SamJudie
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| | 11/25/10 | Reply with quote | #1 |
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Greetings All!
You all have heard of Michael Moore !
He is the director and producer of Bowling for Columbine, Fahrenheit 9/11, Sicko, and Capitalism: A Love Story, four of the top nine highest-grossing Documentaries of all time.
Michael's Website is here: http://www.MichaelMoore.com
Michael's Face Book Page: http://www.facebook.com/mmflint
Michael's E-Mail: mike@michaelmoore.com
As Jonathan Friedrich's "HOA Advocate" Website grows in popularity and amount of visitors? Well..........anything would be possible!
Imagine It! "Michael Moore" someday doing a Documentary about the HORRORS of some HOAs throughout the Country!
Lets think up a title for this New Documentary? Shall We?
"The HOA TRAP"! ...... "Debilitated By My HOA!" ..... "Invasion of the HOA" ..."Island of Lost Souls and Home Owners Smothered in Violations" ...."Invisible Man - Board President" ... "Zombie Land/HOA Land" ...."The Haunting/HOA Violation Letter" .....etc etc
Hey? Anything is possible? WHY NOT?
Let's ALL 'Go For It'! Send Michael an e-mail!
And then include a copy of it by posting right here! To help give the rest of us a great idea for Our E-Mail to Michael Moore!
Hugs........Sam
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SamJudie
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SamJudie
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Colorado or Nevada?
Not a dimes worth of difference.
The following article was written by a "mal-content" in Colorado.
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So you move into an HOA. You read the by-laws, you know your rights, you know how to play by the rules, and you know if you have questions about the HOA financial operations you can inspect easily the books.
Surprise, you were deceived and there's nothing you can do about it. Your by-laws are an illusion. Your HOA Board is above the law and basically untouchable. HOA by-laws and state laws and legislation that are seemingly entrenched in ensuring your HOA has government oversight, complies with basic property rights, and provides homeowners with a good deal of protection from an abusive and/or corrupt Board are an empty bucket. The problem is, there are plenty of governing documents and legislation but no means of enforcement.
Your by-laws have no enforceable remedy for homeowners, none! Your State legislation defines no means of enforcement or penalties. The Courts are ineffective, expensive, bogged down in legalese, and biased towards your HOA (try finding a case where a homeowner sued a Board and got remedy especially since the law was changed to allow lawyers in Small Claims Court). Then to make all this mess worse, if you try to sue your HOA they simply take your money (HOA dues) and fight you in Court with your HOA lawyer. Your by-laws, therefore, serve this purpose: the Board uses them to enforce covenants (good thing) but you are hopeless when using them to make your Board accountable.
In Colorado we have the following legislation that supposedly was intended to govern HOA's and reads with authority and thoroughness and provides the impression that someone in your government is looking out for you: CCIOA (Colorado Common Interest Ownership Act), SB06089 and SB100, Colorado Non-Profit Corporation Act, etc. The nasty and untold secret is that in all this pile of paper there is no documented means of enforcement, no responsible governing entity to work with homeowners to mediate and settle disputes with their HOA Boards, or stated penalties for non-compliance: NONE. You can search legal web sites (almost exclusively involved with defending dysfunctional Boards) that will explain these pieces of legislation, how HOA's are to comply, and incorporating them into their by-laws. However, you will be hard pressed to find any information explaining penalties for non-compliance. Why, they don't exist. Your HOA by-laws and State efforts on oversight are empty and a total smoke screen.
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SamJudie
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Sounds like that Colorado crowd has a leg up on us. Apparently they can go directly to court and avoid any type of phony Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) sponsored and controlled by a Real Estate Division in the tank for CAI.
I'd absolutely love to get some of this stuff in front of a jury of my peers. Well, maybe not in Logandale but I'd take a bunch of jurors from Las Vegas living under the thumb of a tyrannical HOA any day.
Just think any of us would do alright with those jury pools often made up of other retired folks. You can bet that certain interests already have and will do their best in the future to make sure that never happens. .......B.B. |
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bbaxter44
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| | 01/01/11 | Reply with quote | #5 |
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Sam:
Yes, I will admit that I wrote what you quoted me on in response to an email I was copied on. Hope that no one is offended that I chimed in.
Bruce
Sounds like that Colorado crowd has a leg up on us. Apparently they can go directly to court and avoid any type of phony Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) sponsored and controlled by a Real Estate Division in the tank for CAI.
I'd absolutely love to get some of this stuff in front of a jury of my peers. Well, maybe not in Logandale but I'd take a bunch of jurors from Las Vegas living under the thumb of a tyrannical HOA any day.
Just think any of us would do alright with those jury pools often made up of other retired folks. You can bet that certain interests already have and will do their best in the future to make sure that never happens. |
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HighBeams
Registered: 11/22/10
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To bbaxter44; You said; "Just think any of us would do alright with those jury pools often made up of other retired folks. You can bet that certain interests already have and will do their best in the future to make sure that never happens." Oh – how right you are! I would bet those "certain interests" are scrambling right now to lobby against Jonathan Friedrich’s (HOA homeowner friendly), proposed changes. |
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SamJudie
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| | 01/01/11 | Reply with quote | #7 |
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Just continuing with Posts........
And PLEASE? Everyone and Anyone is always welcome to "Chime In" as Bruce stated! It is Great Fun and the "MORE" the Better!
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