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Posted on 06/14/2005 12:07:53 PM PDT by Stew Padasso
Where have we heard similar words before????????
This kind of crap is what happens when you let uptight busybodies establish a nanny state mentality over the past few decades.
Try living in a "Historic District" if you think HOA's are bad.
The "liberal", "tolerant" "Democratic" fascist taste police are everywhere.
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Ve are heer vrom de gofernment. Ve are heer to help you.
I know I've heard something like this before. I just can't put my, nicotine stained, finger on it.
Litchfield, CT. I lived in the County, but not the town. Hear lotsa stories, though.
LOL!!!!
Stage one thinking that will drive everyone's housing prices up. For an example of what this can lead to, take a look at the bay area in Kookifornia.
HOA's are a lawsuit waiting to happen. I say this as president of my HOA. We moved into a new community 8 years ago knowing that an HOA was part of the deal. The HOA would not become active 'til 75% of the lots sold. Well, it became active last fall. The developer put out a notice calling for folks to get on the ballot. We (group of friends) heard some of the names and some of the plans to be the HOA Nazi's working to get rid of cars parked in driveways, sheds, fences, boats, etc. and decided to run. We got 3 of 4 slots with the 4th going to a very reasonable guy. We don't dictate anything and try to be fair. We collect enough to pay for insurance and common area maintenance. Our view is what you do on your property is your business, not ours. That will last only as long as we are on the board. Frankly, its so much work that none of us intends to run fro re-election (which won't happen until the remaining 25% are sold (which could take 2 years).
"Try living in a "Historic District" if you think HOA's are bad."
Had a family here in Boulder county, Colorado that wanted to tear down the old family home. This place was literally falling down but the County wouldn't let them demolish it because it was "historic". They finally won in court.
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OMG....................you are so BAAAAAAAAAAAAAD!!!
What about the folks that had 200,000 bees taking up residence inside the house (under the floors) in a historic district. They had to spend thousands more than necessary to eradicate the bees because it was a historic property...
Exactly. To combat this, you have to run for a seat on the committe and encourage others to do so. Throw the current officeholders out and tell the busybodies to go back to peaking out of their windows and evesdropping on the neighbors.
Law of unintended consequences
Saw something similar happen here at Boulder. The city planners put in restrictive rules and then after a couple of years, they could not afford to hire any police / fire / EMTs. This was because of "home rule" which required city employees to live within the city. Since the price of housing when up, no one could afford to live within the city.
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