The Privatopia Papers

Though the $1.37-billion project proved disastrous for many of the state's poor, elderly and disabled, it was a financial bonanza for a...

Gov. Jerry Brown hinted Thursday that if the budget talks with Republicans break down, the initiative fight that would follow would not be...

Homeowners’ Associations Becoming Unavoidable and Quasi-Governmental - Rachel Alexander - Townhall Conservative Homeowners’ Associations (“...

Neighbors pull plug on injured vet's home | The Augusta Chronicle "An Evans neighborhood association has blocked a group that was p...

Property manager accused of shady business | WJLA.com Another one of those isolated instances, demonstrating once again that everything is f...

Evan McKenzie, a political science professor at the University of Illinois at Chicago, argues in a new book that homeowners associations inh...

Macedonia homeowners association tells veteran to remove flagpole, vet fights to keep it Here we go again. This one is from Ohio.

Property Manager Accused of Stealing Condo Association Fees - Freehold, NJ Patch Theresa Tierney, 59, of Oakhurst, was indicted Monday for a...

It all began last year when the original gates put in by the developer bit the dust. "They were all bent out of shape, they were bl...

Judge orders ISP to release names of Wikipedia posters who slammed Facconable - The Denver Post This is a federal magistrate, by the way. An...

The perils of 'Privatopia': Taking a second look

The Orchards’ declaration of covenants does not give the HOA the right to impose fines, so it does not have that power, McGann wrote April...

Judge rules Righthaven lacks standing to sue, threatens sanctions over misrepresentations - VEGAS INC "A federal judge in Las Vegas tod...

UCLA forecasters have seen the future of California's housing market, and it looks like this: more apartments near the coast, fewer McM...

"I do support a constitutional amendment on marriage between a man and woman, but I would not be going into the states to overturn thei...

Is Gold in Fort Knox Real? Ron Paul Wants to Know - CNBC Giving legitimacy to an Internet conspiracy theory that the gold in Fort Knox is f...

Giordano's strange bankruptcy - chicagotribune.com John Apostolou's businesses owe $45.5 million to Fifth Third Bank, and he has bee...

Did you hear the one about the stolen front lawn? EDMONTON — Denise Thompson had a beautiful front lawn, thick and green. It was where her f...

Scottsdale HOA takes on Steven Seagal Another HOA decides to create physical obstacles to entry. This time, though...they are messing with ...

Iceland Crowdsources Its Constitution As it drafts the country’s new governing document, Iceland’s Constitutional Council is turning to soci...