Neighbors spell ‘stop,’ not ‘yield’ Page 1 of 2 | UTSanDiego.com

Neighbors spell ‘stop,’ not ‘yield’ Page 1 of 2 | UTSanDiego.com: Some neighbors on Jennings Street in Point Loma have thought for over a decade that traffic was speeding through their neighborhood at unacceptable speeds. Dating back to 2000, they asked the city for stop signs to slow the marauders, and the city always said no. A yellow “yield” sign was the best the city could do, the engineers said. Then last July, a stop sign appeared. And another. Who put them in? Not the city. A vigilante sign installer put up the signs, flying in the face of the law. And what do you know — it worked.
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Do it yourself speed laws.  HOAs do it all the time on private streets. Here, the neighbors do it on public streets.

Spectacular frozen waterfall created in China by resident, 58, who left tap on all winter | Mail Online

Spectacular frozen waterfall created in China by resident, 58, who left tap on all winter | Mail Online

He was the only resident left in the building and he wanted to make sure his pipes didn't freeze. And the result is quite spectacular:


So in order to keep the temperature of the pipes above freezing he simply switched on the tap - and then diverted the warm water to flow down the side of the building.
He said: ‘The water running into the pipe is from underground where it is above freezing and that is stopping the water pipes in my house from freezing. If that had happened I really would have had to move out. They want me to move.
'But what they were offering was not enough for me to get another place so I'm refusing to leave. I don't have anywhere to go anyway.’

Employee used condo association credit card for jewelry - Park Ridge Herald-Advocate

Employee used condo association credit card for jewelry - Park Ridge Herald-Advocate

This is the Chicago area. Another condo association employee using the association as an ATM. Just an isolated instance, right? The story is firewalled, but here's the teaser.


MAINE TOWNSHIP — A northwest suburban woman who worked as the office manager of a condominium association used the company’s credit card to buy jewelry and luxury purses for herself, according to police. Barbara Duelfer, 51, of Des Plaines, was charged Saturday with two counts of theft over $500, two counts of forgery and two counts of unlawful use of credit cards with intent to defraud, according to a statement from the Cook County Sheriff’s police. All the charges are felonies.

Bill Text: AZ SB1278 | 2013 | Fifty-first Legislature 1st Regular | Engrossed | LegiScan

Bill Text: AZ SB1278 | 2013 | Fifty-first Legislature 1st Regular | Engrossed | LegiScan

This is now the law in the State of Arizona. It has been signed by the Governor. HOAs may no longer act like they own and govern the public streets.  The idea that such a law is necessary--that HOAs need to be told this--should be unthinkable, but HOAs function as de facto local governments in many states, free from meaningful regulation.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:
Section 1.  Title 33, chapter 16, article 1, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 33-1818, to read:
33-1818.  Community authority over public roadways; applicability
A.  NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION IN THE COMMUNITY DOCUMENTS, AFTER THE PERIOD OF DECLARANT CONTROL, AN ASSOCIATION HAS NO AUTHORITY OVER AND SHALL NOT REGULATE ANY ROADWAY FOR WHICH THE OWNERSHIP HAS BEEN DEDICATED TO OR IS OTHERWISE HELD BY A GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY.
B.  THIS SECTION APPLIES ONLY TO THOSE PLANNED COMMUNITIES FOR WHICH THE DECLARATION IS RECORDED AFTER DECEMBER 31, 2014.