tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5060417.post9158480310556229113..comments2023-11-05T06:18:25.377-06:00Comments on The Privatopia Papers: Homeowners association drops legal action against Colonel - NBC12 News, Weather Sports, Traffic, and Programming Guide for Richmond, VA |Evan McKenziehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04479661304143631524noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5060417.post-32150134824596189822009-12-13T18:41:00.802-06:002009-12-13T18:41:00.802-06:00From The Onion article I linked to above:
"W...From The Onion article I linked to above:<br /><br />"When every inch of space is privatized, it will cost money to walk from your living room to the kitchen."<br /><br />"the very walls of our apartments will teem with droning media messages. Tolerating such in-home advertising will be the only way the average citizen will be able to afford an apartment at all."<br /><br /><br />This sounds like the Community Association Institute's dream. I'm sure they'll also control the in-home media, blocking out web sites such as this one from their Common Interest Internet Gateway Filter.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5060417.post-61597606919810100022009-12-13T18:30:10.902-06:002009-12-13T18:30:10.902-06:00"The free/regulated market dynamic doesn'..."The free/regulated market dynamic doesn't apply whatsoever."<br /><br />I agree.<br /><br />But tell that to the traditional proponents of the free-market: the Cato Institute, the Institute for Justice, the Independence Institute, the Goldwater Institute, etc.<br /><br />As far as they're concerned, everyone living under an H.O.A. regime -- from gated mansion enclaves to middle-class suburban neighborhoods to town homes and condos -- signed a voluntary contract and are currently living in Libertarian Utopia.<br /><br />And some of them think that H.O.A.s should be able to incorporate non-H.O.A. home owners!<br /><br />Back in May 2000, the Onion published a <a href="http://www.theonion.com/content/node/34162" rel="nofollow">point-counterpoint</a> feature: "The Future Will Be A Totalitarian Government Dystopia" vs "The Future Will Be A Privatized Corporate Dystopia."<br /><br />Under the current H.O.A. model, we'll live in the worst of both worlds!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5060417.post-89379487111106699202009-12-10T22:00:03.487-06:002009-12-10T22:00:03.487-06:00The free/regulated market dynamic doesn't appl...The free/regulated market dynamic doesn't apply whatsoever. <br /><br />HOAs are private corporations, not products or services and are creatures of current public policy strongly favoring the privatization of local government.Fred Pilotnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5060417.post-71046437966991119682009-12-09T18:25:11.506-06:002009-12-09T18:25:11.506-06:00"Let's hope that the message went out to ..."Let's hope that the message went out to all the baskethead control freaks and file-churning lawyers who are tyrannizing home owners all over the nation that the country and its policy-makers finally, at long last, see the big picture."<br /><br />Unfortunately, I doubt this will happen. I think a lot of the "conservative ire" was a result of the victim being a member of a protected class, at least in the conservative version of political correctness.<br /><br />Now that this is over, most conservatives and libertarians will continue to approve of -- or at least ignore -- the way that H.O.A. corporations abuse home owners.<br /><br />George Staropoli's "<a href="http://pvtgov.org/pvtgov/downloads/party-ideologues.pdf" rel="nofollow">The Impact Of Party Ideologues On The HOA Legal Scheme</a>" documents how the private-property free-marketeers have sold us out. The Institute for Justice will never get another dime from me.<br /><br />The Independence Institute is a big proponent of free markets and property rights. Yet they only have one editorial about H.O.A.s on their web site -- <a href="http://www.google.com/search?q=hoa+site%3Ai2i.org" rel="nofollow">www.google.com/search?q=hoa+site%3Ai2i.org</a> -- and it's pro-HOA. "<a href="Free-market%20Alternatives%20to%20Zoning" rel="nofollow">Free Market Zoning</a>" will make anyone who knows anything about the issue laugh and/or cry.<br /><br />What about the proponents of tort reform? One would think that an industry whose <a href="http://www.hindmansanchez.com/lawyer-attorney-1082754.html" rel="nofollow">lawyers blatantly advertise using foreclosure as a collections method</a> would draw the attention of Walter Olson's OverLawyered.com site. Nope -- only 3 stories in over 10 years: <a href="http://www.google.com/search?q=hoa+site%3Aoverlawyered.com" rel="nofollow">www.google.com/search?q=hoa+site%3Aoverlawyered.com</a> .<br /><br />That both the Left and Right agree that HOAs are a product of the free market is sad. It's enough to make me give up my beliefs in private property, free markets, conservatism, and libertarianism to become a Socialist.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5060417.post-12890579097362695152009-12-09T09:13:50.182-06:002009-12-09T09:13:50.182-06:00Amen!Amen!Bethnoreply@blogger.com