Why Condo Associations Are Sweating After A Judge’s Ruling https://t.co/pjXvHKfAxZ #HOA — Ward Lucas (@Ward_Lucas) April 17, 2017 Hawaiian Islands investigative reporter and columnist  IAN LIND reports:  “ It’s probably going to take years to unravel the legal and financial uncertainty now facing condominium associations and law firms that used nonjudicial foreclosures — private sales without supervision by courts — to collect unpaid maintenance fees or other assessments prior to 2012. ” Neighbors at War! tells about the growing crisis in the modern HOA movement and lays out one of the only strategies to stop the coming collapse of the covenant-controlled neighborhood. Your freedom really is at risk! Your personal wealth is at risk. Your Constitutional rights are being secretly shredded! And it’s all legal. http://canswerist.com

Petition by iPetitions ▶ This LINK takes readers to a PETITION location regarding an urgent TRILOGY GLEN IVY matter: The long-neglect repairs for the common interest area lakes, specifically Lake#16, in our community. If you live in TGI , please sign the petition. What, when, how to petition HOA board for a special meeting? ▶ ALTACITIES ▶ https://t.co/HeZ7p1juoT — Mike Foxworth (@ALTALOMAN) March 1, 2017 * DSL = Davis-Stirling Law for common interest developments (aka homeowner associations or HOAs) in California Sometimes, special meetings can't be avoided for common interest developments, those residential communities that function as “private governments,” as opposed to real civil and civic authorities like cities and states. Truly, that’s why this blogger calls them ALTACITIES .  Typically, such meetings are called to cover a controversial issue.  Often, homeowners seek to vent and resolve an issue about a board action or lack of ac...

#SocialCurrentSee Today: Time for #Altacities ? ALTALOMAN on Storify https://t.co/jdQD9Jcg7b — Mike Foxworth (@ALTALOMAN) March 16, 2016 According to this blogger, "Homeowners in Brighton Village, DeKalb County, Georgia, have just been blindsided, according... Posted by Michael Foxworth on  Tuesday, March 15, 2016 TRANSPARENCY (or the lack thereof) is a frequent issue around most common interest developments (aka HOAs) in the USA, as noted most recently in the archived clip from FACEBOOK by source Deborah Goonan , author of the IAC blog . Get to know more in the 5Ws+H at the links of this #SocialCurrentSee . The purpose of IAC is to inform and educate readers with current news and analysis related to mandatory Association Governed Residential Communities or Common Interest Developments (CIDs), more generically known as Homeowners’ Associations (HOAs).  Here, of course, we recognize these communities as # ALTACITIES . Credible and timely ...

Find out more about how you can join the fight against the new #HOA movement! https://t.co/701pkRMsfu — Ward Lucas (@Ward_Lucas) January 18, 2016 Musician turned social media personal branding expert Dave Carroll is a singer-songwriter from Halifax Nova Scotia .  His inspiring ' United Breaks Guitars ' YouTube Video became one of social media's early viral hits impacting social media itself, as well as customer service and branding circles the world over.  His message is not about common interest developments (aka HOAs), per se, but it is about communication and the power of story telling to influence the world. Tweets about United Breaks Guitars

And now a judge won’t let the public see what kind of information the FBI uncovered? #HOA https://t.co/FldZP3EVNc — Ward Lucas (@Ward_Lucas) January 12, 2016 IMAGE : © REVIEWJOURNAL.COM ® 2016 STORY/RELATED : The WILD, WILD WEST rises again with this account of what HOA watchdog Ward Lucas is reporting to be the largest HOA scam in US history. Tweets by @Ward_Lucas When you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change IMAGE: © PRETTYTECHIE 2016

Important #HOA Free Speech Decision! Print it out, and SAVE! https://t.co/CcN3oMlEvw — Ward Lucas (@Ward_Lucas) January 7, 2016 The First Amendment (Amendment I) to the United States Constitution prohibits the making of any law respecting an establishment of religion, impeding the free exercise of religion, abridging the freedom of speech, infringing on the freedom of the press, interfering with the right to peaceably assemble or prohibiting ... In the above tweet (' social current see ') from Ward Luca s, we learn about a landmark HOA case for free speech in Minnesota.  Here, a court overturned the illegal muzzle placed on an HOA member, Mel Pittel. The court quoted a landmark 1931 free press decision by the U.S. Supreme Court that few people even know about. A newspaper article is linked . Interpretations of "freedom of speech" rights within privatopia, as in the private governments of common interest developments (aka HOAs) has been and remains a dicey ...

