The Privatopia Papers

BBC NEWS: Local concerns over Indian utopia : "Auroville sounds like a throwback to the 60s, advocating no rules and leaders and promi...

Great Wall of Fleetwood: Man builds 16ft garden wall in protest at neighbour's sun terrace ... and now it's a tourist attraction | M...

News: Lawsuit pitting homeowners against subdivision manager | homeowners, kanan, plantation : TheMonitor.com : "The upscale gated comm...

Canton Council proposes jail time for tall grass : "For residents tired of that overgrown lot that resembles a minijungle next door, th...

Reflections on recent posts If you look over the recent posts here, you can see that the situation facing homeowners is troubling on a numbe...

The Associated Press: U. of Okla. freshman, 19, elected mayor of Muskogee : "MUSKOGEE, Okla. (AP) — A 19-year-old freshman at the Unive...

Foreclosures filing set record in April, RealtyTrac says - May. 14, 2008 : "NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- U.S. foreclosure filings reached...

As Dues Dry Up, The Neighbors Pay - WSJ.com : "Here's another consequence of the troubled housing market: Some homeowners associat...

Vallejo Votes For Bankruptcy - Politics News Story - KNTV | San Francisco : "After nearly five hours, the Vallejo City Council voted un...

Backyard pizza oven cooks up trouble with community ban -- OrlandoSentinel.com : "An east Orange County man is using a law designed to...

AAARRRR, matey! Father who flew Jolly Roger for daughter's birthday prosecuted by council | the Daily Mail : "One particular pirate...

Confirmed! Bureaucrats have no sense of humor, funny stop signs nixed - Autoblog Oak Lawn, IL, comes up with a creative policy that the Illi...

The Housing Crisis Is Over - WSJ.com : "The dire headlines coming fast and furious in the financial and popular press suggest that the ...

CCTV boom has failed to slash crime, say police | UK news | The Guardian Massive investment in CCTV cameras to prevent crime in the UK has f...

BBC NEWS | UK | UK Politics | Johnson wins London mayoral race Boris Johnson has won the race to become the next mayor of London - ending Ke...

Need to deal with water needs crucial : "Two parched years - punctuated by the driest spring in at least 150 years - could force distri...

wcbstv.com - New Jersey Lawmakers Consider Tax On Fast Food : "WINDSOR, N.J. (CBS) ― The sputtering economy has caused an increase in ...

L.A. Land : Los Angeles Times : Disappearing now: $6 trillion in housing wealth : "A Washington think tank is warning that housing pri...

Happy farewell to 'boom' times -- baltimoresun.com : "For more than two years, the thundering booms and the blinding flashes t...

Weekend America: Foreclosure Behind Las Vegas Gates : "Just recently in Las Vegas, there was a perfect storm of booming home constructi...