I love Home Owners Associations

THAT... my friends is jack@ssery at its finest.

"He gets to do what he wants..."--whiskey tango foxtrot

-B 

x3-my friend agrees as well 

that is a load of SHiITake mushrooms.

Hey, lookie what I found on teh Googlez!

http://oakhillcountryestates.com/contact.htm

I stumbled upon this page and accidentally wrote some not-very-nice things.

Thanks for the heads up.  A "loving inquiry" sent...

What a jerk.

We live directly across the Cul-de-Sac from the HOA president for the place where we rent.  She rarely says "hi" when I see her out in the common area, even when I smile and wave.

But she's quick to send a note to my landlord whenever we don't pull our trash can in immediately after they come by to pick up, or don't trim the fast-growning roses the very second they pop over the fence line.  We work to keep our place looking nice, and of the units in our immediate area, I can only think of one or two where there are any flowers or landscaping other than what the HOA pays for, and ours is one of them. 

Why she can't just come over and say something to us directly rather than involving our landlord is beyond me.  Whenever he gets a letter, he gets all freaked out that they're going to sue him, and starts leaving us worried messages until we reassure him that whatever trivial matter has been taken care of.

I mean, HOAs do good things.  And to be sure, I'm glad when they crack down on the people who feel it's ok to leave trash and junk in view of the common area.  But some people take the power too seriously.

Google "Chick Edwards"+Kennewick and you'll find a whole bunch of PO'd people. I don't know about you, but I wouldn't want to anger people who have been professionally trained in weapons and munitions.

What a tool.

Playing a bit of devils advocate here:

So you're saying that because the husband is stationed in Kuwait that the family has no obligation to fufill their contracts?  The wife had the option to take care of the things for him in his absence.  She chose to move away and 'abandon' the property.  Last time I checked, family obligations fall on the family not just the husband.  Granted, the developer seems like a butt hole, but he IS right.

Since the property had not (assuming) reached a certain %, he is the only HOA.  It had not been turned over to the residents yet.  Right, wrong or indifferent.  I think that there are many other ways to fix the problem, but in the end, the fact that the landscaping is not done = failure to fufill a contract.  Yes or No?

This is a case where being right is just wrong. Yeah, there's a contract, yeah, his wife bailed on the place, yadda, yadda, yadda. Cut the guy some slack; he's serving our country in a war zone. I'm not saying to let him off the hook, but just cut him some slack.

Not only that, but let's say this guy earns a modest 50K. He could be earning as little as 24-30K in the Army right now and suffering severe financial hardship. He may not be able to fulfill the contract.

Too bad he was not a Marine... my old 1st Sgt would have pulled together a group of volunteers at the first hint of this kind of issue to finish the landscaping or "deal with the problem". Either way with the Solders and Sailors Act he is covered and I'm sure the negative press he is generating is not doing him any favors.

I saw on cnn.con that volunteers came together got everything donated and the yard landscaped for the soldier.  The soldier's only request was a flagpole which was put up in view of the HOA's home....

God bless those volunteers for stepping up for this soldier!