On Fri, 04 May 2012 09:18:49 -0400, dgk wrote:

On Thu, 03 May 2012 23:20:46 -0400, "
wrote:

On Thu, 03 May 2012 19:54:07 -0700, AJL wrote:

On Thu, 03 May 2012 22:33:14 -0400, "
wrote:

On Thu, 03 May 2012 09:23:35 -0700, AJL wrote:

On Wed, 2 May 2012 23:23:20 -0400, "Ed Pawlowski"
wrote:

most zoning boards are a bit more professional than a bunch of busy
bodies on the HOA.

Maybe. But I'm not sure how you would prove that. In many places both
HOA board members (mine - homeowners elected by homeowners) and zoning
boards (mine - ordinary people appointed by the city council) are
regular people with ordinary foibles. But even professional people can
sometimes do some non-sensible things.

I'd rather fight city hall than the self appointed
guardians of society.

In my area neither board is 'self appointed'.

At least you can vote for the members of the HOA board.

And of course I can vote indirectly for the zoning board by voting
for city council members.

Every level of indirection means less control. There are also more issues
involved in city government.

Or both boards at the same time since the mayor is in my HOA...

The president?

But in reality my vote is really pretty much worthless, 1 out of 4000+
for the HOA and 1 out of 60K+ in the city, so I save time by staying
home.

Then you're part of the problem.

Ah, but it means that my vote is more important.

You're also a loon.