Abandoned Covenants

Our neighborhood is 23 years old and the covenants for the neighborhood have never been enforced. In the twenty three years, there was no record of a citation or violation until 2023 when several homes were cited for trash cans in the front driveway, bags of mulch stacked in the front driveway, and pie pans being placed in the front of the homes to scare off deer. All situations were very easy to remedy at no cost. As a result of these citations, the HOA did not issue anymore citations because homeowners got very upset about the citations. This summer, after a new board took over, and began selectively issuing citations to certain homeowners while ignoring the same citations present on other properties. For ex. we were cited for overgrown vegetation on our property while the homeowners contiguous to us with dead trees and more vegetation were not cited. In trying to do the right thing, we contacted and received several estimates from landscapers and all of them are in excess of $5000. These covenants have never been enforced and we literally had to cut back 10 yards of brush to access the water utility box on our property when we bought our house. Further complicating things is the fact that not only does the HOA selectively apply the convenants to certain homeowners and not others, they refuse to address the maintenance and covenants related to the common area like our pool, tennis courts, and community clubhouse. Our pool has four dry rotten pool chais, no tables, 3 dry rotten umbrellas, and a disgustingly dirty pool deck. Our tennis court has a rotten net with a court deeply stained and soiled with mud and debris . Our clubhouse has significant water damage and chlorine damage from a leak that was never remediated nor reported to our insurance company. The floors, base mold, and drywall have been ruined and nothing has been reported to insurance. Finally, our neighborhood has irrigation and sprinklers for the yards that hasn't been turned on because they have not paid the person who is in charge of insuring that they work. Meanwhile the board wants homeowners to be held accountable for landscaping and weed clearing in excess of $5000 when these covenants have not been cited in years and when their duties have been disregarded. As a homeowner, what recourse do we have?