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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I love the way that Frank always falls back on the line, “well, you know, there’s a tiny cabal that controls the HOA that doesn't like me because I speak truth to power."

He always  casts himself as a victim who is sort of the Karen Silkwood of the HOA — Someone who’s so truthful that he's being hunted down by the conspiracy that runs the HOA. It’s all a bit much and paranoid. And his legal theories are garbage. [/quote]

I don't see anywhere in this thread where Frank is acting the victim. As far as HOA conspiracies, read this article and think again: https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/2013/02/09/d46f9bec-6652-11e2-93e1-475791032daf_story.html

My favorite line - "[i]board member Don Hughes compared some residents’ refusal to install window-pane dividers to the “cat and mouse game Saddam Hussein played with the USA,” e-mails show. Ultimately, Hussein “paid the price,” he said, concluding that the residents should comply[/i]."

This behavior from HOA board members is terrifyingly common. I'm guessing a lot of it is egged on by the HOA's lawyers who have nothing better to do than fan the flames of the smallest controversy to try to get litigation going. Drafting useless resolutions doesn't pay as well as lawsuits. [/quote]

I have worked in the property management space since 2004. I've been on the HOA/COA side as well as individually managed portfolios in the 350 unit range.

If you don't think board's are malicious, you are a fool. Plain and simple.

I was once an onsite manager for a 400 unit HOA in NOVA where the board president told me, several times, in no uncertain terms, that has entire goal of running for board President was so he could make the previous President's life "a living hell." I saw him lie through his teeth on multiple occasions where it benefitted him and his neighbors. I saw another board member start a complete lie about a man having an affair with a woman he hated. I could share anecdote after anecdote after anecdote that would not only have you avoid HOAs for the rest of your life, but would also completely convince you that Frank could very well be suffering persecution at the hands of the board .[/quote]

Thank you for sharing. And OMG!! That is so awful and yet so not surprising. I see a lot of this sort thing - vicious rumors, lying and favoritism for neighbors who are friends of board members, etc, in the small townhouse HOA I unfortunately belong to. It's a shame some people can't sit on the board to support their community and prefer to behave like they're on a reality TV show vying for ratings.[/quote]

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