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Don't try defending your home against an intruder in Canada The basic rule seems to be: beat up a burglar and you go to jail.

Died: H. Donald Wilson, 82; Developed LexisNexis - washingtonpost.com Three guesses where he died: a) At a football game b) Climbing Mount E...

Nov. 23, 2006- City panel OKs preferred plant list... ...in order to become more like an HOA? Thanks to Fred Pilot for this link. By "p...

Beth Grimm doesn't like the AARP Homeowner Bill of Rights Thanks to Fred Pilot for the link to this piece by California attorney Beth Gr...

HOAs Gone Wild - Part 2 | HOA Nut House Here is part two of the broadcast linked below.

HOAs Gone Wild - Part 1 | HOA Nut House Check out this local news broadcast from Texas, linked from HOA News Network and sent to me by a bun...

CALIFORNIA / Internet providers win libel ruling in high court This is good news...

Home Sales Fall in 38 States, Data Shows The feeble U.S. housing market showed more frailty in October when home sales plummeted in 38 stat...

Appearance on "On the Commons" It was fun talking with Shu Bartholomew Saturday afternoon on her radio program, , "On the Com...

'Lockdown' rules keep immigrants' kids from playing outside - Los Angeles Times In case you think HOAs are repressive, how about...

US town bars foreign flags in swipe at immigrants | US News | Reuters.com The town is Pahrump, Nevada, home of Art Bell, the radio talk show...

Radburn residents sue homeowners association Got a link to this from Fred Pilot but it wouldn't work, so I found my own. Hope this one i...

San Mateo Daily Journal Belmont is set to make history by becoming the first city in the nation to ban smoking on its streets and almost eve...

cbs4denver.com - HOA Bans Couple From Smoking In Their Home Fred Pilot sent this link. This parallels the smoking bans that are popping up ...

Click2Houston.com - Local 2 Investigates - Homeowner's Association Uses Chopper To Find Violations Here's a bit from the story: How ...

Did you know there was an International Maintenance Code? Shu Bartholomew alerted me to this. This is scary. Can you envision UN inspector...

Where have I been? I haven't abandoned this blog, and I thank all the correspondents who have been sending me items all these weeks. I h...

TCPalm: Local News: Mexican flag flies over Chasewood North in Jupiter . . . at least for now Here's an irony. To think that after all t...

HOA News Network.com :: View topic - Lyrics From our new Rock Opera Now, this is funny.