Posted on 10/14/2018 8:06:03 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
Is there more to this story? If not, I don’t get it.
Terrible.
I hope the homeowners association come to its senses and will leave them alone.
HOA Boards are the last refuge for tyrants and despots.
So what happened to them in August, were they evicted, given more time, or allowed to continue the meetings?
I expected the major complaint to be that their Bible Study guests were taking the parking spots assigned to actual residents. I have seen this sort of thing happen, it’s disruptive and inconsiderate, if that is truly a problem.
Any evidence at all that the Bible study interferes with the property rights of other residents? To much noise? Too big for the facilty? Messy?
What if the Muslims want to do it next-—then the Hindus etc?
This could get interesting.
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I wonder if they are monopolizing the community room and making it difficult for other people to book it or gather near the group?
Uh, do you lose your Constitutional rights when you rent from this Virginia-based retirement community?
Gee. Trot out the lions. Get thee to the arena.
I live in a formerly red-burg redneck flyover area which has the misfortune of having a 500 unit development with an HOA.
The Township meetings are a hoot. I have never seen such a ball of insipid snowflakes as the folks in the HOA development who expect someone—anyone—to do everything for them.
Four inch trees pushing up the sidewalks? They expect the Township or the HOA to cut them down. I could do it myself with a pruning saw but these helpless hominids probably never heard of such a tool.
Speaking of tools, they ought to look in the mirror.
Okay, how many people? How many cars? Is this impact? Is there other use of the facility that is precluded? Are the charging (therefore a business)? Are they noisy? What are they interrupting? The article is missing lots and lots of details.
ALL THE WAY TO THE KAVANAUGH COURT. We must establish once and for all that an individual’s natural rights are not void simply because one lives in government-supported housing. They’ve tried this with both 1st & 2nd Amendment rights.
Is this a few friends getting together? Or 75 cars up and down the block?
“Hauge began holding a Wednesday evening Bible study at an on-site community room. “
Aren’t community rooms are exactly for meetings?
Of, the horror!!!!!
“HOA Boards are the last refuge for tyrants and despots.”
They most certainly are, filled with little hitlers.
Me either. I kept waiting to read about noise complaints or parking issues...but nothing.
No mention of an HOA in the article. Also, an HOA may hold a lot of ways to enforce their rules but “eviction” is not one of those powers. Note that the “O” in HOA stands for “owner” and words mean things. HOA authority is governed by state laws and are usually limited at the worst to being able to place liens against the property to encumber future sale. This case is one where the litigant is renting.
Of course, given the requirement to pay taxes on something you “own” under penalty of law is an entirely another conversation.
“HOA Boards are the last refuge for tyrants and despots.”
That’s why I will never live anywhere where they are part of the deal.
It shouldn’t become interesting at all. Each group schedules the Common, has their little get-together, cleans up and leaves. Done. If you don’t like it, don’t go. I wouldn’t be anywhere near the place for a birthday party for an eight-year-old, and I wouldn’t file a noise complaint either.
Maybe it would get dicey when there are more requests for time than there is time available, or everybody wants Saturday evening, but that’s not the case here. This looks like pure discrimination.
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