Wednesday, February 9, 2011

BULLY BOARDS

Association Rules Lead to Homeowner March in Las Vegas.




That is the headline in a Nevada newspaper. It isn't only Florida, or Texas, or California where homeowners are getting angry at the association's overreaching boards who use bullying tactics against their next door neighbors, but neighborhoods built in the past decade across the country.

Brigitte Porter was fined $3,110 by Heather Ridge Homeowners Association because the color of her driveway paint was a different shade from the previous color.

Doris Vescio of Sun City Anthem has been fined $100 a week since November for a fence that's more than 6 feet high, even though it was approved by the HOA architectural committee.

Joseph McCauley complained that the Mount Charleston Golf Estates board illegally approved a $2,500 special assessment without putting the item on a meeting agenda and under false pretenses to intimidate owners.

More than 50 homeowners fed up with community association "bully boards" gathered Monday at Sawyer Building to rally against what some perceive as abusive power, harassment and exorbitant fines.


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