[TowerTalk] HOA Abuse

[Alan NV8A]

On 07/06/10 11:57 am, Charlie Gallo wrote:

>> I like the term "private Governments" as it suits them perfectly.
>
>> The "local govt" applies to your town or city.

> It's in effect an even more local Govt
>
> Let us really think think about the sizes of Governments - Man has traditionally lived in tribes/small towns/villages, which is about the size a 'local' Government works best at, BUT today, most town/counties etc are a LOT larger than that.  HOAs are filling that niche of the really small unit where everyone knows one another

Americans were so opposed to the idea of a strong central government 
that they ended up with a multitude of separate governments (state, 
county, city/township/village) and quasi-governments (school, fire and 
library districts -- and now HOAs as well), all with their hands in our 
pockets and some with as much power as -- or even more than -- the one 
the American system was supposed to remedy.

Alan NV8A