MANAGEMENT COMPANY OR HOA

The board is ultimately responsible for running the HOA, the MC's role is to assist the board in doing the grunt work. If the board was asleep at the wheel, hopefully they will learn a lesson.

If the HOA is getting fined, the HOA pays.

Unfortunately, the HOA must cover the fines because it is ultimately the board's responsibility to care for finances. If management is not doing their job well, then it's time for the association to start looking at other options.

It's Florida’s state department of business and professional regulation. Its division of Florida condominiums, timeshares and mobile homes handles complaints involving the same. Since you’re in Washington, they can’t help you unless you have a condo, timeshare, or mobile home in Florida. You may want to contact the state attorney general’s office in your state to see if they handle complaints involving HOAs if that’s what you want to do.

PS to Rob – paragraphs and periods (and commas) are your friends – please use them. I concur with Dough, Marshall, and Tim as to what you and your neighbors will have to do regarding your board and its oversight of the property manager. Rally together and vote them out in the next board election or check your documents to see how special meetings are called. You may need one if you want to recall the current board, but be sure you have people ready to step up and take over (one may need to be YOU). You may not be able to stop the fines, but the new board can review how this came about and take steps to ensure it doesn't happen again.