The Privatopia Papers

'I'M BANNED FOR LIFE': (from Bristol, UK) A Golf club has banned a player for life after he wrote a message in its visitors...

Yahoo! News - Political Yard-Sign Wars Rage as Election Nears And I thought HOAs were hard on yard signs... Campaign signs depicting supp...

Woman May Face Heavy Sanctions In Homeowners' Association Lawsuit A lawsuit against a homeowners' association northwest of Tucson ...

Monterey County Herald | 10/16/2004 | UNEASY RETIREMENT Fred Pilot sent this link. Once again, the Associated Press' Jim Wasserman pr...

Do these people ever learn? From KOAA in Colorado: A local woman is arguing with her neighbors about how she is allowed to show her pat...

The backlash against homeowners' groups | csmonitor.com For decades, such associations have occupied a murky niche as more than a priv...

Las Vegas: Voter Registrations Possibly Trashed When privatization goes bad... Employees of a private voter registration company allege...

IFILM - Short Films: Fellowship 9/11 Thanks to Michael Moore, the truth about the Aragorn administration is getting out just in time for t...

Eminent domain, eminent nonsense - The Washington Times: Commentary - October 12, 2004 Here's an unusual conservative take on the pend...

Times-Herald - Condos demand payment Homeowners inside Vallejo's premier waterfront condo complex say they must cough up $12,000 each ...

Even if Growth Slows Down, State Services Need to Catch Up I keep saying that local governments like CIDs because they get taxpayers witho...

Yahoo! News - Finance: Losing the Right to Sue WASHINGTON (Reuters) - More and more businesses are sticking mandatory arbitration clauses ...

The Calaveras Enterprise: Radcliff lawsuit to follow Schwarzenegger veto of anti-foreclosure bill This article rehashes the veto message,...

Detroit's plan for 'African Town' stirs racial tensions - The Washington Times: Nation/Politics - October 08, 2004 The Detroit...

Yahoo! News - Police Charge Man In Fire Attack Of Neighbor No word on whether it was a condo development, but this seems like good evidenc...

ProfessorBainbridge.com: Kerry should call off the thugs People are starting to comment on this series of attacks on Republican HQs and su...

Gainesville.com | The Gainesville Sun | Gainesville, Fla.: Democrat slugs area GOP chief, GPD says What in the world is going on? Here we...

S. Elgin OKs maintenance backup plan Thanks to Fred Pilot for sending this interesting approach used by an Illinois suburb: SOUTH ELGIN —...

Entertainment: People Article | Reuters.com:Comic Rodney Dangerfield Dies in L.A. at Age 82 Now, this is hard. Rest in peace, Rodney. W...

local6.com - Politics - Protestors Ransack Bush/Cheney Headquarters In Orlando Here's some bad news from Florida to offset the good ne...