Since we seem to have tens of thousands of people who log in here regularly, I try to keep a running chart of adjectives and descriptive words that embattled homeowners use for abusive HOA board members and managers. A frequent one that comes up is ‘rattlesnake’, as in “my board president is as dangerous as a rattlesnake.”
Really, that word comes up a lot in your emails and in news stories about out-of-control HOAs.
So I YouTubed the word and came across a funny video that’s been viral several times over the past few years. As you watch this, just remember that sometimes the Good Guy wins!
(link to rabbit vs. rattlesnake)
I’ve never heard “rattlesnake” used in such a context, although I have heard “two-headed snake”.
Even Larry Pixler, when he was president of the Madison Hill H.O.A. corporation, told us at a meeting that “I know a lot of you think H.O.A. board members are two-headed snakes” (paraphrased from memory) back in 2009. This is why the cover of my book has a picture of five 2-headed snakes.