recovery VP looking to improve someone's bottom line. Proven, verifiable track record. Knowledge of all types of portfolio. Will relocate
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A -Accepts Broker Business | B -Requires Broker be Licensed | C -Sub-Broker Program
| D -"Private label Program" | E - Also "in house" salesmen
Rank |
Name
In Business Since
Contact
Website
Leasing Association |
Employees |
Geo
Area |
Dollar
Amount |
Equipment Restrictions |
A |
B |
C |
D |
E |
1 |
TCF Equipment Finance
11100 Wayzata Blvd., Ste 800
Minnetonka, MN 55305
800-247-4011
800-247-4018 - Fax
1999
Kathie Shuman, ext 22
kshuman@tcfef.com
Patty Weaver, ext 24
pweaver@tcfef.com
ELA, NAELB (D) |
190 |
Nationwide |
$10,000 + |
Please Contact Rep. |
Y |
Y
in
CA |
N |
Y |
Y |
2 |
|
136 |
US except: Alaska, Arkansas & Louisiana |
$5,000 - $250,000 |
See comments |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
3 |
NetBank Business Finance
1988
Rich Viola
800-669-0222 ext. 8225
Fax 800-669-8102
rviola@netbankbusinessfinance.com
www.netbankbusinessfinance.com
EAEL, ELA, NAELB, UAEL (E)
|
70 |
the contiguous US minus VT |
$5,000 to $1,000,000 |
Please visit out website for this information. |
Y |
Y
in
CA & NC |
Y/N |
Y |
N |
4 |
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45 |
National (U.S.) lender |
$25,000 - $1Million
(typically $100,000 - $350,000) |
post-production, mining, aircraft, vessels, gaming, ATMs, tanning |
Y |
N |
N |
Y |
Y |
5 |
Madison Capital
1997 (formed by merger of Harbor Leasing, started 1983, & Fox Valley Leasing, started 1974)
Nancy Pistorio, VP 410-653-6269 ext. 125
npistorio@madisoncapital.com or Allen Levine, COO 410-653-6269 ext. 117 alevine@madisoncapital.com
www.madisoncapital.com
EAEL ,ELA, NAELB, NVLA (F)
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27 |
U.S., Canada, Puerto Rico |
$5,000 to $450,000, Vehicles: Unlimited |
Tanning beds, owner operators, HVAC, restaurant hoods, boats |
Y |
N |
N |
Y |
Y |
6 |
Pioneer Capital Corporation
(A wholly-owned subsidiary of IFC Credit Corporation)
1983
John Boettingheimer VP/General Manager
800.521.1308
www.PioneerFunding.com
NAELB, UAEL (A) |
20 |
50 U.S. States |
$5,000 minimum (no maximum) |
ATM , aircraft, energy management, livestock, tanning, copiers, vending, website development.
For more visit our website. |
Y |
N |
N |
Y |
N |
7 |
ICB Leasing Corp.,
2004 (Our parent, Independence Community Bank, was established
in 1850.)
Ira Romoff at 212-209-9177,
e-mail: iromoff@icbny.com or
Jean Cutting at 212-209-9178
e-mail: jcutting@icbny.com
EAEL, ELA (G) |
17 |
Nationwide |
$75,000 to $5 million |
No aircarft or marine vessels |
Y |
Y |
N |
Y |
Y |
8 |
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10 |
Nationwide |
$20,000 - $150,000 |
Generally hard assets but call if vendor program |
Y |
N |
N |
Y |
Y |
9 |
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10 |
11 Western State |
$10,000.00 - $250,000.00 |
None. We fund in case by case basis. |
Y |
Y |
N |
N |
Y |
10 |
|
5 |
Northern California |
$5K - $500K |
Standard |
Y |
N |
Y |
N |
Y |
(A) Pioneer Capital originates all it's paper from brokers - 100%. Pioneer is a full service funding company that holds 100% of its transactions internally. We have over $150 million in small ticket leasing lines. We offer "A", "B" and in some circumstances "C+" credit coverage. We also offer franchise, medical, and new business leasing programs. Accepts Broker Business - to apply for to http://www.pioneerfunding.com/becomebroker.html. Private Label Program - Pioneer offers private label documents and discounting programs to eligible brokers.
(B) BWC Equipment Leasing only funds deals in Northern California. Sub-broker accepted only is disclosed up-front. Broker must sign "Representation and Warranty" broker agreement.
(C) Dolsen Leasing, see our Broker Application at www.dolsenleasing.com . While we do not require brokers to be licensed, we do a background check on all prospective brokers. While we have both inside and outside sales people, we are always open to expanding our broker network.
(D) TFC Equipment Finance is a wholly owned subsidiary of TCF National Bank (TCF). TCF is a subsidiary of TCF Financial Corporation.
TCF Financial Corporation (TCF) is a $12 billion national financial services holding company. TCF trades on the NYSE under the symbol TCB.
(E) NetBank Business Finance accepts sub-brokered transactions only from a select, pre-approved group of broker/lessors. NBF is a wholly owned subsidiary of NetBank, Inc. and will occasionally accept lease and loan referrals from other NetBank companies.
(F) Madison Capital - Broker should be in business at least 2 years. Private Label program requires six months positive experience working with them; and only after the 6 month term we offer the brokers or discounter a contract that allows them to put their name on it, primarily for marketing purposes. We originate business through both direct sales and indirect sales. However, we offer broker protection and are extremely vigilant about it. One clarification. We do offer financing to restaurants, but not for their exhaust hoods, an item we are frequently asked about.
(G) ICB Leasing - Business is conducted only with approved brokers. In addition, Brokers must not only be approved by ICB but licensed where appropriate. We will permit use of ICB Leasing Corp. lease docs in approved originators name and purchase/take assignment of lease.
