By Dale Stansel — Posted June 7, 2013 PHOENIX – A new homeowner associations’ reform bill signed into law earlier this year will take away the authority of HOAs established after Dec. 31, 2014 to regulate parking on publicly dedicated streets. Sponsored … Continue reading
By Lauren Gilger — June 6, 2013 MESA, AZ – A routine Homeowner’s Association meeting at Superstition Lakes Condominiums in Mesa turned ugly recently. One of the homeowners, Kathleen Daurio, said her phone was hit out of her hand and her … Continue reading
PHOENIX — State senators voted Wednesday to ensure that if you like to hang your clothes out on the line, you have a choice of new homes to buy. Ditto parking your car on the street all night – or … Continue reading
A more than 5-year-old battle to strip homeowners associations of their authority to make and enforce parking rules on public streets has succeeded — at least in part. Gov. Jan Brewer this month signed a bill that forbids future HOAs … Continue reading
By George K. Staropoli — April 17, 2013 Arizona Session Law Ch. 103 (2013), SB 1278, reaffirms local municipality control of public streets within an HOA. It is a groundbreaking bill because it relegates HOA private governments to a rightful … Continue reading
By George K. Staropoli February 27, 2013 The following is my comment to a post by Evan McKenzie on his Privatopia Papers blog, Las Vegas HOA corruption probe continues. In his post, Prof. McKenzie raised the question of federal congressional … Continue reading
I was on Nevada Public Radio the other day with the state ombudsperson, an HOA lawyer, and an owner advocate. It was a good conversation. But there was something that kept going through my mind that I never got a … Continue reading
By Carole VanSickle – February 19, 2013 Vacation-home buyers are finding it harder and harder to finance their purchases, even with good credit and a healthy down payment. In some cases, the culprit behind their lenders’ skittishness is not even … Continue reading
By Brian Sullivan – February 1, 2013 There’s a mindset that craves the acquisition of any kind of authority and takes full—even excessive—advantage of it. Individuals afflicted with said mindset tend to amplify the significance of insignificant matters and insist, … Continue reading
By: George Staropoli, February 5, 2013 Citizens For Constitutional Local Government, Phoenix, AZ The legal doctrine of Monell claims appears to be suited for those instances where public policy permits violations of constitutional rights under 42 US 1983, “Civil action … Continue reading
by Crystal Cruz – January 28, 2013 MESA, Ariz. — Kim Harris puts out food and water for feral cats around her condo in Mesa. Last year Harris took pity on the one-time skinny animals. “When the cats are hungry … Continue reading
By: George K. Staropoli, Editor January 16, 2013 Richard Glassel murdered 2 board members in 2000 and was found guilty in 2003. He died in prison yesterday at 74, of natural causes. On January 10, 2003 Susan Glassel attended the … Continue reading