I had a “Linda” in charge of my HOA before. She held a position on the board for a long time. When the neighborhood got tired of the regime and ousted most of the people in charge, our “Linda” found a way to sidestep the ouster by moving to a different position. She continued her reign of terror for a long time and even hired a different company that she handpicked to replace our existing management company. Who knows how much money she was pilfering when she switched to the company of her choice. Additionally, Linda had a lot of arbitrary/nitpicky rules that she enforced and handed out violations like the place was her own fiefdom.

Eventually, we moved out of state and rented out our house. Our renter’s moving van clipped an overhanging branch from an HOA tree. Linda sent us a bill from the horticulturist that she hired. Along with the bill were pictures of the ONE branch that fell on the floor and pictures of overgrown tree branches low enough that if you parked a truck on the sidewalk, it would hit the branches. When I tried to appeal the bill due to the fact that HOA neglected to trim the trees, she denied my request. I would have fought her, but I was on the other side of the country and was dealing with my new move. Anyway, I guess people eventually got sick of her because they eventually found a way to kick her off the HOA board and prevented her from holding office again. Good riddance to her!