(H) Balboa Capital:
A - Accepts broker business
B - request appropriate state licenses be obtained.
C - No sub broker allowed without written consent.
D - Broker can be listed as Lessor, receive advance payments, and assign to Balboa. Balboa pays the vendor.
E - Balboa has a large internal sales force that solicits directly to the end user. Broker customers are excluded from any calling list and our Broker Agreement specifically states your accounts will not be solicited while a customer of Balboa.
| Restricted Equipment: |
| All roof top equipment |
Amusement Park/Carnival |
Artwork |
| ATM's |
Aircraft |
Auto phone dialers |
| Used copier and computers |
Canopy's |
Portable Bldg. |
| Energy management |
Fencing |
Fixtures |
| Water coolers |
Invasive medical |
Livestock |
| Molds |
Environmental hazardous |
Pay phones |
| Satellite dishes |
Signs |
Spray booths (EPA certificate is required) |
| Truck scales |
Underground tanks |
School buses |
| Gaming |
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(I) BUTLER CAPITAL – For nearly three decades, Butler has purchased loans and leases – individually or in portfolios – from lessors and brokers nationally. Butler 's inclusion in the 2005 edition of the “Monitor 100” underscores the firm's commitment to funding deals quickly, structuring deals professionally, and avoiding the limitations of app-only credit scoring. As a direct lender with wholesale lines of credit ready to be tapped for our broker/lessor clients, we pride ourselves on common-sense, individualized credit decisions on a wide variety of equipment. We invite no-obligation calls! Butler does not require brokers be licensed except those in states that require such licensing. We welcome both opportunities to fund brokers' transactions under our name or create private-label programs to enable brokers to market their own services more broadly. Although Butler has in-house sales personnel, we do not solicit the customers of our broker/lessor clients; rather, we work to preserve and enhance a broker's relationship with his/her customer.
(J) American Bank Leasing provides fast responses and high touch service for small ticket transactions. Our online system provides “almost instant” approvals up to $100,000 and the ability for you and your vendor to view transaction status. Our experienced staff is empowered to use a common sense approach to lending. Private label program reserved for our top producing partners.
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Leasing Association Conferences—Fall, 2005
Equipment Leasing Association
October 23-24
44th Annual Convention
Boca Raton Resort & Club
Boca Raton, Florida
A non-member who has not attended the conference before is invited
to attend.
Registration and all information about the Annual Convention are now available on-line at http://www.elaonline.com/events/2005/annconv/
ELA’s 44th Annual Convention focuses on creating and managing value and performance.
By Lesley Sterling
Value is a subjective word. But it is a critical component of a company’s performance and health. The 2005 Special Edition of The McKinsey Quarterly on Value and Performance suggests that companies with a clear sense of value “...have a robust strategy, well-maintained assets, innovative products and services, a good reputation with customers, regulators, governments and other stakeholders and the ability to attract, retain and develop high-performing employees.” Sound like any of your companies out there? Equipment lessors who are most successful at creating value for customers, investors, parent company and employees strengthen their market presence and increase their opportunities for growth.
Sessions planned for the 44th Annual ELA Convention, scheduled October 23-25, 2005 at the Boca Raton Resort & Club in Boca Raton, Florida, address a wide variety of the dimensions critical to creating and managing value and performance. “Creating Value,” this year’s convention theme, implies that your company is successful because of greater knowledge, convenience or speed.
For the 44th time, everyone who is anyone in equipment leasing and finance will gather at the ELA Annual Convention. What brings them back? As the largest annual gathering of equipment leasing leaders, the ELA Annual Convention is a tremendous opportunity to meet with colleagues, conduct business and update your learning on the latest issues impacting your business. And perhaps most important of all…the ELA Annual Convention is one of the best ways to test your assumptions about your market segment, the economy, and opportunities for business development.
We invite you to review what’s in store for you in Boca Raton this year:
General Sessions
--The United States’ Place in the World Today--
A first-rate group of policy analysts have been invited to discuss America’s role in the world today. This formidable panel is comprised of the following individuals:
Richard Haass--Mr. Haass is president of the Council on Foreign Relations. Until recently, Richard Haass was director of policy planning for the Department of State, where he was a principal advisor to Secretary of State Colin Powell on a broad range of foreign policy concerns. Haass also served as U.S. Coordinator for policy toward the future of Afghanistan and was the lead U.S. Government official in support of the Northern Ireland peace process. For his efforts, he received the State Department’s Distinguished Honor Award. Previously, Ambassador Haass was vice president and director of foreign policy studies at The Brookings Institution.
Dr. Zbigniew Brzezinski--Dr. Brzezinski is a counselor with the Center for Strategic & International Studies, and the Robert E. Osgood Professor of American Foreign Policy at the Paul Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University, Washington, DC. From 1977 to 1981, Brzezinski was National Security Advisor to President Carter. In 1981 he was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom for his role in the normalization of U.S.-Chinese relations and for his contributions to the human rights and national security policies of the United States.
General Brent Scowcroft (Ret.)--As president and founder of The Scowcroft Group, and one of the country's leading experts on international policy, Brent Scowcroft provides strategic advice and assistance in dealing in the international arena. Gen. Scowcroft has served as the National Security Advisor to both Presidents Ford and G.H.W. Bush. During his twenty-nine-year military career, West Point-graduate Scowcroft attained the rank of Lieutenant General and served as the Deputy National Security Advisor, Professor of Russian History at West Point; Assistant Air Attaché in Belgrade, Yugoslavia; Head of the Political Science Department at the Air Force Academy; Air Force Long Range Plans; Office of the Secretary of Defense International Security Assistance; Special Assistant to the Director of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; and Military Assistant to President Nixon.
