Charlie wrote:
"HeyBub" wrote in message
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"Then his daughter drove him to jail. Grandpa had time to do. His crime?
He had disobeyed a court order that he sod the lawn..."

http://www.tampabay.com/news/humanin...icle847365.ece
Total stupidity.

I lived in an HOAorida for 16 years. For most of them I was on the board.
Our ground rule first and foremost was : We are all neighbors.

If there was a problem like the one described, a couple of guys would get
together one week end and fix the sprinkler system.

A second issue is the judge. Judge Bray apparently likes his name so much
he even acts like an ass. In Florida juges are elected. Now there is a
campaign issue if I ever heard of one.

Charlie


How much per square foot does installed sod cost in that part of FL? If
the fellow's ARM just spiked, I can see why he can't afford it. Can't
get blood from a stone- does the association and the judge think keeping
him in jail is going to make getting the lawn done more or less likely?
(I know a good place they could harvest sod- from the front yards of all
the people that voted to file the suit.) It is fricking FLORIDA, fer
crissake. Lawns get brown in summer- deal with it.

Having associations be de facto mini-governments, and having judges
enforce their petty edicts via open-ended contempt citations, is a
perversion of the process. The entire concept should be outlawed. I will
NEVER live in an HOA area- I'd rather live in an apartment than put up
with that crap.

Anybody started a legal defense fund for the guy, yet? I'd donate a few
bucks to that. He ought to contersue under RICO acts.

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