"aemeijers" wrote in message
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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.


I donno. They can be helpful in keeping property values up. The NA we had
usually only had to put notes on peoples doors but sometimes more coaxing
was necessary.

I'm glad we had that NA. My neighbors knew to keep their yards mowed and
clean. Looked good when I sold the house after 18 mths of living there. Made
a nice profit.

olddog