Creating Pockets of Greatness
Jim Collins--Jim Collins is a student of enduring great companies—how they grow, how they attain superior performance, and how good companies can become great companies. Having invested more than a decade of research into the topic, Jim has authored or co-authored four books—including “Built to Last,” a fixture on the Business Week bestseller list for more than six years, and the New York Times bestseller, “GOOD TO GREAT: Why Some Companies Make the Leap…And Others Don’t.” His work has been featured in Fortune, The Economist, Fast Company, USA Today, Industry Week, Business Week, Newsweek, Inc., and Harvard Business Review.
Economic Realities: The World View
David D. Hale--David Hale is the Global Chief Economist for the Zurich Financial Services Group and its investment affiliates, advising the group’s fund management operations on the economic outlook and a wide range of public policy issues. Mr. Hale is a member of the National Association of Business Economists, the New York Society of Security Analysts, the Financial Instruments Steering Committee of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange and the Academic Advisory Board of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago. He writes on a broad range of economic subjects for such publications as The Wall Street Journal, The Far Eastern Economic Review, The Financial Times of London, The New York Times, The Nihon Kezai Shimbun, The Financial Analyst Journal, The Harvard Business Review, and Foreign Policy. Since 1990, he also has been a consultant to the United States Department of Defense on how changes in the global economy are affecting United States security relationships.
Breakout Session Sampler
Thirty concurrent breakout sessions have been planned, including the annual meetings of the six ELA Business Councils. Sessions selected for the 44th Annual ELA Convention describe one or more value propositions that are reflected in any of the following:
• Greater value for customers
• New ways of looking at customers
• How products are positioned or priced
• Differentiating your company from competitors
• Higher returns
• Greater market share
• Effective use of resources
• Personnel programs that add value
• Effective management of assets
• Risk management
• Optimizing changes in a new regulatory environment.
For a complete listing of the sessions planned, go to the ELA website: http://www.elaonline.com/events/2005/annconv/
"Business Growth through Customer Satisfaction—How to Make it Happen"
Attendees to this session will get a greater understanding of the role customer satisfaction plays in driving business growth, and will learn specific approaches to pursue better customer satisfaction in a variety of areas. In his more than 20 years working in financial services, Keith Kendall, VP & Managing Director, HP Financial Services, has developed a sense of what works. He maintains that there are three keys to successfully creating and maintaining value for the customer and therefore driving satisfaction: effective partnering, efficient processes, and customer dialogue. Kendall will outline the strategy of HP Financial Services in its pursuit of total customer experience (TCE) and how that has brought the organization squarely into a redesign of customer processes that is spawning new ways of working and driving positive results.
"Developing & Motivating a Sales Force that Creates Value"
This session highlights the value created by a well-trained, highly motivated sales force. Three organizations—a bank, an independent and a captive—will share how they organize, develop, motivate, evaluate and compensate their sales force. Issues discussed include: critical competencies; turning work activities into planned and tracked learning events; using collaborative simulation to improve performance; expanding the role of the sales force into strategic planning and portfolio performance; alignment strategies; processes; performance measurement initiatives; compensation methodologies; sales force structure; activity segmentation; assessment; training methods and performance measurement; importance of aligning captive and vendor sales force training programs with end user go-to-market strategies and financing offerings. Panelists include Paul Frisch, EVP, US Bancorp Equipment Finance, Inc.; Lynda Jackson, Principal, The Alta Group; Todd Karas, Managing Director, Bank of America; Gary Kempinski, VP, Business Development, GE Commercial Finance; and Chuck Thomas, IBM Global Financing.
"Best Practices: How Front-End Systems Can Improve Origination Capacity"
To remain competitive, innovative finance organizations are returning to the point of origination to tap under-leveraged resources and open new portals for business growth. Panelists will share real-world challenges they faced during front-end to back-end processing system integration, the solutions they came up with for implementing a standard process, and the results in improved efficiency, profitability and long term business. Case studies presented by small, mid and large ticket equipment financing companies. Speakers include: Virginia Garcia, (moderator), TowerGroup; Mike Romanowski, CoBank; Elaine Temple, First Continental; and Jim Zook, International Decision Systems.
"Know Your Competition: How to Compete Against Alternative Capital Market Products"
Recent innovations in public debt securities and institutional finance have generated a host of new products that are an alternative to leasing in funding capital equipment acquisitions, especially for below investment grade companies. Mindy Berman, 42 North Structured Finance, Inc., will help attendees identify the capital markets products that compete against leasing products. These products are not always a direct replacement for leasing but provide an alternative source of funds that frequently pre-empts a company’s need to finance capital equipment spending on a dedicated basis. She will also identify the size and characteristics of each product market and the target borrowers for each. Berman will discuss how these capital market alternatives compare to equipment financing and the pros and cons of each, including terms, pricing and corporate restrictions. How to sell against these products will also be reviewed.
"Getting the Leads-Managing the Relationship-Closing the Loop"
This panel of experts from leasing, business process and technology service providers will review the latest tools, techniques and methodologies in sales and marketing automation. Presenters will address key topics such as list/campaign management techniques, leading sales automation technologies, tying together marketing, sales, pricing, credit and operations, application to small versus mid ticket businesses, marketing vendor programs, accelerating source/program approval. Panelists, which include: Michael Pennell, CapitalStream; John Hurt, LaSalle National Leasing Corp.; and Steve LeBarron, Blackwell Consulting Services, will provide real world examples of techniques and technologies that have, and have not, worked.
