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The mysterious case of the disappearing plastic men More signs of impending anarchy in Maryland. You'd think with all those HOAs around ...

Barking fines as noisy New York repents | International News | News | Telegraph A better headline would be, "Fussbudget Mayor Runs for ...

Boing Boing: Silver Spring's downtown is "private property" - no photos allowed Amazing story from Mystery Reader about privat...

Headlines: Owners ordered to vow HOA support or face suit | board, hoa, covenants - Gazette.com Fred Pilot sent this charming story of HOA c...

Telluride Daily Planet -At Ski Ranches, a subdivision divided Fred Pilot sent this along: This is your neighborhood, the Ski Ranches, an idy...

Todays Local News for Logan Utah and Cache County Thanks to alert reader Neil A. who found this article addressing the issue parking on one...

Notes on HOAs in China Since Friday, June 22, I have been in Beijing, China, attending the “International Conference on Community Governanc...

Civic groups embrace plan banning lawn parking | Chron.com - Houston Chronicle For Houston, this is progress. Next up: a ban on refrigerato...

Jet Pack - 2 New Rocket Belts On Sale - Personal Flying Machine - Popular Mechanics I've been waiting for this since I was 9 years old. ...

California Looms | New West Network California is a trendsetter state. Much like the weather, every Californian fad eventually makes its way...

Star-Telegram.com | 06/15/2007 | Three barred from trailer homes There's a headline you don't see every day. It takes some serious d...

Kibort met with complaints at first meeting - Glendale Heights, IL - Glendale Heights Press The reception for Glendale Heights’ newest Villa...

Couple denied parking space receives $7,000 KIHEI – Following a finding of discrimination by a condominium manager, a couple involved in a d...

2 arrested in multi-million dollar fraud scheme at Hallandale Beach condominium: South Florida Sun-Sentinel Another isolated anecdote...

TCPalm: Local News: condo association manager arrested for lack of license Nice mug shot.

HOA Takes Exception To Memorial Day Banner Isolated anecdote Number 25,487.

Condo owners looking for fraud: South Florida Sun-Sentinel More of those isolated anecdotes...

TCPalm: Real Estate:Views vary on legislative and homeowner and condo association bills That headline shows a genius for understatement.

Zen and the art of management - Los Angeles Times Life increasingly begins to resemble a Dave Barry column: The Los Angeles Housing Departme...

Allstate to stop insuring Calif. homes - Yahoo! News More good news for California homeowners, to go with the falling prices, bad schools, h...