Some of the dumbest HOA board members I've come across are "conservative people" who refuse to enforce rules that they are obligated through their fiduciary duties to enforce. It was one attorney who specializes in HOA law who said it best:
"If you don't force one homeowner to remove the Ohio State flag that violates the HOA rules, you'll never be able to go back six months later and tell the guy next door to him to take down his Nazi flag."
No question, the most conservative or liberal people are the same when it comes to HOAs, once they get the boards the often-become tyrants with a little power and seek to gain more.
A few years ago, in the neighborhood of our primary residence, we had a batch of new younger owners move in and they all wanted to change the bylaws to “modernize” them, one Sunday a women in the young owners group knocked on our door to lobby for the changes she was advocating.
One of their new rules they wanted to implement was a fining committee to fine owners for rules violations.
I told her I was for eliminating rules because the fewer the better and was absolutely opposed to fines. It’s fun to watch young and idealistic people get hit in the face with reality.