"Data Security: The Rules Have Changed and the Risks are Higher"
The flood of news items disclosing one data security breach after another continues to rise. These data security breaches are embarrassing and costly: the average reported loss of a data theft incident is $2.7 million (Wall Street Journal). Jeffrey Zeigler, Newmarket Trading Group Ltd, will help attendees understand how the changing regulatory environment is effecting data security requirements for owners and lessees of information technology equipment. Areas covered include Sarbanes-Oxley, Health Insurance Portability and Assurance Act (HIPAA) and Graham Leach Bliley ( GLB). Attendees will also learn how the rise of identity theft and the technology used to combat its spread is impacting the equipment leasing industry. The security and documentation procedures needed to demonstrate compliance is also discussed. The session will address the key issues related to ELA members for data security requirements in 2005 and beyond.
"Building Small Ticket Business by Creating Value for Manufacturers and Distributors: Take the Mystery out of Leasing with Technology"
Manufacturers and distributors of equipment need robust funding sources and programs that will enable them to differentiate their products from the competition by way of financing they provide their customers. Financing must be price competitive, easy to access and able to support multiple levels of credit-worthiness. Dwight Jackson and Stuart Koplowitz of Terra Vista Software, Inc., will discuss: how automating the process of online rate sheet pricing and applications reduces response time back to customers resulting in increases in the sales hit rate for manufacturers and distributors; how automating rate sheet pricing substantially reduces the risk to the funder by improving the accuracy by which the process is applied, improving efficiencies and reducing costly mistakes. This translates into higher profit and overall customer satisfaction and better customer retention.
We hope to see in you Boca Raton, Florida. For a complete review of the activities and sessions planned for the 44th Annual Convention, please visit the ELA website here:
http://www.elaonline.com/events/2005/annconv/
Lesley Sterling is ELA vice president, professional development.
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Association of Government Leasing & Finance
November 9, 2005
Dana Point, California
Conference Brochure and Registration:
http://www.aglf.org/pdf/25AM05RegPgm.pdf
AGL&F FALL CONFERENCE SPONSORS
Chairman's Club
AIG Commercial Equipment Finance
Banc of America Leasing and Capital Group
DeLage Landen Public Finance, LLC
Standard & Poor's Corp.
President's Club
Fifth Third Leasing Company
LaSalle National Leasing Corporation
Moody's Investors Service
National City Commercial Capital
Oppenheimer & Co., Inc.
SunTrust Leasing Corporation
Silver Anniversary Club
All Points Capital Corp.
Ambac Assurance Corp.
Becker Stowe & Bieber, LLC
Chapman & Cutler, LLP
Doyle & Bachman
Financial Security Assurance
GE Capital Public Finance
Gilmore & Bell, P.C.
Government Leasing Company
Marquette Bank
Peck Shaffer & Willams, LLP
Popular Leasing
Tatonka Capital Corp.
Wachovia Bank, N.A.
Windels Marx Lane & Mittendorf, LLP
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David G. Mayer's "Business Leasing News" October, 2005
IN THIS ISSUE:
1. After Teterboro Crash, FAA Increases Scrutiny of Aircraft Charter Arrangements
2. ELA Creates Principles for International Leasing Laws
3. Basel II Delayed Again Amid Strong Debate and Controversy
4. Leasing 101: What is a "Split-TRAC Lease”?
5. BLN Case & Comment: Forum Selection Clause Upheld in Preferred Capital v. Power Engineering Group, Inc.
6. About Patton Boggs LLP; Recent Mayer Publications; October 21 Aviation Briefing
7. “Executive Risk” - A Message From the Founder, David G. Mayer
http://www.pattonboggs.com/newsletters/bln/Release/bln_2005_10.htm
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Lease Representative
M&T Bank is seeking an in-market lease representative to develop and maintain relationships with broker/lessors, equipment vendors, and direct lessees throughout Maryland and Northern Virginia. Must be knowledgeable small ticket leasing ($75K average ticket) and third-party lease/loan transactions. Please apply on-line at www.mandtbank.com and view posting #4044.
At M&T Bank, we provide and exciting and challenging work environment where performance and innovative thinking is encouraged at every level. With over 700 branches, your career can travel as far as you take it!
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Develop & lead sales force in a fast track
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EFG Leasing Inc. is named to Inc. 500 list at #48
Fresno, California
EFG Leasing Inc. Has been named to the Inc. 500 a list of the fastest growing companies in the nation for 2005. With the three year revenue increase of 1,450% EFG Leasing Inc. was the #48 fasting growing company. This comes after EFG Leasing Inc. signed a new agreement with both The Fair Isaac company and Vision Commerce to better support our clients.
EFG has also added "The EFG Guarantee". EFG will match any current rate or payment program being offered to sources within industry. We believe we have a program that can exceed the expectations of our clients. We can customize a leasing program for each company to fit just their needs. We feel custom leasing programs are the future of the industry. Each source has a different need and thus this program adapts to those needs.
EFG Leasing Inc.
