Outraged homeowners detail HOA fines, foreclosure threats to Austin lawmakers | Denton Record Chronicle | News for Denton County, Texas | Texas Southwest: "A Houston couple may wind up having to pay more than $20,000 after a feud over a $50 ticket for having gray – instead of black – tape on exterior water lines, leaders of a property owners' rights group told the House Business and Industry Committee.
'That was clearly, if it's true, the most egregious thing we heard today,' said Rep. Gary Elkins, R-Houston, the panel's vice chairman.
The issue of how much power homeowners associations should have so they can collect past-due assessments and enforce architectural uniformity has simmered in the Legislature since the 1990s, said Rep. Helen Giddings, D-Dallas.
Giddings said she was dismayed by recent stories in The Dallas Morning News about a Colleyville developer who, with his wife and business partner, used five neighborhood associations to dictate everything from how many day lilies to plant in a flower bed to the precise size of coach lamps at entrances.
'Some of these things are just downright, absolutely, totally ridiculous,' she said."
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Yes, they are. I like that: downright, absolutely, totally ridiculous.
2 comments:
Yup and despite being on the same committee for decades, the same ole same ole continues to happen with these legislators. No doubt the reps "outrage" this year was a hint to how much money CAI will be expected to pony up before the session starts.
At least the CAI whores like Connie Heyer are being exposed for the misrepresentations being made. As they lose ever more credibility, the tide will change.
Yup and despite being on the same committee for decades, the same ole same ole continues to happen with these legislators. No doubt the reps "outrage" this year was a hint to how much money CAI will be expected to pony up before the session starts.
At least the CAI whores like Connie Heyer are being exposed for the misrepresentations being made. As they lose ever more credibility, the tide will change.
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