The Privatopia Papers

Miami-Dade property values rise for first time in four years - Miami-Dade - MiamiHerald.com In a small conference room just outside County...

The Consumerist » Condos Sold Without Owners’ Permission For 1/3 Their Value "Imagine that you've recently purchased a condo for $...

Reliant Energy shuts off neighborhood's power, claims HOA not paying bills | abc13.com :  The Kleinbrook HOA, residents say, is not rea...

Righthaven receiver moves to fire CEO Steven Gibson - VEGAS INC "The receiver, Lake Tahoe-area attorney Lara Pearson, filed papers in ...

Missile Bases  : not just for missiles anymore! "Thank you for your interest in the unique underground structures we offer for sale. ...

Vivos Underground Shelter Network - YouTube This is even better than an above-ground gated community. But these people haven't read The...

Outsourcing Sandy Springs - Video Library - The New York Times This is the video version of the piece I linked to below. I am in it.

A Georgia Town Takes the People’s Business Private - NYTimes.com "The prospect of more Sandy Springs-style incorporations concerns peo...

News from The Associated Press : FLINT, Mich. (AP) -- Hey, was that a bark? With 18 full-time enforcers, a Michigan county is going door-to...

Prisons, Privatization, Patronage - NYTimes.com : So what’s really behind the drive to privatize prisons, and just about everything else? ...

Financially-strapped Nevada city declared disaster - Yahoo! News : After five years of declining property taxes, massive layoffs and questio...

www.judiciary.state.nj.us/opinions/supreme/A6510MazdabrookCommonsHOAvKahn.pdf

Hacking into Gated Communities In which somebody explains how to do that.

Inside USA - Privatised cities - 17 Oct 08 - Part 1 - YouTube This is a documentary about Sandy Springs, Georgia, an affluent suburb of Atl...

Thief drains Cedar Lake HOA accounts : Stuart Cohen, a Portland-based attorney representing Cedar Lake and some of the other victims, sai...

Colo. Neighborhood May Ban Sidewalk Chalk Art | KREX - News, Weather, Sports for Grand Junction | Montrose | Glenwood Springs - Coverage You...

Greenacres man, 80, ends up in jail, hospital after trying to save butterfly plants : The landscaping dispute came to a head Tuesday morning...

Perilous new Vegas water pipeline claims a life - BusinessWeek : Ninety percent of Las Vegas water currently comes from Lake Mead, which has...

4 more HOAs sued over collection costs deemed improper - VEGAS INC : Those attorneys regularly sue HOAs over what they call unauthorized col...

Mazdabrook Commons HOA v. Khan Folks--This is a major ruling that establishes free speech rights for owners in New Jersey under their sta...