EFG Leasing Inc. (www.efglease.com)is a leading small ticket funding source located in Fresno California. The company operates additional offices in Los Angeles, Michigan, Arizona, Nevada and Pennsylvania. Started in 1992 the company has shown tremendus growth in the las 12 months
For Additional information:
Contact: Brian Constantino, Media Contact
1617 W. Shaw Ave Suite #F & #H
Fresno, CA 93711
E-mail: bconstantino@efglease.com
Phone: 559-266-4776 ext #11
Fax: 559-438-5386
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Key Equipment Finance Announces Promotion for Express Leasing Services
SUPERIOR, CO. – Key Equipment Finance, one of the nation's largest bank-affiliated equipment financing companies and an affiliate of KeyCorp (NYSE: KEY), has expanded several of its sales management roles within its Express Leasing Services group. Express Leasing Services, a business unit of Key Equipment Finance, is a recognized leader in delivering streamlined equipment financing solutions. Focusing on acquisitions of less than $250,000, Express Leasing provides point-of-sale equipment leasing and financing to manufacturers, dealers and resellers in addition to offering leasing directly to KeyBank's business customers. Key Equipment Finance is pleased to announce the following promotions:
Paul C. Erwin, Senior Vice President
Erwin is responsible for managing and expanding the sales efforts related to the financing needs of the nation's commercial vehicle dealers and manufacturers as well as Key Equipment Finance's growing construction and industrial business. He joined American Express Business Finance in 2003 as director of the commercial vehicle leasing group; Key Equipment Finance acquired the American Express division in 2004. Throughout his 20-year career, Erwin has worked for companies including Arthur Andersen, Heller Financial and PACCAR Inc, a global manufacturer of Class 8 trucks sold under the Kenworth, Peterbilt, DAF and Foden nameplates. While at PACCAR, Erwin held positions of increasing responsibility overseeing financing and sales activities for significant portions of the company, including financing for Kenworth and Peterbilt trucks. Erwin holds a bachelor of business administration degree from the University of Michigan and a masters of business administration from Northwestern University, Kellogg School of Management in Evanston, Illinois. He is also a Certified Public Accountant in Illinois
“Paul is a seasoned veteran who has overseen all sales aspects of our commercial vehicle vertical market, including national programs, dealers and distributors and specialty vehicles,” said Adam Warner, president and chief operating officer for Key Equipment Finance's Express Leasing Services group. “His background with captives and independents has given him in-depth knowledge of dealer financing strategies that will boost Key's position in this industry.” Erwin's office is located in Chicago, Illinois.
Erik R. Jensen, Senior Vice President
Jensen will oversee all sales aspects of Key Equipment Finance's healthcare and financial services segments. Jensen has more than 15 years of experience in the vendor leasing industry, specializing in national accounts and healthcare. He joined Key Equipment Finance through a series of acquisitions, having first joined Rockford Industries in 1997 which evolved into American Express Business Finance. Jensen earned his bachelor of business administration degree in finance and marketing from the University of Wisconsin.
“Erik has extensive knowledge of the healthcare market and has built a significant national account focus which has driven Key's presence in that industry,” said Warner. “Erik also serves as leasing subject matter expert for KeyCorp's healthcare industry vertical and as such will help us align our leasing efforts with our banking activities for this market.” Jensen will relocate from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, to Key Equipment Finance's worldwide headquarters outside Boulder, Colorado.
Scott Sullivan, Senior Vice President
Sullivan will continue to lead the Office Products division and also assume sales and business development responsibilities for the Information Technology division. Sullivan had joined American Express Business Finance in 2002 and was responsible for launching the Office Products division in addition to establishing their Houston sales call center. Sullivan also spent eight years at G.E. Capital's Vendor Financial Services group where he held various roles including national sales manager for its Office Imaging division. Sullivan earned his bachelor of science degree in marketing from Drake University
“As vice president and director of our Office Products segment, Scott has had excellent results,” said Warner. “He has strong industry experience, is focused on driving efficiencies and consistently exceeds his plan objectives.” Sullivan's office is located in Houston, Texas.
Key Equipment Finance is an affiliate of KeyCorp (NYSE: KEY) and provides business-to-business equipment financing solutions to businesses of many types and sizes. The company focuses on four distinct markets:
· businesses of all sizes in the U.S. and Canada (from small business to large corporate);
· equipment manufacturers, distributors and value-added resellers worldwide;
· federal, provincial, state and local governments as well as other public sector organizations; and
· lease advisory services for manufacturers' captive leasing and finance companies.
Headquartered outside Boulder, Colorado, Key Equipment Finance manages a $12 billion equipment portfolio with annual originations of approximately $5 billion. The company has major management and operations bases in Toronto, Ontario; Albany, New York; Chicago, Illinois; Houston, Texas; London, England; and Sydney, Australia. The company, which operates in 25 countries and employs 1,100 people worldwide, has been in the equipment financing business for more than 30 years. Additional information regarding Key Equipment Finance, its products and services can be obtained online at KEFonline.com.
Cleveland-based KeyCorp is one of the nation's largest bank-based financial services companies, with assets of approximately $91 billion. Key companies provide investment management, retail and commercial banking, consumer finance, and investment banking products and services to individuals and companies throughout the United States and, for certain businesses, internationally.
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Today's Top Event in History
1944- more than 100,000 American soldiers land on Leyte Island, in the Philippines, as preparation for the major invasion by Gen. Douglas MacArthur. The ensuing battles of Leyte Island proved among the bloodiest of the war in the Pacific and signaled the beginning of the end for the Japanese. The Japanese had held the Philippines since May 1942, when the awful defeat of American forces led to General MacArthur's departure and General Wainwright's capture. MacArthur was back, as he promised, but his invasion of Luzon required a softening up of the enemy. Thus, the amphibious landing of the American forces at Leyte and the concomitant goal of destroying the Japanese fleet in the gulf was undertaken. All told, the Japanese lost more than 55,000 soldiers during the two months of battle and approximately another 25,000 in mopping up operations in early 1945. The U.S. forces lost about 3,500-compared with the Japanese loss of 80,000 total. The sea battle of Leyte Gulf was the same story. The loss of ships and sailors was horrendous for both sides. The sinking of the American carrier Princeton resulted in the drowning deaths of 500 men. When the Japanese battleship Musashi was destroyed by a massive American aerial attack, more than 1,000 sailors died, including the captain who stood on his bridge and literally went down with his ship. Three days of sea battle saw the destruction of 36 Japanese warships-compared with America's three. It also saw the introduction of the Japanese kamikaze-"divine wind"--suicide bombers. The St. Lo, an American aircraft carrier, was one of the first casualties, when one kamikaze pilot drove his plane straight into its flight deck. More than 5,000 kamikaze pilots died in this gulf battle-taking down 34 ships. But when all was said and done, the Japanese had not been able to prevent the loss of their biggest and best warships, signaling the virtual end of the Japanese Imperial Fleet. The American victory on land and sea opened the door for General MacArthur's invasion and the recapture of the Philippines. The television series “Victory at Seas” captures much of this major battle.
