Mr. Herb F. Collins This is Me

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1. 1. www.shelterforce.com

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   Published on: 12/11/2007   Last Visited: 6/5/2008

   NH&RA presented the Vision Award to Amy Anthony, housing advocate and preservationist, and Herb Collins, real-estate developer.
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   Collins is chairman and CEO of Collins & Company, LLC, a housing-development firm that preserves existing affordable housing.
   
   The Orton Family Foundation named Michael Wood-Lewis winner of the 2007 Innovator in Place Award for his Front Porch Forum, a free online service based in Burlington, Vt., that promotes social and community capacity.

2. 2. nhi.org

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   Published on: 1/1/2007   Last Visited: 5/28/2008

   NH&RA presented the Vision Award to Amy Anthony, housing advocate and preservationist, and Herb Collins, real-estate developer.
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   Collins is chairman and CEO of Collins & Company, LLC, a housing-development firm that preserves existing affordable housing.
   
   The Orton Family Foundation named Michael W ood-Lewis winner of the 2007 Innovator in Place Award for his Front Porch Forum, a free online service based in Burlington, Vt., that promotes social and community capacity.

3. 3. WhiteHouseForSale.org | Pioneer Profile

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   Published on: 7/6/2006   Last Visited: 5/9/2007

   Herbert Collins,WhiteHouseForSale.org | Pioneer Profile
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   Mr. Herbert F. Collins
   
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   Herb Collins, whose real estate financing firm relies on federal contracts and tax credits, is politically hyperactive.
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   Collins also led President Bush's New England campaign in 1992.He and Boston Capital's president were accused of exceeding the overall federal cap on political contributions that year by a whopping extra $17,000 each.In a 1989 revolving-door scandal, Collins' firm suspended then-Vice President Thomas Demery.
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   As it turned out, Collins entered the revolving door soon after Demery exited.
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   New HUD Secretary Jack Kemp appointed Collins to the Federal Home Loan Bank of Boston in 1990.
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   Collins and five other Boston Capital executives were big contributors to the campaign of ex-Connecticut Treasurer Paul Silvester, who was convicted in 1999 for taking kickbacks for investing state pension funds with private investment managers (see Wayne Berman).
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   Newsweek reported that after Bush made a "breezy" campaign pitch to a group of executives at the Governor's Mansion in 1999, Pioneer Donald Evans leaned on the crowd for money, prompting Collins to pledge, "We're going to do $250,000 for you in Boston!"Collins advised the 2000 Bush campaign on housing matters.Collins started Collins Nickas & Co. around 2003 with his son Chris.