Posted on 02/11/2013 12:50:46 PM PST by OKRA2012
A confrontation over a political sign and a community's Home Owners Association has occupied four years and nearly half a million dollars in legal fees.
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HOAs AND 0bama supporters are overly emotional.
Don’t follow the link. It brings up an ad.
They posted a sign that was too big.
They were notified of the violation.
They reduced the size of the sign.
The HOA still levied a fine. The owners fought back and won.
The other owners should be very angry at the Board members who approved the fine against the compliant sign.
HOAs are great, as long as everyone follows the rules they agreed to when they bought.
Pretty crazy. The HOA said that the sign was 4” too big, so the homeowners cut the sign in half.
End of story, you’d think. But no, they had to continue the lawsuit right into bankruptcy. What else did they expect?
“... Bankrupts Homeowner’s Association...”
precisely what should happen to these silly little fiefdoms!
Lest anyone doubt the natural inclination of mankind to petty tyranny, we have HOAs to disabuse us of such notions.
And those who shouldnt be in charge always work their way in.
Some Mexican families bought a new home in my neighborhood. I use the plural because the restrictions are one family per home. They sheetrocked the walk 2 feet behind the garage door. Many time they leave the garage door open and you can see studs and insulation. The HOA is getting the problem fixed. So, I can’t complain too much about the HOA.
While that's generally correct, there are always people who can become obsessed with even a small amount of power over their fellow beings.
I find it refreshing and telling that conservatives can apply their values even when they support someone we disagree with politically.
If only the other side were as intellectually honest.
Yeah, but what happens when the day comes you cannot but into anything that isn't HOA?
Ever read Agenda 21?
Who, grants HOA's their power?
See your point, but that will only be good until the hoa determines there is a problem with your own property. Then it will be (should be) “what business is it of yours if I want to paint my door red or plant a certain variety of bush...”
Thought this whole thing was about building/making a home, and not about the property values.
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YMMV
Lest anyone doubt the natural inclination of mankind to petty tyranny, we have HOAs to disabuse us of such notions.
$400,000 in legal fees for the HOA. I bet their counsel put a ring through their noses and led them down a path of daisies while uttering assurances of success all the way to bank.
Not enough info. Did they put the two halves next to each other? Is there a restriction to the number of signs?
And also a great reminder of mankinds great willingness to surrender freedom in exchange for placing heavy restrictions on others.
>>Yeah, but what happens when the day comes you cannot but into anything that isn’t HOA?
Absurd premise leads to absurd results. HOAs exist only as much as there is perceived free-market demand for what they offer. Most HOA rules even provide a process for their own dissolution. The vast majority of residences and residential lots are not in HOAs.
>>Ever read Agenda 21?
Make your point, instead of trying to disqualify me.
>>Who, grants HOA’s their power?
The private property owner who owned the land that was subdivided into the lots. Anyone opposed to HOAs is basically opposed to private property rights.
“Actually, it’s a conservative principle that private owners can put their own rules on their own property (the developer, hoping to attract buyers who value the rules). Moreover, we also agree that governance should be at the most local level possible.”
Actually so its he builder can control the homeowners they’ve screwed until they sell the remaining homes.
HOAs are the pipe dream of the petty dictator. Most people dont understand them or even know about them before signing the contract.
I'm torn, they are Obama supporters, but they did take down their HOA !!
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