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This Day in American History
1803-The Senate ratified the Louisiana Purchase Treaty by a vote of twenty-four to seven. Originally concerned that France would develop this territory, by the time the American delegation reached France, Napoleon was more concerned about England and to both stop England from gaining this territory, and to raise money, had offered $15 million for the property. The delegation accepted it without any authority as too good of an opportunity to turn down. The ratification was more a legal formality.
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/today/oct20.html
1818-A diplomatic convention signed between Britain and the U.S. gave fishing rights to American seamen off parts of Newfoundland and the coast of Labrador. The U.S. renounced such activity within three miles of any other British Territory. The boundary between Canada and the U.S. between Lake of the Woods and the crest of the Rocky Mts. was fixed at the 49 th parallel. No boundary was decided upon farther west, and Oregon was declared open territory for ten years.
1827- Emily Howland, received an honorary doctorate by the University of the State of New York at age 99 for her services to educating black students which included helping establish or aiding more than 30 institutions of learning in the youth, and schools in New York and Virginia.
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1881539202/102-3335791-6093721?v=glance
1847- Elizabeth Blackwell's application to medical school is accepted. Though she was refused admittance to 29 medical schools and publicly ridiculed for her attempts, Elizabeth Blackwell persisted. She studied privately for three years before being admitted to the Medical Institute of Geneva, NY, after the director had passed her application on to the students for approval. Thinking it to be a joke, they agreed on October 20, 1847, that "...the application of Elizabeth Blackwell to become a member of our class meets our entire approval." Her arrival at the school was greeted with shock and hostility, however. She was cursed, spat upon, refused lodging at first, and barred from some classroom demonstrations.
1854-Until 1929, more than 150.000 homeless children and poor families were transported out of New York City, Boston and Chicago aboard trains accompanied by “agents.” Agents for the New York Children's Aid Society arranged for Midwestern families to take the children under a contract agreement. Infants placed by the New York Foundling.
1858-Birthday of James Robert Dewey, American lawyer and legislator, born near Bloomington, IL, Republican member of Congress from Illinois from 1896 until his death, Nov 30, 1922, at Washington, DC. Mann was the author and sponsor of the "White Slave Traffic Act," also known as the "Mann Act," passed by Congress on June 25, 1910. The act prohibited, under heavy penalties, the interstate transportation of women for immoral purposes.
1859-Birthday of John Dewey, American psychologist, philosopher and educational reformer born at Burlington, VT. His philosophical views of education have been termed pragmatism, instrumentalism and experimentalism. Died at New York, NY, June 1, 1952
1873 - Showman P.T. Barnum opened the Hippodrome in New York City to accommodate his "Greatest Show on Earth".
1874 -- Modernist composer Charles Ives lives, Danbury, Ct.
http://www.schirmer.com/composers/ives_bio.html
http://www.charlesives.org/02bio.htm
1898-John Merrick organizes North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Company. The nations oldest and largest black insurance company.
http://www.ncmutuallife.com/company.html
http://docsouth.unc.edu/nc/andrews/menu.html
http://www.durham-nc.com/stats/news_story_ideas/stories/nc_mutual.php
http://www.visitnc.com/hrt/hrt_related_pick.asp?propertyID=8990
1901-Birthday of singer Adelaide Hall, Brooklyn, NY.
http://www.xtrememusician.com/info/artists/profiles/1753.html
1910 - A cork centered baseball was used in a World Series game for the first time. The Philadelphia Athletics, managed by Connie Mack, and the Chicago Cubs, managed by P.K. Wrigley, were in competition for the championship.
1913-Trumpter Johnny Best born Shelby, NC. With Glenn Miller 1939-42.
1920-Trumpter Ray Linn born Chicago, Ill. With Herman, Shaw, Raeburn.
1923 -- Beat poet Philip Whalen born Portland, Oregon.
http://www.rooknet.com/beatpage/writers/whalen.html
http://jacketmagazine.com/11/whalen-writing.html
1924-The first Negro World Series is played between the Kansas City Monarchs (Negro National League Champions) and the Hilldale Club (Eastern Colored League Champions).Kansas City wins the series championship 5 games to 4.
http://www.negroleaguebaseball.com/history101.html
1931-Mickey Mantle birthday, Baseball Hall of Famer, born at Spavinaw, OK. Mantle replaced Joe DiMaggio in center field for the New York Yankees and grew to become the most beloved player of his era. His battle with liver cancer raised awareness for organ donation and alcoholism. Inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1974. Died Aug 13, 1995, at Dallas, TX.
