Condo Commandos Part II

Coach is Right ^ | 3/22/15 | Suzanne Eovaldi

[Oldpuppymax]

The lethality of Home Owner Associations (HOAs) stocked with resident Condo Commandos involves the characteristics of narcissists with delusions of something between grandeur and Godhood. Texas HOA wars are quickly beginning to rival those taking place in Southern Florida. A conservative talk show host from Central Florida E-mailed, wanting more information about what could be happening that is so bad, we’re begging Tallahassee to rally to our defense in the March legislative session. Go to the link below to watch a video of a Homeowners’ Association Board Fist Fight in Houston: (1) Caution: Liberal Use of FU__ can be heard!!

HOA Hell can be seen on this video: A picture phone tossed to the concrete, police arriving, HOA bullying, alleged criminal activity, 911 calls, theft, theft, and more theft convictions; $500,000/YEAR dues; board targeting arrests by Dallas PD!” You can enjoy the song, “I’m trapped in HOA prison,” as well. (2)

BTW, my personal Texas, HOA anecdote comes from a dear friend who survived an Eagle Lake squabble by just retreating into her house. A neighbor spotted her (neighbor’s) cheating hubby looking too long at my pretty friend who decided a fight just wasn’t worth it. However, her son-in-law had to go to the HOA manager’s lair to put a stop to harassment about grass being too long during the time my friend was going through very painful chemo treatments for breast surgery. The HOA person actually took a ruler out to the lawn and measured the grass length!

Elsewhere, a HOA shooter was denied bond after police charged him with KILLING two people during a HOA meeting. (3) “I’ve never had this before,” said the judge. The accused was held without bond and jailed until his trial. He accused the HOA of...

[Clinging Bitterly]

HOAs arise out of covenants, which are essentially a property right of the prior owners which is retained by them at the time of sale. The premise is original owner hopes to make the properties more desirable by placing conditions on the use of the properties, so everyone buying in can expect not to be bothered by certain kinds of nuisances from their neighbors.

At some point in the development this "property right" is transferred to a trust in the form of a homeowners association, which is charged with enforcement of those covenants in perpetuity.

My property in Oregon has covenants, but they are retained by the survivors of the original owners and there is no HOA. Originally part of a fruit orchard, the original owners desired to limit the kind and number of livestock that future occupants could keep, and also stipulated that the property could only be owned or occupied by members of the Caucasian race. The race restriction was nullified by state law decades ago and the livestock restrictions seemed reasonable to me but they are a part of the title and I must either abide by them (within the limits of superior law), or convince the owners of those restrictions to remove them.