said by RicoCorinth :

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The county doesn't gain any green space. The green space is already there before local governments let developers create common interest developments (the kind with HOAs).

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said by RicoCorinth :

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This is often a questionable label, from a realistic standpoint, but it lets developers include the green space as part of the development. That increases the size of the development, and lets the developers squeeze in more homes, in the area in which they are actually building, while claiming the density of the entire development (including the green space) is within the law.

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said by RicoCorinth :

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This reclassification of public roads, street lights, parks, drainage ponds, etc. -- as "private" -- lets local governments claim they're not responsible for these "private" things.

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said by RicoCorinth :

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Note that developers can't create CIDs without those permits, meaning that 'our' governments are letting developers create them the way they are. Then 'our' elected government officials claim it's not their place to interfere, as if they're innocent bystanders.

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said by RicoCorinth :

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"Since implied warranties (assumed quality of goods) and consumer protections have come upon the legal landscape, the seller is held to a higher standard of disclosure than 'buyer beware' and has responsibility for defects which could not be noted by casual inspection ..."

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said by RicoCorinth :

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"Research (e.g., Professor Alexander's) has shown that these "obvious deficiencies" aren't recognized by the vast majority of homebuyers. This is because they can generally "not be noted by casual inspection."

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said by RicoCorinth :

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What is this "'free look' period"? Most homebuyers aren't shown the governing documents -- which are long and full of legalese -- until closing, at which point they're shown a lot of other documents.."

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said by RicoCorinth :

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It all depends on how you define, "well". None of the following "depends on the owners".

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said by RicoCorinth :

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James Madison wrote in Federalist #47, “The accumulation of all powers, legislative, executive, and judiciary, in the same hands, whether of one, a few, or many, and whether hereditary, selfappointed, or elective, may justly be pronounced the very definition of tyranny.”
Professor McKenzie wrote, “In CIDs, power is unitary. The board cites violators and holds the hearings that constitute the ‘trial.’ ” [Privatopia, 134];"

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said by RicoCorinth :

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This would disturb Madison, because he wrote, “No man is allowed to be a judge in his own cause, because his interest would certainly bias his judgment, and, not improbably, corrupt his integrity,” in Federalist No. 10.

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said by RicoCorinth :

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According to Barton & Silverman, “Common interest homeowners’ associations have rule enforcement powers that are commonly exercised in ways that are offensive to normal conceptions of due process of law and the separation of powers. The association board passes rules, prosecutes violators, and then judges the guilt or innocence of the people involved.” [Barton & Silverman, Common Interest Communities: Private Governments and the Public Interest, 36]>.

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said by RicoCorinth :

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Nevertheless, ‘our representatives’ let for–profit developers create these governments, so that the developer can exercise tyrannous control. Stanley Scott noticed this. He wrote, “These would be established by the developers and presided over by private, pseudo–legislative bodies subject to deliberate manipulation.” [Stanley Scott, The Homes Association: Will “Private Government” Serve the Public Interest?, February, 1967].

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