Latest IAC post from Deborah Goonan.
My comment:
It seems that Deborah (New research busts myth that HOAs protect property values) missed my citation on page 44, and the reference to my 2003 book, The Case against State Protection of Homeowner Associations, as well as reference to my nonprofit, Citizens Against Private Government HOAs. ☹️🤔
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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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The hot questions of defending the Constitution in Washington and defending constitutional protections for citizen-members of HOAs demanded a reprint of my January 2018 post: HOA-Land: the product of the decline in democratic institutions in America.
“The authors of How Democracies Die provide the “glue” that ties the American decay and decline in democratic norms and institutions to the quiet emergence and acceptance of private government HOA-Land.“
“As for homeowner advocates and others seeking HOA reform legislation, How Democracies Die makes it clear that reforming the HOA legal scheme and state laws is a social and political movement.“
See more: HOA-Land Nation publication to aid constitutionality.
I find it incomprehensible that state legislatures have not required an HOA allegiance to the Constitution. I can understand CAI’s reluctance to even admit that its picture of a better America, a better community, is outside our constitutional system of government. That’s plain secessionist!
Consequently, I propose an Oath of Allegiance to America mandated for all HOAs in every state of the Union. Here’s my proposal:
An Oath of Allegiance to America
We, the Directors of the [ ] HOA, do solemnly affirm allegiance to the United States of America,
One Nation, under God, indivisible,
with liberty and justice for all. Continue reading Why is there no Oath of Allegiance for HOAs?
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