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It sound like you don't believe the rules and regulations you agreed to when you purchased your house apply to you.  Just because something was approved doesn't mean you don't have to maintain it to the community standard and you readily admitted that you have/had a hard time keeping up with needed maintenance due to not being able to get landscapers in.

It does not appear the association wants your meadow gone - they want it MAINTAINED and I'm sure most of your neighbors do too!

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From a true conservative point of view, the neighbors' opinions about the OP are irrelevant. [b]The OP's meadow is private property. OP should be able to do what OP wants with the OP's private property, as long as it doesn't harm anybody.[/b] And "your meadow offends my aesthetic sensibilities" does not constitute harm. If the neighbors don't like the look of OP's meadow, they should offer to buy the lot from the OP.

This is why I (a liberal) don't live in a house with an HOA. I do what I want with my yard. My neighbors do what they want with theirs.[/quote]

You sound like yet another uneducated liberal. It is OP's private property - but she bought the property, which is within a homeowner's association, so she can't do whatever she wants with the property.  SHe agreed to certain standards - which BTW, "power-tripping" board members did NOT write.  The HOA rules were written by the developer under strict laws set by the state!

Other people bought in this HOA with the understanding that they as well as all homeowners would keep their property to a certain standard.  THey did not want to live next to a homeowner that mows the grass once a year - if that, or paves the lawn so the entire extended family can park off the street or is a hoarder and begins to store stuff outside or has three broken cars up on blocks on the driveway or decides to plant wildflowers and let's the property go "natural."

The neighbors should not have to buy the lady's weed garden out as the solution to the problem.  THe HOA needs to enforce the rules and this homeowner is required by contact to abide.

I certainly hope you're not as uneducated about issues if you vote, Buddy.  :roll:  :roll:  :roll: 
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The conservative belief is that private property is private property, no? Or is it ok with conservatives for your neighbors, in a private, non-democratic organization, to tell you what you can and can't do with your private property -- it's just not ok if society as a whole, in the form of a democratically-elected government, does so?

Yes, the OP signed a contract. But OP said that OP is principled, and that contract is at odds with basic conservative principles about private property.

("Strict laws set by the state" for HOAs, indeed. OP hasn't even said which state.)[/quote]

I'm not sure why you are making it into a conservative debate.  THe OP agreed to keep her property to certain standards regardless of political affiliation

Holding conservative or liberal views does not negate the point that, YES, legally, HOAs CAN tell you what you can do with your property!  What part of that don't you understand?

And it doesn't really matter what state the OP is in.  ALL have laws associated with HOAs with slight variations.  [/quote]

I agree that the OP has failed to maintain her meadow and is using some odd argument about hiring illegals to divert attention from her inattention.  She has admitted that last year her landscapers stood her up.  That means that the regular maintenance did not occur.  Yes, I have had issues getting lawn and landscaping caretakers to come and if this had not been resolved in 6-8 weeks, you bet the contract would have been cancelled for non-compliance and I would have found another firm.  While it's a lot of work and we've sometimes had to call 4-5 different business, we do find one and OP should be calling everyone within driving distance of her property to find a business to handle the work.

In the various HOAs that I've known including our current neighborhood, they usually have a clause that if the homeowner ignores X notices from the HOA, that the HOA will hire a company to do the maintenance and will bill the homeowner for the work.  Sounds like that's what the HOA should have done.  OP might not have approved of the work done by the forced contractor, but it would have resolved the issue.

For Mr. "I do what I want with my yard" this is why you should not buy into a neighborhood with an HOA.  If you do, you get to pack that attitude of yours in the attic or basement until you move out.  You sign the contract, you agree to the HOA rules until they are changed (for which you are welcome to run for the HOA and work to change the rules).  Since you apparently don't live in a neighborhood with an HOA, OP should take your advice with caution since you have no experience dealing with such a situation, nor are you familiar with your legal obligations should you live in a neighborhood with an HOA.[/quote]

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