If you want to understand the mindset of a rogue HOA president, then a prime example would be the mindset of our Donald the Trump. The parallels are clear: disregard for the law, ignorance of the law or contractual responsibilities, arrogance, falsehoods and lies even when strong evidence to support that the statements are false, parsing sentences and redefining the traditional meaning of words and concepts (Orwell’s Newspeak), personal attacks to slander and discredit opposition speakers, and defending his actions because he is the president.
An excellent demonstration of the above can be found in George Stephanopoulos’ ABC 20/20 interview. After viewing this 30-minute video you can safely come away with the conclusion that Trump does not see himself as head of our constitutional federal government but just as head of his new, his extended, personal fiefdom – a corporation.
It can be asked, How come this is allowed to continue? The answer is simple: for the most part Americans are not involved in politics or governance as witnessed by the low turnout even in presidential elections. (Note that the voting percentages are based on registered voters and not on all eligible voters of voting age, which is the truer comparison with “votes of all the members” in HOA-Land).
We are told that this failure to get involved by HOA members as apathy. However, it reflects reality and the false assertion by CAI and others that all will be well if the members get involved. But this is unattainable, especially when the members have been repeatedly told by CAI that the HOA is not a government, or a quasi-government, or a mini-government, but a corporation.
The “game“ is rigged! Once on the board or becoming an HOA president you are fairly immune from assault, unless a significant number of members rally to change things, which I believe only occurs in the smaller HOAs from time to time. However, by studying what is happening with The Donald will provide insight as how to deal with your rogue HOA and president.
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HOA Constitutional Government 
Another philosophy I have about apathy in HOA is that once rogue board members get on the board, they stay forever. (Term limits are important) At Emerald Scottsdale, we have two guys who have been on the board for 19 years each. Other homeowners get on the board from time to time but these two are so miserable, that the new members quit after attending meetings for a few months. Homeowners do not attend the meetings because these two clowns dominate and do not follow Roberts Rules of oder. They talk when ever they want with no order to the meetings. They are rude and condesending to members. Unfortunately, this continues year after year. I will attend the meeting tomorrow only to be abused but I have a few issues to bring up in homeowner forums. Last year they put a false injunction of harassment on me just to get me to stay away from the meetings. It cost me $2,000 to object to the injunction and the person who committed perjury before a judge to obtain the injunction did not show up at the hearing so it was dismissed. Abuse abounds in HOA. I know first hand as I was arrested in my previous HOA for another false injunction. As a board member who discoverd embezzlement of funds, I spent two years in court fighting that corrupt board. HOA is the worst form of government when bad people get on the board. City courts are complicit with issuing fake injunctions against homeowners. I work tirelessly to get new people on my current board. Our president is a known scam artist with selling used cars and then repossing them. Living in HOA is dangerous to ones health and peace of mind when corrupt ,crazies get elected.