1932 -- Michael McClure born Marysville, Kansas.
http://www.thing.net/~grist/l&d/mcclure/mcclure.htm
http://www.mcclure-manzarek.com/mcclurebio.html
http://www.metroactive.com/papers/sonoma/12.14.00/mcclure-0050.html
1934-Birthday of tenor sax player Eddie Harris, Chicago, Il. Died November 8, 1966.
http://www.eddieharris.com/bio/bio_images/bio_r1_c3.jpg
http://www.cyberstars.com/jazz/les-mccann/eddie.html
http://centerstage.net/chicago/music/whoswho/EddieHarris.html
1944---Top Hits
I'll Walk Alone - Dinah Shore
Is You is or is You Ain't - Bing Crosby & The Andrews Sisters
It Had to Be You - Helen Forrest & Dick Haymes
Smoke on the Water - Red Foley
1944- more than 100,000 American soldiers land on Leyte Island, in the Philippines, as preparation for the major invasion by Gen. Douglas MacArthur. The ensuing battles of Leyte Island proved among the bloodiest of the war in the Pacific and signaled the beginning of the end for the Japanese. The Japanese had held the Philippines since May 1942, when the awful defeat of American forces led to General MacArthur's departure and General Wainwright's capture. MacArthur was back, as he promised, but his invasion of Luzon required a softening up of the enemy. Thus, the amphibious landing of the American forces at Leyte and the concomitant goal of destroying the Japanese fleet in the gulf was undertaken. All told, the Japanese lost more than 55,000 soldiers during the two months of battle and approximately another 25,000 in mopping up operations in early 1945. The U.S. forces lost about 3,500-compared with the Japanese loss of 80,000 total. The sea battle of Leyte Gulf was the same story. The loss of ships and sailors was horrendous for both sides. The sinking of the American carrier Princeton resulted in the drowning deaths of 500 men. When the Japanese battleship Musashi was destroyed by a massive American aerial attack, more than 1,000 sailors died, including the captain who stood on his bridge and literally went down with his ship. Three days of sea battle saw the destruction of 36 Japanese warships-compared with America's three. It also saw the introduction of the Japanese kamikaze-"divine wind"--suicide bombers. The St. Lo, an American aircraft carrier, was one of the first casualties, when one kamikaze pilot drove his plane straight into its flight deck. More than 5,000 kamikaze pilots died in this gulf battle-taking down 34 ships. But when all was said and done, the Japanese had not been able to prevent the loss of their biggest and best warships, signaling the virtual end of the Japanese Imperial Fleet. The American victory on land and sea opened the door for General MacArthur's invasion and the recapture of the Philippines. The television series “Victory at Seas” captures much of this major battle.
1952---Top Hits
You Belong to Me - Jo Stafford
Wish You Were Here - Eddie Fisher
I Went to Your Wedding - Patti Page
Jambalaya (On the Bayou) - Hank Williams
1953 - Science fiction writer Ray Bradbury's chilling futuristic anti-book novel, “Fahrenheit 451,” was published on this date.
1955 - On Broadway, "No Time for Sergeants" opened, starring Andy Griffith.
1955 - One of Harry Belafonte's hits was recorded for RCA Victor. It took "Day-O" over a year to hit the pop charts in January of 1957, after its name was changed to "The Banana Boat Song (Day-O)".
1956-Elvis Presley's "Love Me Tender," is now the first song to the pop chart at #2. It also makes it to the Country & Western chart, the R&B chart and the top One Hundred.
1957 - Tonight Walter Cronkite began hosting a weekly documentary. Called "The 20th Century", the show reported on major events that shaped modern history. In 1967, the show switched its focus and its title to "The 21st Century". Until its last show on January 4, 1970. Cronkite was the only narrator of the program.
1960---Top Hits
Save the Last Dance for Me - The Drifters
My Heart Has a Mind of Its Own - Connie Francis
I Want to Be Wanted - Brenda Lee
Alabam - Cowboy Copas
1961- The Supreme Court upholds a Florida law which exempts women from jury duty, unless they volunteer. In all, 18 states allow the jury duty exemption while three state, Alabama, Mississippi, and South Carolina outright barred women from jury duty. However, on 02-07-1966, a federal court rules that such laws should end on June 1, 1967 because such laws "deny to women the equal protection of the laws in violation of the 14th amendment." In January of 1975 the Supreme Court says a Louisiana law forbidding women serving on juries is unconstitutional. The first woman juror served in the State of New York in 1936.
1962-The Four Seasons' "Big Girls Don't Cry" is released.
1968---Top Hits
Hey Jude - The Beatles
Fire - The Crazy World of Arthur Brown
Little Green Apples - O.C. Smith
Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye - Eddy Arnold
1973-The White House announced at 8:24pm EDT, that President ‘Richard M. Nixon had discharged Archibald Cox (Special Watergate Prosecutor) and William B. Ruckelhaus ( Deputy Attorney General)(, and that the Attorney General Elliot L. Richardson, had resigned. Immediate and widespread demands for impeachment of the president ensued and were not settled until President Nixon resigned August 9, 1974.
1973-The Rolling Stones have their first Number One ballad, "Angie," a song that sparks rumor that it's a love song from Jagger to David Bowie's wife, Angela.
1973-“ The Six Million Dollar Man” first pilot appeared “ Wine, Women and War.”
This action-adventure series based on the novel “Cyborg” was a monthly feature on “The ABC Suspense Movie” before becoming a regular series in 1974. Lee Majors starred as astronaut Steve Austin, who after an accident, was “rebuilt” with bionic legs, arms and an eye. He worked for the Office of Strategic Information (S) carrying out sensitive missions. Also in the cast were Richard Anderson, Alan Oppenheimer and Martin E. Brooks. “The Bionic Woman, “ staring g Lindsay Wagner, was a spin-off from his show and the two main characters were paired for several made-for-TV sequels.
http://www.pazsaz.com/million.html
http://www.tvtome.com/tvtome/servlet/ShowMainServlet/showid-591/
The_Six_Million_Dollar_Man/
1976---Top Hits
Disco Duck (Part 1) - Rick Dees & His Cast of Idiots
Lowdown - Boz Scaggs
If You Leave Me Now -Chicago
You and Me - Tammy Wynette
1979 - The John F. Kennedy Library in Boston was dedicated.
