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Posted on 07/12/2025 12:53:19 PM PDT by Morgana
An Arizona man is facing hundreds of dollars in fines from his homeowners association after offering free water bottles to neighbors during the scorching desert heat.
David Martin, of Goodyear, first set up a free water bottle station outside his home in the Canyon Trails community at the height of the Covid-19 pandemic - a thoughtful gesture he and his wife hoped would inspire unity and offer relief during the blistering summer months, KPHO News first reported.
'It's really for the drivers, for the families, it's for the kids,' he told 12 News. 'It's to do something positive in a world that needs it.'
But in the five years since Martin began the gesture that endeared him to neighbors, he's also racked up several $100 fines from his homeowners association (HOA) - all for 'advertising' the free refreshments in his own driveway.
After petitions, board meetings and community votes, Martin is now preparing for a legal battle - one that he has all intentions to win.
'I stand firm on the fact that I'm not paying the fines. The cooler is not going anywhere, and I'll fight it,' Martin told 12 News.
'It's not just about water, it's about the community as a whole.'
In 2020, neighbors strolling past often paused at Martin's driveway, drawn to a cooler brimming with ice-cold water bottles - a welcome oasis against the relentless heat which regularly tops over 100 degrees in summer.
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I hope he wins, but it’s very unusual.
If I remember correctly, Residents have the power to change the rules. Just change the fine to 1 cent.
#Hee_Haww! #Hee_Haww! #Hee_Haww!
Arizona is now a state of pinkies. The bass turds won’t tolerate these acts of kindness. Their voters want blood and will not tolerate those handing out bottles of cold water. If this happens again, the gay Peruvian, little Bobby Garcia (Punk - Peruville) will probably bring a gun thinking the water stations are a barfight.
People end up in HOA’s because they have failed in every other attempt enter politics and/or dominate people.
HOAs - Because the Nazi Party no longer exists
Aside from the homeless, water is everywhere for everyone and in a neighborhood no one is doing an activity that they are not in control of and knew that they would be doing, whether taking a walk or jogging or driving by.
Seventy degrees or 110 degrees, would it really make much of a difference to people who are walking on this sidewalk because they wanted to? I mean, if it is free give me two, but really, not exactly life or death.
These cases show the inherent stupidity in Fascistic HOAs.
State laws that permit HOAs should require their rules and behavior have democratic basis, requiring majority votes of not merely those voting but majorities of all who are part of the HOA and denying all rules and actions that do not have such votes. They should also require constant term limits of HOA “board members” requiring not just limited tenure but single terms only, making sure more of the community and not just a bunch of insiders are making the decisions.
You're free to not live in a neighborhood that has one.
You can bet this guy signed the HOA agreement when he purchased the home.
I’d throw a brick through the HOA President’s front window. They’d never prove it was me.
To me some HOAs are like governments that get obsessed with power and start issuing ridiculous rules just to show that they’re in charge.
HOA’s always seem to attract control freaks to run things
They are the work of the devil as far as Im concerned.Invaribly have some leftist karen in charge that just cant seem to get it in their heads to mind their own damn business.
Facts
If you don’t like deed restricted communities then don’t live in one.
Control freaks are everywhere!
You kind of sound like you’ve never lived in an HOA or knew folks that did.
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