Sticking to the thread... yes it is a total joke. Shoot, the dog park sounds like it was getting more visits the way it was so why lock people out? It's not like the seeding is going to work this time of year anyhow. Besides, they can't even keep residents off of play equipment when the footings are setting so why bother with the lock on the gate at the dog park?

As for the other comments... I'm sure that several homes have liens on them which is about as much as anybody can do to force the residents to pay. In times like this though, I agree with girl.. I'd rather the homes at least had someone in it rather than them sit completely empty (which is worse for the home as well since it could allow mold and such to grow). I also agree that the qwest should be paid for individually so that those same households aren't getting something the rest of us have to pay for!

As for the investors... I know from first hand knowledge that KL did try to enforce not having investors. Unfortunately, with the help of one particular builder(which happened to be the first builder to allow it to occur by selling 20 homes to one investor encouraging all the other builders to jump on board to catch the sales before that builder took them all), they found that the clause had no legal bearing. Hard to enforce something that doesn't hold any water, eh? Later contracts were able to work more effeciently with the wording change.

It seem like the HOA / KL has a totally different priority list than what the residents want.

There's a HOA annual meeting on Dec 9 (apparently, the letters was sent suggest we should RSVP by 12/10). I wonder if we can voice our opinion during that meeting.

As for skipping on the HOA fees, I just worry that if the fees are not enforced, more homeowners may choose that route and the rest will be left holding the bucket. The 80/20 ratio may change fast once the word is out.

Since HOA is not adjusting their budget accordingly, they might end up increasing the fees.