Well, that's not much of a surprise! Here's the link to the news video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1UxkTt7Ivyk&feature=player_embedded

Here is the link to an old video (1946) that describes present day HOAs in this country. "Explains how societies and nations can be measured by the degree that power is concentrated and respect for the individual is restricted." Where does your HOA stand on these scales? Our HOA is Despotism personified!read more »

I must post this definition because it it so relevant to the M.O.of HOAs.

"CULTURAL INTELLIGENCE AND SOCIAL CONTROL
Coercive Continuum"

"Coercive persuasion or "thought reform" is understood as a coordinated system of coercive influence and behavior control designed to deceptively manipulate individuals, in the interest of the originators of the program. Thought reform is regarded as situational adaptive belief change and thought reform programs have been distinguished from other efforts in an overlapping continuum of social influence based on the descriptions of the social structure of thought reforming environments. Elements that distinguish from other socialization schemes to promote compliance are the interpersonal and psychological attack to destabilize an individual's sense of self, the use of an organized peer group and interpersonal pressure to promote conformity as well as the manipulation of the totality of the subject's social environment to stabilize behavior once modified.read more »

There are power groups just about everywhere, and "power groups within power groups within power groups," and the HOA industry is no exception. Not only are many money hungry controllers, they are power hungry as well!read more »

HOAs, CIDs, etc. along with the housing mill developers and industry propaganda are inherently one-sided, biased and uncompromising. This gives rise to the idea of a Hived Mind. The idea that a Hived Mind made up from the collective of these interconnected "professionals" has a higher potential than the sum of its parts. The Hived Mind defined by some group of people is "more powerful together than they can ever be apart."read more »

HOAs are like your worst enemy coming over to your house, forcing himself in, and refusing to leave. He plants himself in your living room, and no matter what you do or say, he refuses to go away. What do you do now? You start ignoring him, you pretend he isn't there, even when you cover him over with a sheet, he refuses to disappear. He is the elephant in your living room. Until you decide how to make him go away, you'll never have any privacy, peace, or feel safe again. His hands will never be out of your pockets, and he's constantly making demands and ordering you around.read more »

HOAs et al are instruments of violence because if you do not pay them what they demand, they will lien and foreclose your "home," then you will be homeless. This is coercion and violence in the extreme! The only alternative is to walk away. Let the coercive HOA Industry have the homes that are "under water." Their entire HOA control system industry is ludicrous once their demands exceed the value of our "homes."read more »

Just an update on the current condition of our central Florida mandatory HOA PUD (planned unit development,) There are quite a few bank foreclosures here now, some in very questionable condition and maintenance.......Surprise! Surprise!read more »

The FL Mandatory HOA that we exist in via it's newsletter is conducting this poll: "This will be a regular section that will give you an opportunity to voice your opinion through a community survey. This edition's question:"........"What do you think is the one thing that can really bring this community together?"read more »

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And to the Corporation for Which It Stands, One Nation Under Fraud, Indivisible,
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