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Finally, A Good Court Decision!

Reston's Shadowood

Reston's ShadowoodIt’s not often that the lowly homeowner has much of a chance of getting a fair hearing in court. The vast majority of all rulings are against the homeowner and in favor of the private non-profit corporation. And many’s the judge who’s told a miserable homeowner that he or she should have read his covenants before signing the real estate documents.

Last week’s ruling, though, by the Supreme Court of Virginia was a clarion call to the National Homeowners Association Movement that it can’t stomp on the homeowner’s Constitutional rights forever. Basically the court ruled that the Shadowood Condominium complex in Reston, Virginia cannot assess fines against residents because there was no such permission granted in the development’s master deed. Bam! Pow!

Backyard Chicken Wars

Since I’ve covered chicken wars in the past, I figured I’d link the latest pertinent news story. One of my neighbors has a chicken coop. Never in a million years would I complain. But I have to confess to having accepted some eggs in the past.

http://www.latimes.com/news/nation/nationnow/la-na-nn-backyard-chicken-farmers-arizona-20121127,0,2480866.story

I Need Some Help, Here

I’ve gotten some emails from Maryland asking the impact of the proposed state proposal to change the status of the Columbia Association (an HOA) into a ‘newly created’ nonprofit community services corporation, whatever that is. Any help on understanding this issue would be hugely appreciated. A public answer here, or private (NeighborsAtWar@hotmail. com), and I will be eternally grateful.

Current news at the link below:

http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/howard/columbia/ph-board-tables-hoa-bill-20121120,0,1314067.story

 

 

Good Lawyers? God Forbid!

It’s not often that I post blogs from lawyers or law firms in the HOA industry. But when one of them truly ‘gets it’, they deserve praise. Jean Winters, an attorney who frequently blogs and answers questions in Florida’s Sun Central, occasionally shows a spark of brilliance. I’d be dishonest if I didn’t pass such material along.

http://blogs.sun-sentinel.com/condoblog/2012/11/thanksgiving-a-time-of-reflecting-on-how-to-create-harmony-in-your-community.html

 

PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Dear Friends,

Please, please consider signing the petition to restore Constitutional law to our private neighborhoods, HOAs, CIDs, POAs.  This is not a radical petition. It’s only a request that our federal government allow homeowners access to Constitutional rights that they inadvertantly signed away while signing their mortgage papers.

As stated before in the blog, George Staropoli’s petition is not radical, it’s only common sense. Protect your rights. Restore your rights. Please read George’s letter COPIED below.

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From George Staropoli:
To the national advocate leadership:
Thanks for your efforts, now and in the past.  This petition is for  all of us!
We need only 150 signatures in order to have the petition appear on the We  the People website for all to see.   The turnout is  dismal.  Once we get on the site we can then expect a large response from  those truly concerned about the state of our Constitution.
I need your help to get to those 150 petitions.  Please urge the  people on your lists to get busy and sign the petition.  Tell them in your  own words why we must get the FEDS’ attention.  This is not  democrat/republican or conservative/liberal!  This our American system  of constitutional government created by the Founding Fathers without reference  to any political party!  This support from Washington is a legitimate  function of our Federal government, especially since the long history of state  legislative failures to uphold the Constitution demands federal  intervention.
We only have 30 days to get to 25,000 petitions, otherwise we have lost a  very important inroad to Washington and the national scene.  And CAI will  be laughing its ass off if we fail.  It is extremely important that you,  the national leadership, urge support for the petition.
Please pass this on to others.