It sounds as if you had a bad experience with yours and that is unfortunate. I’ve served on mine for a few years now and we tend to have solid, dedicated people who only want to improve the quality of life in our neighborhood. No one I know does it for the glory because there is none. It is hard work with little thanks.

Have you ever been on an HOA BOD? I served on one at my last house. The only reason I ran was because I was sick of them raising our dues every year. I managed to get elected and proposed a budget to cut the fees every year. I never won the vote to cut dues, but the dues were never raised when I was on the board.

As a general rule, the people who serve on these boards like the power and think the funds of the HOA are for there own personal projects. Several board members wanted the HOA to buy a laptop computer for the board members to share for the “work” they do for the HOA.

The state should not give any extra power to HOAs.

I’ll have to park in another community since there are too many damned commercial vehicles taking up the spaces in the community I live in. Hmm.. If they want to park on our streets, I say we park in their lots. Seems fair. Afterall, the business owners could give a s@#t about an HOA stating that their big red concrete truck with unsecured, combustible chemical tanks is parked outside of someone’s home. Who cares if the nation’s leading home improvement chain leaves a tractor trailer with an attached fork lift outside of your club house?

The real irony is, despite having all the telecom, livery, and pest control vehicles parked in our communities, we still have to wait between the hours of 8a and 5p before we get any service.. “You mean, the guy who parks the C@#cast truck down the street can’t service my home now? But he’s here every day…”

Bugs Bunny had it right when he said “What a bunch of maroons…”