The Privatopia Papers

San Jose Mercury News - Newport Beach homeowners association battling artificial lawns : "NEWPORT BEACH, Calif.—There's a turf war ...

Unhappy home buyer, feeling misled on price, sues agent : "CARLSBAD, Calif. -- Marty Ummel believes she paid too much for her house. So...

Goat Wandering Loose Around Condo Complex - New Hampshire News Story - WMUR Manchester Does he pay his assessments?

Wealthy may be next in line in U.S. home crisis | Reuters : "'The next wave of problems will come from prime borrowers who bought t...

Court revives lease-to-fee efforts of 36 condo owners - The Honolulu Advertiser : "A federal appellate court yesterday reinstated a law...

California wants to control home thermostats - International Herald Tribune : "Next year in California, state regulators are likely to ...

Obama, Bloomberg, and the press get stinking drunk on bipartisanship. - By Jack Shafer - Slate Magazine : "When we devote ourselves to ...

Lakota Oyate: Free and Independent Lakota Nation The Lakota Sioux have seceded, and they don't even have their HOA set up yet. But they...

Advanced Russian civilization found-Health/Science-The Times of India : "MOSCOW: Archaeologists have discovered the remains of a 2500-y...

NPR : Nevadans Air Housing Worries in Primary Season : "The Las Vegas real estate market has turned from boom to bust in short order; N...

Problem Solver helps a cancer patient avoid condo-association penalty -- chicagotribune.com In which we read about a condo association that ...

Politics - Big prisoner release plan - sacbee.com : "In what may be the largest early release of inmates in U.S. history, Gov. Arnold S...

FOXNews.com - Lakota Indians Withdraw Treaties Signed With U.S. 150 Years Ago - People in gated communities are accused of secessionist view...

Judge clears Madison resident | clarionledger.com | The Clarion-Ledger I've been giving talks about this bizarre ordinance. Madison, MS...

Maryland law to deal with defunct associations Fred Pilot sent this. Just watch. This will become a common situation in the years to come. ...

Entire Neighborhood Faces Foreclosure Over Association Fees - Video - WFTV Orlando : "Unless They Pay, By The End Of The Month, They Co...

Reason Magazine - The Death of Main Street : "Big businesses know that a heavy regulatory burden is the best way to make sure small- an...

KSTP.com - Record home foreclosures cause snow removal problems The snow brings a new problem with the high number of foreclosures in the Tw...

Couple asked to take down American flag - Local & State News - Tampa Bay's 10 - tampabays10.com : "The flag, flies from a 16-fo...

Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly: Owners can't block costly condominium assessment : "Unit owners in a condominium complex could not ba...