Saturday, May 22, 2010
What are the large barcode stickers on windows on cars in Florida?
What are the large barcode stickers on windows on cars in Florida?
The answer seems to be that they get your car through the gates of your gated community. Maybe the unit owners should get bar codes tattooed on their foreheads as well. That would simplify getting back in if you go for a walk outside the compound.
The answer seems to be that they get your car through the gates of your gated community. Maybe the unit owners should get bar codes tattooed on their foreheads as well. That would simplify getting back in if you go for a walk outside the compound.
Toms River, condo association at odds over fence around beach | APP.com | Asbury Park Press
Toms River, condo association at odds over fence around beach | APP.com | Asbury Park PressTOMS RIVER — Though township officials contend a condominium complex has violated municipal ordinances by building a fence around its private beach, condo association leaders say it's a simple misunderstanding.
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Seems the township leases the beach from the condo association and didn't do so this year. So the condo association decided to fence it off to keep out the Jersey Shore riffraff.
Problem: the condo association didn't get a construction permit before building the fence.
How's that for irony?
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Seems the township leases the beach from the condo association and didn't do so this year. So the condo association decided to fence it off to keep out the Jersey Shore riffraff.
Problem: the condo association didn't get a construction permit before building the fence.
How's that for irony?
Weak strata laws favour developers
Weak strata laws favour developersThe unchecked ability of a B.C. strata developer to ignore the Strata Property Act, fail to maintain reserves, fail to pay strata fees on unsold strata lots and use its block of votes from unsold strata lots to corrupt governance for the developer's benefit are all too common in British Columbia.
In the absence of any defined offences and penalties under the Strata Property Act, a developer is subject only to civil action by the "empty-pocketed" strata buyer, a virtual impossibility.
Read more: http://www.timescolonist.com/Weak+strata+laws+favour+developers/3060211/story.html#ixzz0ofKlUv7p
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A familiar story, this one from Canada, where condos are called "strata property."
In the absence of any defined offences and penalties under the Strata Property Act, a developer is subject only to civil action by the "empty-pocketed" strata buyer, a virtual impossibility.
Read more: http://www.timescolonist.com/Weak+strata+laws+favour+developers/3060211/story.html#ixzz0ofKlUv7p
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A familiar story, this one from Canada, where condos are called "strata property."
Condos and HOAs | Sun-Sentinel.com
Condos and HOAs | Sun-Sentinel.comRay says his West Palm Beach condo lease will likely not be renewed because of his daily habit of waiting outside the building on the sidewalk for about 10 minutes each day for his wife to arrive from work. As far as he knows, that is the only reason for rejection.
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This post is from a blog by Daniel Vasquez, a Florida journalist who writes a column on condo and hoa issues.
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This post is from a blog by Daniel Vasquez, a Florida journalist who writes a column on condo and hoa issues.
Friday, May 21, 2010
Dusting for dog-crap in a fancy condo - Boing Boing
Dusting for dog-crap in a fancy condo - Boing Boing
The condo association at Scarlett Place, a posh Baltimore building, have proposed to DNA-test all the dogs on the premises, and use DNA from errant dog-turds to identify feckless owners and fine them $500 per dog-pie.
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I told my 19 year old son about this, and he said, "That sounds like something from The Onion." Yes, it does. But it is real. It is no longer possible to parody the antics of HOA boards because no matter how absurd the concept you come up with, they have already exceeded it.
Thanks to Mystery Reader for this link. I also got it from Fred Pilot who contributed two more stories below. I have been too busy to blog for several weeks so thanks to those who sent me items--I will see about catching up.
The condo association at Scarlett Place, a posh Baltimore building, have proposed to DNA-test all the dogs on the premises, and use DNA from errant dog-turds to identify feckless owners and fine them $500 per dog-pie.
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I told my 19 year old son about this, and he said, "That sounds like something from The Onion." Yes, it does. But it is real. It is no longer possible to parody the antics of HOA boards because no matter how absurd the concept you come up with, they have already exceeded it.
Thanks to Mystery Reader for this link. I also got it from Fred Pilot who contributed two more stories below. I have been too busy to blog for several weeks so thanks to those who sent me items--I will see about catching up.
South AfricaNews - 'They are a mafia' (Page 1 of 2)
News - Crime & Courts: 'They are a mafia' (Page 1 of 2)
It is a comfortable complex with a mix of upmarket and middle-class homes, some with views of the sea - but run by a homeowners' association from hell, say some residents.
So heated has the low-level war between residents and The Capricorn Beach Homeowners' Association (HOA) become that the association has reportedly racked up a R191 000 bill in legal battles against homeowners.
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Those R thingies are Rands. That's the currency in South Africa. According to my friendly neighborhood internet converter, R191,000 amounts to $24,227. So it seems that HOA lawyers are expensive the world around.
It is a comfortable complex with a mix of upmarket and middle-class homes, some with views of the sea - but run by a homeowners' association from hell, say some residents.
So heated has the low-level war between residents and The Capricorn Beach Homeowners' Association (HOA) become that the association has reportedly racked up a R191 000 bill in legal battles against homeowners.
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Those R thingies are Rands. That's the currency in South Africa. According to my friendly neighborhood internet converter, R191,000 amounts to $24,227. So it seems that HOA lawyers are expensive the world around.
Homeowner Wins Court Battle With HOA - San Antonio News Story - KSAT San Antonio
Homeowner Wins Court Battle With HOA - San Antonio News Story - KSAT San AntonioHidden Forest off of Bitters Road looks quiet, but for more than three years, it's been the center of a legal battle over the rights of homeowners associations.
"They were suing to foreclose on my home over $390," said Hern.
Hern said he was late on his association dues but objected to the added fees and decided to fight. Over the years, he said the attorney's fees kept adding up.
"They were asking for a little over $25,000 in fees," he said.
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And of course now that the HOA has lost, their attorney is promising to "address this further through the legal process," which translates into litigation without limit to crush any owner who stands up for his rights.
"They were suing to foreclose on my home over $390," said Hern.
Hern said he was late on his association dues but objected to the added fees and decided to fight. Over the years, he said the attorney's fees kept adding up.
"They were asking for a little over $25,000 in fees," he said.
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And of course now that the HOA has lost, their attorney is promising to "address this further through the legal process," which translates into litigation without limit to crush any owner who stands up for his rights.
U.S. Banks Post Profit, but Woes Persist - WSJ.com
U.S. Banks Post Profit, but Woes Persist - WSJ.com
WASHINGTON—A total of 775 banks, or one-tenth of all U.S. banks, were on the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.'s list of "problem" institutions in the first quarter, as bad loans in the commercial real-estate market weighed on bank balance sheets.
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This recovery is going well.
WASHINGTON—A total of 775 banks, or one-tenth of all U.S. banks, were on the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.'s list of "problem" institutions in the first quarter, as bad loans in the commercial real-estate market weighed on bank balance sheets.
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This recovery is going well.
Thursday, May 20, 2010
Living in denial: How corporations manufacture doubt - opinion - 20 May 2010 - New Scientist
Living in denial: How corporations manufacture doubt - opinion - 20 May 2010 - New Scientist"Objective scientific research": those words would almost make you believe that Panzer was talking about objective science. But when doubt is your goal, the misuse of language is just another way to confuse the public.
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Hmmmmmmm.
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Hmmmmmmm.
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