In the newly released book by Nelson, Private Neighborhoods, Nelson quotes Citizens Against Private Government HOAs (former name of this organization), pp. 342-3, Ch. 16, “The Executive Office”.
The material used (dated from 2003) reads, in part:
“According to this group, the lack of rights protection reflects in part the fact that ‘the HOA lacks a separation of powers doctrine as found in every level of American government’ . . . .”
“[W]hile members may vote for board members as if they were electing councilmen or legislators, the HOA is not a real democratic institution.”
The pattern of these chapters is to introduce prevalent problems and then the author presents his solutions.
Private Neighborhoods and the Transformation of Local Government, Robert H. Nelson, (Urban Institute Press 2005) [Not affiliated with the Urban Land Institute, ULI. See http://www.urban.org/%5D.
HOA Constitutional Government 