Dog Run Came Down - Thanks

To all of the members who assisted me in pursuing my rights as a homeowner, the President's dog run on common ground finally came down BUT...I'm sorry, but there is a but, now my family's being harassed by the President's wife. Just recently, my 10-year old son was standing at our front full view screen door when the President and his wife drove by, she gave him the finger! I didn't believe him at first but my suspicions were verified the very next day when my husband and I were chatting with a local police officer and she gave my husband the finger too! The police officer witnessed it and she will be receiving a citation in the mail.

Her next door neighbor yells at my husband to slow down when driving through the development when he isn't even speeding. The same neighbor approached my children and ex-husband when he was picking them up and yelled "you ought to put that guy on a leash" (meaning my husband). Yelling it repeatedly as she walked by. I complained to our PM and she stated that there is nothing in the bylaws that governs homeonwer's behavior.

I wish I could just afford to move! This is unbelievable. Here the President and his wife were violating the rules and my family and I are the ones persecuted.

Denise, I couldn't support Brad's comments any stronger!

It's harsh, to be sure, but the fact is, it was the right thing to do, and regardless of how the president's wife and her little cronie buddies feel, their dog run was in violation and the mere fact that he was the president does not insulate him from following the rules, too.

It might be in your and your families best interest to be extremely conservative in your actions for the coming summer, even though, you no doubt are.

I certainly would never be in close vicinity of either families without someone else around who can verify any behaviors and actions, just in case.

When I was president of our board, we had to enforce against a plumber who was parking his plumber's van in his driveway. It fit in his garage, and that's all we asked that he do, store it in his garage as the CC&Rs require.

His wife stalked me through Walgreen's one day after they received the attorney's letter (they continually refused to store it after several request letters from the board), and started hollering at me and throwing things at me in the store!! The manager had to threaten to call the cops before she would leave.

Her children (teenagers) spent the next winter vandalizing our Christmas decorations and throwing nails and screws into our driveway.

We sent them a cease-and-desist letter along with pics of their kids doing the damage (my husband is in the electronics business and installed some security cameras inside our house that monitored our front yard.)

They eventually stopped the vandalism and over time just wore themselves out yelling at us when driving by on the street or flipping the bird, etc.

They eventually move on.

Congrats to you on the dog run win though!

Great idea! Maybe I should prepare my camcorder for this Saturday's community yard sale. I'm so looking forward to that, as well as the board meeting tonight (not).

I would definitely save any written communication or threatening phone calls, you never know when you will need that stuff. Ann is right, don't give them an audience, they thrive on bullying and seeing you frustrated and flustered.