The Privatopia Papers

CID Homeowners Coalition letter to California Law Revision Commission, March 9, 2005 Respectfully submitted: Marjorie Murray, Chair CID Home...

The peasants are revolting... Thanks to Nancy Levy for this link: Just two weeks after the Supreme Court ruled 5-4 in favor of the city i...

HOA president shot in head during crime patrol Fred Pilot sent this link to a tragic story from Glendale, Arizona: The president of a Gle...

Greenville, SC - 'Christian Exodus' sees Upstate as promised land Christian Exodus , according to their website, is moving thou...

Chicago Officials Turn Off 'Jesus' Light - Yahoo! News Fred Pilot sent along this story. A few weeks ago the Virgin Mary was spot...

TomPaine.com - Eminent Complaints Mystery Reader has sent along a most interesting and original take on the nefarious Kelo case, written b...

channelcincinnati.com - News - 79-Year-Old Shoots Two Intruders, Police Say Today's episode of Home Defense Theater: DRY RIDGE, Ky. -...

Couple feels right at home in eco-friendly house made of straw But soon they will wish they were living in the house made of sticks, and w...

Musings from Brian J. Noggle: Illinois Secedes I got this link from Instapundit. Our governor has a...well..."unique" concepti...

Property ruling sparks action by states, Congress The scale of the public reaction, and now the legislative response, to the abominable Ke...

HoustonChronicle.com - Peirce: Privatized neighborhoods aren't the future we want Nancy Levy sent this link to a piece by nationally-s...

Housing Markets Pricing Out Middle Class Real estate experts warn that housing prices in many markets are too quickly outpacing the income...

Arbitrator reverses election results for Deep Creek board Here's a news article referencing the opinion linked below: CHARLOTTE COUNTY -...

Homeowners' Association -- Summary Final Ruling --Section 20 Property Owners' Association, Inc. This was sent to me by Jan Bergemann...

Mountain Democrat Online: retired cop shot at--HOA feud to blame? POLLOCK PINES - In 23 years of duty on the San Francisco Police Departme...

baltimoresun.com - Carroll planning board threatened with jail Approve this project or be incarcerated, says judge. How's that for lo...

Man Sues Mass. for Right to Get Drunk - Yahoo! News I don't recall having seen "the right to get drunk on private property" ...

SAN FRANCISCO / Tenancies-in-common battle hits courtroom / North Beach owner wants to convert a 6-unit property This article, sent to me ...

Americans Migrate to Cities in South, West - Yahoo! News From Fred Pilot comes this AP article summarizing a recent Census Bureau report o...

SB 186 Senate Bill - Bill Analysis Fred Pilot sent this link to a California legislative bill analysis dealing with use of association fun...