#ALTACITIES next : HOA manager tells directors what to say and how to vote during board meetings - LATimes https://t.co/B6Ph2VaeBq — Mike Foxworth (@ALTALOMAN) January 3, 2016 Disabled Woman Sues #Aventura #Condo Over #ServiceDog Access #COA #HOA https://t.co/l2QrMKDSY6 pic.twitter.com/BprxHg3nNl — AriasBosinger (@AriasBosinger) January 7, 2016 This one is MUST-READ! It’s written by a Florida lawyer who talks about how corrupt lawyers in the #HOA system are. https://t.co/RptdL6t9lA — Ward Lucas (@Ward_Lucas) January 6, 2016 WARD LUCAS is a Colorado broadcast journalist who has developed a significant reputation reporting on matters HOA from the homeowner perspective. Lucas has spent 40 years in investigative journalism and has won more than 70 journalism and civic awards for his reporting and writing. He was the first reporter on the DB Cooper hijacking and the Ted Bundy murders. He has interviewed US Presidents and nursing home residents, Secretaries of Sta...

At some time in every life there is an association affiliation.  Between the millions of professional groups, clubs, churches, and, yes, community or homeowner associations virtually no one lacks for standing on the membership rolls of something and somewhere.  Rarely will you find any such group that doesn't deal with detractors or skeptics in at some time and in some way.  Our 'social current see' archive of the day starts with a specific view of an HOA related group, the Community Association Institute. Flip②▶ STORIFY ♥ FLIPBOARD ★ BLOGGER ▲ ALTACITIES ® See more in the 'social current see' with   3,400+ followers on FLIPBOARD   and the other media links noted above [ View the story "Disclosure: The 'asso' behind HOAs" on Storify ] "A ship in port is safe, but that's not what ships are built for." ~Grace Hopper #dailyqotd #qotd http://t.co/fq1zI7UyVq — Mike Foxworth (@ALTALOMAN) August 3,...

In California, homeowners in common interest developments (CIDs) and homeowner associations (HOAs) live and die with the legislative intent of the Davis-Stirling Act . This law is just one of numerous state statutes throughout the USA that carry implicit delegations of legislative powers, perhaps contrary to the constitution, if you take the position of author George K. Staropoli , a notable writer on matters HOA. Says Staropoli: "With respect to violations of the Constitution, the Supreme Court decision in DOT held 1) that private parties cannot draft agreements to circumvent the Constitution by declaring that an entity, specifically a corporation, is a private organization, 2) that such a determination is made by the courts based on the corporation’s functions, powers and authority, and 3) that in order for a private entity’s delegation of legislative authority to be constitutional, there must be control, supervision and accountability to the state. I have presented my cas...

SOCIAL CURRENT SEE :  http://flip.it/XesD4 According to HOA WARRIOR author Shelly Marshall, "Most people don't realize the broad sweeping powers that a board of directors have over life when you buy a home in an association. In fact, you won't know it until you are in crisis. But Shelly Marshall, owner/advocate, has paved a path for you. This book leads the homeowner step by step in how to use everything at their disposal in order to take on and effect change with an Association Board of Directors. Taken from her personal experience with an out of control board, where the homeowners won, you can learn from her personal stories and the many stories of other homeowners who took on the good fight. Don't let your board or their attorneys intimidate you." Flip②▶ STORIFY ♥ FLIPBOARD ★ BLOGGER ▲ ALTACITIES ® [ View the story "'HOA Warrior' must read before the battle" on Storify ] "You can never cross the ocean until you have t...

Chances are the local press is not noted for coverage of HOA matters for whatever reason, but social media doesn't have the same inhibition of covering the affairs of private governments.  How do we know?  Well, here is a trilogy of clips at the top of today's Twitter search for matters HOA: Agoura Hills man says HOA fined him for installing artificial turf in response to drought http://t.co/Ca3OnVCfSy pic.twitter.com/XAMiKpumHv — KTLA (@KTLA) April 23, 2015 Don't Let Your HOA Get Itself Boxed In http://t.co/gzORWgX8yv via @RealtyTimes — Real Estate & Homes (@REI_247) April 28, 2015 Dallas #HOA Still Affected by Internal Strife ~ http://t.co/9GNE5k5OdK #homeowner — Ward Lucas (@Ward_Lucas) April 29, 2015 [ View the story "Twitter chirps with HOA comments" on Storify ]