cbs4.com - Condo Assessments Can Be A Scourge To A Homeowner: "FT. LAUDERDALE (CBS4) ― A raging dispute over condo association fees boiled over into an armed standoff Thursday afternoon in Pompano Beach that ended when the Broward Sheriff's Office SWAT team opened fire on a man who had taken two office workers hostage."
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So now he can forget about paying that assessment. But it underscores how much stress these situations can create.