Wednesday, December 18, 2013

HOA tells homeowner to get rid of metal security doors - Atlanta News, Weather, Traffic, and Sports | FOX 5

HOA tells homeowner to get rid of metal security doors - Atlanta News, Weather, Traffic, and Sports | FOX 5: MORROW, Ga. - A Morrow man is battling his homeowners association over security doors.

Mathew Goodson installed metal security doors in June after a rash of break-ins in his subdivision. Goodson said just last week the security doors kept out an attempted burglar. He points to a ripped screen as evidence of the attempted break-in.
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Monday, December 16, 2013

Ridgeland homeowner ordered to take down Christmas decorations - Cincinnati News, FOX19-WXIX TV

Ridgeland homeowner ordered to take down Christmas decorations - Cincinnati News, FOX19-WXIX TV: RIDGELAND, MS (Mississippi News Now) - A Ridgeland homeowner is upset after being told she had to take down some of her Christmas decorations.

A Christmas mural that hangs on Carrie Higbie's garage was ordered to be taken down earlier this week because according to the Homeowners Association it doesn't adhere to the covenants for the neighborhood.

Higbie was told through a notice she had 30 days to take it down.

The HOA President says her mural violated the covenants including signage and altering the structure of the home.

It's business that really rules us now | George Monbiot | Comment is free | The Guardian

It's business that really rules us now | George Monbiot | Comment is free | The Guardian
George Monbiot asks: "So I don't blame people for giving up on politics. I haven't given up yet, but I find it ever harder to explain why. When a state-corporate nexus of power has bypassed democracy and made a mockery of the voting process, when an unreformed political funding system ensures that parties can be bought and sold, when politicians of the three main parties stand and watch as public services are divvied up by a grubby cabal of privateers, what is left of this system that inspires us to participate?"