The Privatopia Papers

Evan McKenzie on the rise of private urban governance and the law of homeowner and condominium associations. Contact me at ecmlaw@gmail.com


Saturday, July 24, 2010

Professor returns from vacation to find office covered in aluminum foil

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News from The Associated Press ST. PETER, Minn. (AP) -- A science professor at Gustavus Adolphus College left for a week's vacation this...
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Amid Washington Heat Wave, Senator Talks 'Global Cooling'

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His Al Gore igloo melted, Sen. Jim Inhofe Not Convinced of Warming Trend Back in February, when Washington D.C. was buried under record-brea...
Friday, July 23, 2010

With municipal pay like this, who needs Privatopia?

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BELL, Calif. – Residents in this modest blue-collar Los Angeles suburb where one in six lives in poverty were angry: Their city manager was...
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Real estate deflation hits most large California counties

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ALAMEDA, Calif. — Assessed property values in California are likely to decline for the second year running, according to a Bond Buyer revie...
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Credit card contracts unreadable for most Americans

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Credit card contracts unreadable for 80% of Americans "Credit card contracts and other such documents are written in dense prose for a...
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Alligator makes a meal of Tempe Town Lake fish | Phoenix News | Arizona News | azfamily.com | Phoenix News

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Alligator makes a meal of Tempe Town Lake fish | Phoenix News | Arizona News | azfamily.com | Phoenix News TEMPE, Ariz. -- Since the dam at ...

Ohio.com - Judge: Ohio man can't form own Indian reservation

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Ohio.com - Judge: Ohio man can't form own Indian reservation LIMA, OHIO: An Ohio man who claimed that his American Indian ancestry makes...
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Thursday, July 22, 2010

Man Pulled Gun On Condo Tenant In Shower

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A Boynton Beach homeowner's association member was arrested after pulling a gun on someone in the shower Wednesday, police said. "H...
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Wednesday, July 21, 2010

Johnson battles homeowner's association in court

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A homeowner's association in Kettering is suing Prince George's County Executive Jack B. Johnson (D) and his wife for allegedly fail...
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Two bodies found in S.W. Reno house that burned after reported explosion

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Investigators have found two bodies in the burned-out rubble of a home in an exclusive southwest Reno neighborhood . They have been unable t...
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Tuesday, July 20, 2010

Petition seeks to have wolves howl across US

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Petition seeks to have wolves howl across U.S. Those wild canines better not howl too close to any exurban HOAs or they may find the HOA wil...
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Money missing from St. James HOA leads to embezzlement charge for employee

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St. James | Brunswick County Sheriff's Office investigators arrested a Wilmington woman in an embezzlement scheme that siphoned more tha...

Carolina Beach woman charged with embezzling $30,000A Carolina Beach woman has been charged with embezzling about $30,000 from homeowners associations

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A Carolina Beach woman has been charged with embezzling about $30,000 from homeowners associations whose money she managed. Michelle Lynn Bo...
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Sunday, July 18, 2010

California political paradox unveils underlying tension between voters, interest groups

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The Los Angeles Times has highlighted a political paradox that's playing out in California and certainly other states and the nation a...
Saturday, July 17, 2010

At Mass this morning, there was a reading from Micah, II,1-3

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Sent to me from a friend. Am sharing with permission. --------------------------------- "Shame on those who lie in bed planning evil a...
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Texas HOA property owners outraged over lack of transparency, questionable expenditures

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The neighbors wanted everyone to know exactly where their dues were going, so they also presented their findings at a recent HOA meeting t...
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Florida HOA threatens $100 a day fine for unapproved shade of mulch

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Lynn of Davie couldn’t believe her eyes, but a letter from her homeowners association confirmed the worst: She faces a potential $100-a-da...
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Friday, July 16, 2010

Homeowners Associations Get Nasty: Foreclose or Sue to Collect Dues

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In 30 states, HOAs have the power to foreclose on homeowners who do not pay up, which has made them even more vilified than the IRS! And no...
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Thursday, July 15, 2010

Sailor faces fine for leasing condo

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Homeowner's association charges sailor $10 a day CHEASPEAKE, Va. (WAVY) - For three years, the condo on Rivanna River Reach was home fo...
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Power company tells customer she is dead

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Power company tells customer she is dead VIENNA (Reuters) – An Austrian woman has had to convince her electricity supplier that she is aliv...
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Evan McKenzie
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I am a professor of political science at the University of Illinois at Chicago, and an adjunct professor at The John Marshall Law School in Chicago. Nothing contained in this blog represents the opinions of UIC or John Marshall, and nothing you see here is legal advice. You can reach me at ecmlaw@gmail.com
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