HOA pool ban for prior vandalism of HOA property

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Anonymous wrote:Who vandalizes a little free library?

Troublemakers unwanted at the local pool.

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Pretty effective punishment and a good deterrent to others. I wish our HOA was like this. No one wants entitled little sh1ts spoiling the vibes of a community. Everyone cares about their property values.

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Anonymous wrote:It seems the HOA is on quite the power trip. The punishment is ridiculous. Banned for 7 years for something not remotely related to the pool?

Yes, there should absolutely be consequences but the punishment is way over the top.

It’s a little free library people not an actual library. Pay replace it, sure, but we’re not taking thousands of dollars.

Sounds like some of you people want these kids banned for good. Teens, even good ones, can be idiots at times. It’s called growing up and learning from your actions.

If they were banned for 7 years until they're 18, this is definitely not the first instance of those particular boys being trouble makers. One of them has been swimming there since he was 4 - and I'm guessing the parents just let them spiral out of control with no consequences until they did something on video record that the HOA and rest of the community could use to ban them.

And you would be wrong.

You seem to have the inside track. You’re saying neither of these kids has ever been in trouble in the community before?

I think one of the parents found the thread.

Nope. I just know that the HOA has a history of acting like hard asses when it isn't necessary. They really don't know what they are doing, so I would be very skeptical about anything they say.

DP. You quite definitively stated pp was wrong about these kids having past offenses. So either you have inside knowledge of this situation, or you are making shit up because you have your own grudge against this HOA.

Like I give a shit what you think.

Well you sound lovely.

If you don’t care what we think why are you posting here?

I hope you and your family have a great summer at the pool! Cause you’re not the vandal’s mom. I’m sure.

^^^ Looks like Velma from Scooby Doo is going to solve the case

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Pretty effective punishment and a good deterrent to others. I wish our HOA was like this. No one wants entitled little sh1ts spoiling the vibes of a community. Everyone cares about their property values.

Yeah!

LOCK THEM UP! LOCK THEM UP!

even the 4th grader

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Pretty effective punishment and a good deterrent to others. I wish our HOA was like this. No one wants entitled little sh1ts spoiling the vibes of a community. Everyone cares about their property values.

And this is why people despise HOAs. People get an entirely worthless position and they think get on a power trip.

I will never live in a place that has HOAs.

Archie Bunkers come out of the woodwork.

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Anonymous wrote:Pretty effective punishment and a good deterrent to others. I wish our HOA was like this. No one wants entitled little sh1ts spoiling the vibes of a community. Everyone cares about their property values.

And this is why people despise HOAs. People get an entirely worthless position and they think get on a power trip.

I will never live in a place that has HOAs.

Archie Bunkers come out of the woodwork.

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I mean, kid vandalizes HOA property, kid is barred from other HOA property. Seems like natural consequences to me.

That said, 7 years seems excessive. I am curious about the disparity in sanctions - 1 year v. 7 years. There has to be a reason - I wonder if it has to do with the kid, or his family, or this incident, or prior incidents. I guess we'll never know.

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11 year olds are usually in grade 5. Kids turn 11 in grade 5.

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The kids are from two different families.

The father of one boy is named. The mother of the other boy is named.

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Anonymous wrote:So the Russian teens running the pool are going to keep them out? Seems like having them have to clean up the bathrooms after hours would be better punishment.

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Having them scrub the nasty toilets ALL summer is something they would never forget. Banning them for several years won't really accomplish anything except make the entire family resent the cows on the HOA board.

How would you enforce this? HOAs have little to no power to make people do stuff (except pay where it is in HOA documents) but it is much easier to exclude people from using community property.

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Anonymous wrote:Pretty effective punishment and a good deterrent to others. I wish our HOA was like this. No one wants entitled little sh1ts spoiling the vibes of a community. Everyone cares about their property values.

Yeah!

LOCK THEM UP! LOCK THEM UP!

even the 4th grader

11 years old is usually 6th grade in Montgomery County. If the 11 year old is in 4th grade, there are lots of issues going on.

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Anonymous wrote:So the Russian teens running the pool are going to keep them out? Seems like having them have to clean up the bathrooms after hours would be better punishment.

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Having them scrub the nasty toilets ALL summer is something they would never forget. Banning them for several years won't really accomplish anything except make the entire family resent the cows on the HOA board.

How would you enforce this? HOAs have little to no power to make people do stuff (except pay where it is in HOA documents) but it is much easier to exclude people from using community property.

This. What do you want them to do? Hire a separate community manager for a summer, probably at a cost of $20,000, just to watch those kids scrub toilets?

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Anonymous wrote:So the Russian teens running the pool are going to keep them out? Seems like having them have to clean up the bathrooms after hours would be better punishment.

+1
Having them scrub the nasty toilets ALL summer is something they would never forget. Banning them for several years won't really accomplish anything except make the entire family resent the cows on the HOA board.

How would you enforce this? HOAs have little to no power to make people do stuff (except pay where it is in HOA documents) but it is much easier to exclude people from using community property.

Tell them to scrub the toilets. If they don't do it, then ban them from the pool. It's not that hard.

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Anonymous wrote:So the Russian teens running the pool are going to keep them out? Seems like having them have to clean up the bathrooms after hours would be better punishment.

+1
Having them scrub the nasty toilets ALL summer is something they would never forget. Banning them for several years won't really accomplish anything except make the entire family resent the cows on the HOA board.

How would you enforce this? HOAs have little to no power to make people do stuff (except pay where it is in HOA documents) but it is much easier to exclude people from using community property.

This. What do you want them to do? Hire a separate community manager for a summer, probably at a cost of $20,000, just to watch those kids scrub toilets?

Damn you sure are dense. Do you take everything literally?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:So the Russian teens running the pool are going to keep them out? Seems like having them have to clean up the bathrooms after hours would be better punishment.

+1
Having them scrub the nasty toilets ALL summer is something they would never forget. Banning them for several years won't really accomplish anything except make the entire family resent the cows on the HOA board.

How would you enforce this? HOAs have little to no power to make people do stuff (except pay where it is in HOA documents) but it is much easier to exclude people from using community property.

Tell them to scrub the toilets. If they don't do it, then ban them from the pool. It's not that hard.

Who is enforcing and monitoring all this? Yes, actually, at a place like an HOA, enforcing everyday clean up for 12 weeks is tough. This is an HOA not a set of parents. Not the HOAs job to teach a lesson.