1984---Top Hits
I Just Called to Say I Love You - Stevie Wonder
Caribbean Queen (No More Love on the Run) - Billy Ocean
Hard Habit to Break - Chicago
I Don't Know a Thing About Love (The Moon Song) - Conway Twitty
1988-Top Hits
Groovy Kind Of Love- Phil Collins
Kokomo (From The "Cocktail" Soundtrack)- The Beach Boys
Wild, Wild West- The Escape Club
Red Red Wine- UB40
1989 - Forty-nine cities reported record low temperatures for the date as readings dipped into the 20s and 30s across much of the south central and southeastern U.S. Lows of 32 degrees at Lake Charles LA and 42 degrees at Lakeland FL were records for October, and Little Rock AR reported their earliest freeze of record. Snow blanketed the higher elevations of Georgia and the Carolinas. Melbourne FL dipped to 47 degrees shortly before midnight to surpass the record low established that morning. Showers and thunderstorms brought heavy rain to parts of the northeastern U.S. Autumn leaves on the ground clogged drains and ditches causing flooding. Up to 4.10 inches of rain soaked southern Vermont in three days. Flood waters washed 600 feet of railroad track, resulting in a train derailment.
1991- Oakland Hills fire, California
http://geo.arc.nasa.gov/sge/jskiles/fliers/all_flier_prose/oaklandfires_brass/
oaklandfires_brass.html
http://www.firewise.org/pubs/theOaklandBerkeleyHillsFire/
http://www.presol.com/~paulkienitz/px/gal-fire.html
October 20
Oakland Hills Fire
1991- Oakland Hills fire, California
http://geo.arc.nasa.gov/sge/jskiles/fliers/all_flier_prose/oaklandfires_brass/
oaklandfires_brass.html
http://www.firewise.org/pubs/theOaklandBerkeleyHillsFire/
http://www.presol.com/~paulkienitz/px/gal-fire.html
1993-Top Hits
Dreamlover- Mariah Carey
Just Kickin It- Xscape
I d Do Anything For Love (But I Won t Do That)- Meat Loaf
All That She Wants- Ace Of Base
1995 - The clever black comedy, Get Shorty, starring John Travolta, Rene Russo, Gene Hackman, Danny DeVito, and Dennis Farina, opened across the country. The film did well at the box office, and once again affirmed Travolta's "come back" to films.
2000 -Toronto signs Carlos Delgado to a record four-year $68 million contract. The Blue Jay first baseman's average salary of $17 million is the most in major league history.
2001—Top Hits
Look of Love---Diana Krall
Silver Side Up-Nickeback
Pain is Love-Ja Rule
Songs in a Minor-Alicia Keys
2002- Twenty-year old Venezuelan right-hander Francisco Rodriguez becomes the youngest pitcher ever to win a World Series game. With just 15 days of major league experience, K- Rod throws 37 pitches retiring 9 consecutive batters in three innings to pick up the victory as the Angels out slug the Giants in Game 2, 11-10.
World Series Champion This Date
1982--- St. Louis Cardinals
1988—Los Angeles Dodgers
1990-Cincinnati Reds
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Baseball Poem
Today is Mickey Mantle's birthday, so first, a song made popular by Teresa Brewer,
a top hit in its day, sung along with the famous home run hitter.
I love Mickey
Mickey who? You know who...
The fella with the celebrated swing
I love Mickey
Mickey who? You know who...
The one who drives me batty ev'ry Spring
If I don't make a hit with him my heart will break in two
I wish that I could catch him and pitch a lttle woo oo
I love Mickey
Mickey who? Mickey you. Mickey me?
That's who oo oo oo oo oo oo oo
I love Mickey
Mickey who? You know who...
His muscles are a mighty sight to see
I love Mickey
Mickey who? You know who...
The one I want to steal right home with me
I'd sacrifice most anything to win his many charms
I'd like to be a fly ball and pop into his arms oo
I love Mickey
Mickey who? Mickey Mantle
Mm mm I love you
Who, me?
Mm mm I love you
Not Yogi Berra?
Mm mm I love you
Here are other “baseball hit” songs:
http://www.davesfunstuff.com/funnycity/aaabaseball.htm
Lyrics to Roy Clark's Rendition of
"Yesterday When I Was Young"
Performed at Mickey Mantle's Funeral, August 15, 1995 - Dallas, TX |
(When Mickey heard Roy Clark sing the song, "Yesterday When I Was Young," he felt it summed up his life very well. He asked Roy if he would sing it at his funeral.)
Yesterday when I was young
The taste of life was sweet as rain upon my tongue
I teased at life as if it were a foolish game
The way the evening breeze may tease a candle flame
The thousand dreams I dreamed, the splendid things I planned
I always built, alas, on weak and shifting sand
I lived by night and shunned the naked light of day
And only now I see how the years ran away
Yesterday when I was young
So many drinking songs were waiting to be sung
So many wayward pleasures lay in store for me
And so much pain my dazzled eyes refused to see
I ran so fast that time and youth at last ran out
I never stopped to think what life was all about
And every conversation I can now recall
Concerned itself with me, and nothing else at all
Yesterday the moon was blue
And every crazy day brought something new to do
I used my magic age as if it were a wand
And never saw the waste and emptiness beyond
The game of love I played with arrogance and pride
And every flame I lit too quickly, quickly died
The friends I made all seemed somehow to drift away
And only I am left on stage to end the play
There are so many songs in me that won't be sung
I feel the bitter taste of tears upon my tongue
The time has come for me to pay for yesterday when I was young
"Yesterday When I Was Young"
Lyrics by Charles Aznavour
Translated into English by Herbert Kreutzer
Performed by Roy Clark, August 15, 1995, Dallas, Texas |
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