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A homeowner in Goodyear, Arizona is locked in a dispute with his homeowner's association over his practice of distributing free cold water from his driveway.

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[–] [email protected] 105 points 1 day ago (5 children)

I found an update about the vote to remove the three board members.

Homeowners voted 190 to 20 in favour of removal, however the board cancelled the vote claiming there wasn't a 24 hour notice given to the community and subsequently that 210 votes might not qualify a quorum of more than a thousand homes.

[–] [email protected] 46 points 1 day ago

Those kinds of shenanigans get HOAs nullified by court order.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 day ago

Well that sucks. I don't know what their rules are, but having dealt with shitty HOA's, if all the rules of the agreement were followed and you get their attorneys involved, their attorneys in most cases will tell those dickheads knock it off if the agreement was followed. This sounds like a violation on the HOA's part of the agreement but again, I don't know how it's written. I do know if an update was pushed every single resident shall have received the update for it be valid and they shall have a copy of the agreement ready upon request. I hate shitty HOA's. Good luck to them.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 day ago

Donald stated you’ll never have to vote again… retards cheered. This is how it will start.

[–] [email protected] 58 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Oh, that will go well. Piss off people and make their vote not count. The people that know where you live and can see your front door...

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[–] [email protected] 63 points 1 day ago (3 children)

How anyone that lives in a country that has HOAs can unironically call it "land of the free" is beyond me

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 day ago (2 children)

"ProPTeRy VaLUes!"

No one sees any value in just living in their homes. They have to be statements on your personal wealth, and though that, statements on your character as a human being. Living under the thumb of narcissists is a small price to pay so your neighbor doesn't look poor.

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[–] [email protected] 30 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Some HOAs can be quite nice as they're just there to add some basic community rules. However, many are hijacked by a handful of narcissistic individuals who let this insignificant amount of power go to their heads and they turn into a bunch Mussolinis

[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Having served on the board of my building, you see what slobs and mindless people you share the planet with. Letting their pets piss in the hallway. It gets cleaned by staff, right? What's the problem? Compost stinks, leave the bin in the hallway! Doesn't matter as long as I don't smell it, right?

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 day ago

That's the thing, the sheer amount of imbeciles who occupy these units make you question how society got to this point.

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[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 day ago

No good deed goes unpunished.

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