Say Anything Blog

Good chance the reservist had no idea of the extent
of the Home owners Association control of the property.

As the developer is head of the Assoc. it probably
means he has a majority of unsold property.
Developer/ Assoc. president be able to start fining the reservist as a prelude to a lien on and the taking of the property.

HOA’s can be a menace. However if you live in a neighborhood with homes that are half a million $$$’s and up you might want one. I am not one to pick about colors or political signs in the yard or even get picky about landscaping. BUT there are some things that I would like to see my HOA enforce. It just so happens we have a neighbor who doesn’t mow or edge, has coolers and trash out in their front yard and driveway, has mufflers and beer cans on the driveway, & has a huge trailer with motor cross bikes parked on the street. It is not pretty! Sometimes HOA’s can be very petty. BUT sometimes property values can fall when home owners neglect certain specifications.

If I were her, I’d put up a big sign in my front yard (probably also prohibited by the HOA) stating

“My husband is overseas performing his duty to his country and putting his life on the line in the defense of freedom.
That includes defending your right to harass him, his pregnant wife and child over not landscaping the damn yard while he’s deployed, Chick!”

Better to have it and not need it than need it and not have it.

When I lived in Houston our HOA got so out of hand that we could not even out up a for sale sign! Before signing the dotted line people really need to investigate the HOA in the desired neighborhood.

Wouldn’t the right thing to do to be at least in part helping this guy get his yard landscaped?

What’s going to happen to US industry when the global warming extremists like John McCain double the price of electricity?  I would think all these factories will close and set up in countries where they aren’t scared of technology.

Wouldn’t the right thing to do to be at least in part helping this guy get his yard landscaped?

That’s the sort of thing that would happen in North Dakota.

When the people fear their government, there is tyranny; when the government fears the people, there is liberty.

-- Thomas Jefferson

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That is the kind of thing that would happen in Midland Texas too! I actually wanted to send my yard guy over and have them mow and edge our neighbors yard on my dime. It wasn’t really a matter of money with them though. They just had to be nudged into doing it for themselves. Landscaping is a totally different matter than mowing and keeping the outside looking nice and trash free.

(mostly unrelated to the current posting):

A guy here at work said that their older neighbor came over and told his wife that she could not get her mower to start and asked if the wife would mow her lawn so it didn’t get too tall.  Being a good neighbor, she did.

The next month, the old woman was back to complain that she hadn’t come back to cut her grass yet.

I’d fire her.

What’s going to happen to US industry when the global warming extremists like John McCain double the price of electricity?  I would think all these factories will close and set up in countries where they aren’t scared of technology.

That is so funny!!! HA haha! I like that old lady!

electnixon: Reminds me of that story of the fellow sitting out in a lawn chair drinking beer while his wife mows the lawn. A neighbor comes over to scold him: “You should be hung!”
To which he replies, “I am!”

Better to have it and not need it than need it and not have it.

the soldiers and sailors act will help protect him but the local VA/DAV/VFW need to get involved as well as any vet in the area ,, if this guy wants to ever sell another piece of dirt ,,,free dirt,,,he will chip in and set the land right for a returning vet

I live in a HOA community, and they pick and choose who to harrass. However, can’t the people in the neighborhood get together and raise the money for a service to come in to do this? What a bunch of asses. And that developer is a true American...idiot.