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 ...

To amplify the last several posts, the content and stories about the upcoming hearing before a Riverside Superior Court judge on Sept. 30, I choose to ask: Why is it so difficult to get homeowner attention for such matters? Turns out that the topic of class action suits sparks today a significant number of clips, news accounts, and 'social current see' that is in the scroll that follows: Tweets about class action suit Flip②▶ Browseonpurpose   ▶   Socialcurrentsee   ▶   altacities [ View the story "Members seek class in HOA action" on Storify ]

(CORONA) Next to attending an HOA board meeting, probably nothing is less tempting than reading about HOA legal matters.  Even the lawyers who work for HOAs will attest to the oblique nature of their content because virtually every letter or message that they send to homeowners barely passes the readability test.  That was confirmed recently here in our HOA when we received a letter (described below) from our HOA law firm.  Shortly later, a local judge had to write to all of us to clarify the lawyer's message.  ▶ Flip②▶  STORIFY  ♥  FLIPBOARD ★  BLOGGER  ▲ ALTACITIES  ® ▶  TWITTER See more in the 'social current see' with   4,900+ followers  on  FLIPBOARD   and the other media links noted above [ View the story "Class action suit reaction (2)" on Storify ]