There are now five drink sizes at Starbucks: Short, Tall, Grande, Venti, and Chuck Cross

Jillayne Schlicke on 01 9, 2007

Chuck Cross, former Director of Consumer Services for the Washington State Department of Financial Institutions is on his way to the other Washington to serve within the Conference of State Bank Supervisors.

[photopress:chucknorris.jpg,full,alignright]Quoting from the CSBS press release, “Chuck was one of the key investigators, architects and negotiators of the multistate settlement with Household Finance and Beneficial Finance in 2002, which was the largest predatory lending case to date. From late 2002 through 2005 he investigated Ameriquest Mortgage and served on the multi-state Executive Committee for the country’s second largest predatory lending case, which was filed and settled in March 2006.”

  • When predatory lenders go to sleep at night, they check their closets for Chuck Cross.
  • Chuck Cross doesn’t audit mortgage brokers, he stares them down until he gets the information he wants.
  • There is no theory of evolution, just a list of mortgage brokers Chuck Cross has allowed to live.
  • Outer space exists because it’s afraid to be on the same planet with Chuck Cross.
  • Chuck Cross does not sleep. He waits.
  • Chuck Cross is currently suing NBC, claiming Law and Order are trademarked names for his left and right legs.
  • When Chuck Cross does a pushup, he isn’t lifting himself up, he’s pushing the Earth down.
  • There is no such thing as global warming. Chuck Cross was cold, so he turned the sun up.
  • Chuck Cross can lead a horse to water AND make it drink.
  • A study showed the leading causes of mortgage broker death in Washington State are: 1. Heart disease; 2. Chuck Cross, and; 3. Cancer.

Washington State loses an industry leader and a powerful consumer advocate. DC gains big. More random Chuck facts here.

About the Author: Jillayne Schlicke

Jillayne Schlicke researches, writes, and instructs continuing education courses, convention workshops and keynote presentations for the real estate and mortgage industries on a wide variety of topics as CEO of CE Forward, Inc. Jillayne is also the Founder and Executive Director for The National Association of Mortgage Fiduciaries, which serves the mortgage lending industry by raising ethical standards, creating a framework for industry self regulation, providing continuing education classes, and helping the industry prepare for the emergence of fiduciary duties. Jillayne received an M.A. in Psych from Antioch University in Seattle where she studied moral psychology, philosophy, and business ethics and received a B.S. in Business and Systems from the University of Phoenix. Jillayne presents hundreds of classes and workshops each year, has published numerous articles for various publications, is a contributing author and editor on Rain City Guide, has been appointed to 38 professional association chair positions or committees and has received 13 industry awards including "2008 Instructor of the Year" from the Seattle King County Association of Realtors. Contact Jillayne at 206-931-2241 Read Jillayne's stuff on Rain City Guide...

6 Responses to “There are now five drink sizes at Starbucks: Short, Tall, Grande, Venti, and Chuck Cross”

  1. ARDELL
    January 9, 2007 at 5:14 pm

    Jillayne,

    Sounds like my kind of guy…taking names and kicking ass is he?

    Nice meeting you at my party the other night…sorry you arrived late after I was a bit out of it…hope I didn’t scare you by banging on the glass table. Splain to Jonathan up there…I write the way I speak. I’m more scary in person :)

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  2. Tim
    January 9, 2007 at 5:34 pm

    Ardell, you are not scary in person. Tell Kim thanks as well! We enjoyed meeting you! Sorry Kerry was too shy. She wanted to come and meet you, but I told her she would HAVE to be social and come out of her shell in new places with new faces. So much for that. Anyway, thanks for the invite and Pasta.

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  3. Reba Haas
    January 9, 2007 at 9:06 pm

    why if you are discussing Chuck Cross is Chuck Norris’ name on the picture?

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  4. Jillayne Schlicke
    January 9, 2007 at 10:17 pm

    Hi Reba,

    LOL. Because Chuck Norris could round-house kick all the predatory lenders out of the universe.

    I’m not a rabid Noriss fan, my 13 year-old introduced me to the Chuck Norris random facts website; she thinks they are hilarious. Chuck Cross is highly regarded in the industry here in WA state, not quite as much as Chuck Norris’ fans adore him, but Cross has done lots of good work here in WA state, including taking down some p-lenders locally and nationally plus working with the industry on the long-anticipated state licensing of loan originators, effective Jan 1, 07.

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  5. Larry Baumgartner
    January 11, 2007 at 2:54 pm

    Jillayne, no substance here just fact, took your class yesterday, (real estate 2.0) and here I am blogsurfing for the first time and in by chance mode i find you. Great class, informative fun interactive exercises that make the content stick to your brain. just a hey and an attaboy.

    Thanks again Larry

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  6. Jillayne Schlicke
    January 11, 2007 at 3:37 pm

    Hey, thanks, Larry! I did notice that at the first break you and Lynette had a small crowd gathered around your table as she was one of the only four agents in the room with a blog. I’m sure I’ll see you in class again soon.

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