Community Assets

In my first President’s column I said that if I do this right, I wouldn’t talk about myself in this column. That, my friends, was a lie. In fact, I’ve used the past five columns to do nothing but tell you about me, what I believe is important, and my (very) random thoughts about music, books, obscure theories, and, most important, about our community…

As a community association attorney, I do a lot of driving. To and from board meetings, court hearings, site inspections, and, of course, CAI events. A few years ago, I started listening to podcasts to get away from my thoughts and help pass the time.

I really do promise that at some point I will stop talking about 2020. That being said, I have one quick story for you and then a final trip back in time to talk about the mess that was 2020. One of my favorite home videos is one that my wife took of my son, Nathan, and his friend, Robert, eating ice cream.

People keep shooting down drones. Surprisingly (or maybe not), one of the first reported drone shootings happened in New Jersey in September of 2014, when Lenny Helbig’s neighbor, Russell Percenti, shot down Lenny’s drone with a twelve-gauge shotgun.

With the Republican and Democratic National Conventions behind us, campaign season is now in high gear. Many people feel very strongly about who should become our next President and would like to convince as many people as possible to vote for their preferred candidate.

The premise of Walt Disney’s Carousel of Progress, which was created for the 1964 New York World’s fair and is now located in the Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World in Florida, is an exploration of the advent of electricity and other technological advances during different parts of the 20th century.

What is due process? And why should community associations care about providing a “fair hearing” or an “opportunity to be heard”?

By now, everyone has heard about the tragic case of Trayvon Martin, who was killed by the head of a volunteer neighborhood watch group in Sanford, Florida. While not the first time a community association has dealt with an assault or murder within its gates, it is certainly one of the most well-recognized – and most talked about – cases in some time.

By the time you read this, the Condominium Project Approval and Processing guidelines (the “guidelines”) will be a year old. Issued by the Federal Housing Administration (“FHA”) on June 30, 2011 as part of Mortgagee Letter 2011-22…