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State suspends broker's license temporarily
By Susan Smallheer Herald Staff - Published: February 16, 2008
SPRINGFIELD — Veteran real estate broker Bonnie McPadden, the owner and principal broker of Century 21 Scott Realty, has been disciplined by the Office of Professional Regulation for the second time in two years.
The Vermont Real Estate Commission suspended McPadden's license for 60 days, effective Feb. 1, noting several violations by McPadden and her business, Scott Realty, over the past two years. McPadden has been a real estate broker since 1980. Her suspension lasts until March 31.
Scott Realty remains open and in business, and the commission approved the appointment of Joe Sorrentino as the principal broker until Feb. 1, 2009.
McPadden was ordered to attend the standard 40-hour brokers' course as a condition for getting her real estate license back, and to pay a $400 administrative penalty fee on time before she returns to work.
According to a 12-page decision signed by both McPadden and her attorney, George Nostrand of Bellows Falls, McPadden failed to pay a $250 administrative fee from her last discipline case on time — the first violation cited in the Jan. 24 decision.
Scott Realty and McPadden was also charged with listing a property in Andover for sale on the company Web site in 2006 when the company's listing agreement had expired several months earlier.
The board also noted that McPadden, in filling out the renewal form for her real estate license in 2006, failed to note a criminal conviction. According to the document, McPadden was convicted on Feb. 28, 2006, of misdemeanor reckless or gross negligent operation of a vehicle, and fined $800, as well as a $200 driving under the influence surcharge.
The third count dealt with a former real estate agent who remained listed on Scott Realty's Web site for a month or more longer than she actually worked at the agency. According to the complaint, Donna Thomas stopped working for Scott in May 2006, but she was still listed on the firm's Web site on July 6, 2006.
The fourth count stated that McPadden let the formal corporation papers for Plain Hill Corp., the formal name of her real estate agency, on file with the Secretary of State's office expire, from June 2006 to Jan. 2007, a violation of state real estate requirements.
A real estate firm must be registered with the secretary of state's corporation division, the board noted.
McPadden had been operating with a conditional license after she had been reprimanded in 2006 for three violations by her staff, including her husband, Dennis McPadden.
McPadden couldn't be reached for comment Wednesday. http://www.rutlandherald.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2008802160363
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