HOAs, legislators battle to a draw

Ladies and gentlemen of Gilbert, attendees of the Ninth annual Congress of Neighborhoods Community Expo, come one and all, to a Saturday morning battle royal.

In this corner, we have Rep. Eddie Farnsworth, who says homeowners associations have too much power, a defender of little old ladies getting kicked out of their houses by the big, bad HOAs when they don't pay their fines for leaving the garbage can out.

In the other corner, we have the HOA board members and representatives from property management companies, tired of whiny residents who don't bother to read the rules or trim the hedges and still complain, fed up with hearing how HOAs are evil.
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