Category Archives: embezzle

New Ties Between Mob & Las Vegas HOA Scandal

      2 Comments on New Ties Between Mob & Las Vegas HOA Scandal

I’ve give anything to be able to personally report on the upcoming federal HOA trial in Las Vegas. The whole nation should be abuzz with this story about racketeering and Homeowners Associations. But few people outside of Nevada have actually heard of it. The networks simply aren’t covering it.

But reporters and columnists for the Las Vegas Review Journal are doing a great job ferreting out the weasles. The column linked below shows some pretty fascinating ties between a well-known mob drug trafficker and the HOA business.

http://www.reviewjournal.com/columns-blogs/john-l-smith/defense-hoa-scheme-trial-missed-its-mark

Worst Neighbor Nomination: How about the one who shoots, kills your family dog?

      1 Comment on Worst Neighbor Nomination: How about the one who shoots, kills your family dog?
guest blog by Deborah Goonan

On New Year’s Eve in Wedgefield, a deed-restricted, golf and equestrian community in Central Florida, someone shot and killed the Evans family’s yellow lab.

The family’s beloved pet escaped from its yard, as pets sometimes do, and apparently wandered onto a neighbor’s property. The neighbor allegedly confronted the owner of the dog, Brock Evans, and threatened to shoot his pet. When Evans quickly went to retrieve his dog, and talked to his neighbor for about ten minutes, he heard several gunshots. Shortly thereafter his dog was found with gunshot wounds, and later died as a result of those injuries. The neighbor denies shooting the dog, but does not deny that his son might have pulled the trigger. Orange County is investigating the matter as a case of cruelty to animals.

Under Florida Statute, the perpetrator, if properly identified and if guilt can be proven, may be charged with a misdemeanor or fined up to $5000 or both. However, if your dog is deemed as “dangerous” or if your neighbor claims that your dog attacked a person, pet or livestock on his property, this often suffices as a defense for shooting your dog.

Before the unfortunate incident, Evans had never spoken to his neighbor, who lives just two doors down the road. Wedgefield is a deed-restricted community with voluntary HOA membership.

Orlando Sentinel link to story of family pet shot by neighbor

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/breaking-news/os-yellow-lab-dog-shot-20150107-story.html

Opposing Views report on Orange County neighbor dispute over shooting of pet dog

http://www.opposingviews.com/i/society/animal-rights/orange-county-florida-family-accuses-neighbor-shooting-their-dog

Wedgefield HOA

http://www.wedgefieldhomeowners.com/faqs.html

Legal references:

FL Statute 828.12

https://asci.uvm.edu/equine/law/cruelty/fl_cruel.htm

FL Statute 775.082

http://www.leg.state.fl.us/statutes/index.cfm?App_mode=Display_Statute&URL=0700-0799/0775/Sections/0775.082.html

FL Statute 767

http://www.flsenate.gov/Laws/Statutes/2011/Chapter767

When Killing a Dog is Legally Justified

http://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/free-books/dog-book/chapter9-2.html

HOA Race Pioneer Dies

      5 Comments on HOA Race Pioneer Dies

It’s hard to believe that it was once legal for Homeowners Associations to outlaw the sale of homes to anyone of the ‘wrong’ race. But that’s the shameful racist background of the HOA movement. Homeowners Associations across America once banned the sale of homes to most minorities. It took some brave pioneers to break the HOA racial barriers.

Now, one of those pioneers has died at the age of 85.

Dorothy Mae Adams and her husband are black. Their HOA in San Francisco, Westwood Park, had a deed restriction against the sale or lease of any home to people of African descent. But in 1959 the Adams couple fought for their home and won. The only sad part of the story is that HOAs didn’t die along with the racial restrictions that got them started in the first place.

(link to story on Dorothy Adams)