unculturedswine

For the last few months I’ve been renting Kurt’s town home in PG from him with a few friends. It’s a good deal, a nice place, good location, I like it. Since it’s a town home Kurt also has the awesome responsibility of paying HOA fees to the local Communist Club of Homeowners. Included in these forced obligations is TV and Internet, which has been a pretty nice deal.

Until now. As of May 14 the HOA is cutting off the TV and Internet services. Now, this isn’t that big of a deal, or it shouldn’t be, but the HOA is not decreasing the monthly HOA fee amount to compensate for this lack of service. So, now everyone in the little community gets to tack an extra $60/month to their already tight monthly budgets just to keep their TV and internet services.

This is such a scam. I talked to Kurt about this and he said the HOA plans to save away the money that was formally used for the TV and internet. Bull Crap. Save for what? A leadership cruise? That’s probably several thousand dollars a month in savings – where does it need to go? Let’s say that they now save $3,000/month because of this, what on earth do they need $36,000 year for extra? If I understand correctly, the HOA fees covers water, sewer, snow removal, lawn care, garbage and… anything else? (Maybe electricity cause I’ve never seen an electricity bill, and neither has Kurt). Nevertheless, what are they going to do with this extra money?

It’s a downright dirty scam. How are HOA’s legal? If I buy my property, who are they to tell me what to do with my property? I’ve heard pathetic stories of veterans being asked to remove American Flags hanging from their balconies, to an elderly couple who took in a 7 year old grand daughter who’s parents were druggies being evicted from their self-owned home inside a retirement community because the HOA rules said no one under 55 could live there. What on earth is wrong with people? It’s such a pathetic power grab.

Just give me 50 acres in the middle of nowhere and I’ll do whatever I darn well please.

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