Oh, no, way beyond that, HOA's have some brakes on them, these guys sound like they invent offenses for money, HOAs usually have to prove you violated some existing rule, it is a matter of degree. Some HOAs are notorious, but I have not heard of one that applies to a whole town..

Exactly so, but it also describes a LOT of police departments and the confiscation rules.

Indeed, that is pure feeding at the public trough, and everyone connected to it, will make out on it, a very small number screwing a vary large one. Vote NO. I always vote no on every measure now, as they still get some through, but more people are beginning to see the pattern.

The real issue here is not the fact that a town has laws about aesthetic trivia (though I would love it if that were banned at some level in a constitution or similar document). The real issue is that the town government is getting most of its revenue from fines. Any local government fitting that description is predatory and needs to be overthrown.

Because it's a losing strategy. The interest and penalties just continue to pile up on the unpaid citations until the city puts you in jail and sells your house to pay for it all. The system is designed so it can't be resisted.

Unless and until we get a court willing to enforce the Eighth Amendment, or maybe some new constitutional protections with specific wording, the only defense against this stuff is going to be to run for city council and change it yourself.

And I thought HOAs could be bad...this is an HOA on steroids.

"Nor shall private property be taken for public use without just compensation." That is in the Constitution.

Get uppity with your High Lord Mayor Dino Allosaurus Esquire and I shall pull the silly Bride Of Frankenstein lever and blow us all to atoms~
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o1Izq...
Yes, the silly Bride Of Frankenstein lever. Every castle lord and science lab should have one.

Me dino would have njoyed watching that.

It doesn't say that shew as singled out, only that she's the one to take her case to the media.

In my opinion, shady stuff happens in every local government, people are usually ambivalent and disengaged - so they end up with a ridiculously left-leaning government in most cases.

We have a horrible bond measure on the ballot here tomorrow, "Measure E" - $350 million in borrowing for a shit-box local (crappy) community college, dumped on the homeowners of a narrow (slim) pool of the populace it serves - specifically a couple of areas with very high home values (and would rarely send their own kids to that college). The "purpose" is a new science building - but... you could build a 70,000 person football stadium AFTER razing a couple of city blocks and buying real estate in an urban area to build it on for $350 million. If it sounds excessive, it is, it also includes "operating expenses" such as landscaping for about 20-30 years, financing some computers for 50 years, and buried in "Appendix B, Subpart 32" - cash to build a new 4 year campus on some "donated land" owned by a politically dominant regional developer. The sponsors and donors are unions, developers, architects, etc.. It's as mobbed-up as it gets.

Well, I am not so sure firewood not stacked neatly or cracks in the driveway fall into the category of "hell".

According to City-Data, Doraville, GA voted 79% for Clinton in 2016. They are getting what they voted for. No sympathy here. Doubt they'll learn though. Mental disorders are notoriously difficult to cure.

They do have one big obstacle in putting in place the measures your state (whipping posts, etc.). We have the means for self-defense, i.e., the Second Amendment. And, there are more of us than there are of them. Molon labe!

I had a very bold friend who lost his mind when confronted by just one too many "Do you know who I am" politicians. He said, " Yes, I know who you are, so get back down in the muck of the sty, they'll be giving out the slop in another hour or so" or words to that effect. It was the first time I ever saw a guy screw himself out of any political consideration, and a politician melt down into a blubbering piece of rotten meat.

"Don you know who I am? DO YOU KNOW WHO I AM?"
I once heard a pompous fat cat shout that into someone's face in real life during the 70s.
Since then I've heard villains shout that at people in movies. .

That's what you get when you complain too powerfully to politicians. When certain ones have the power, they don't hesitate to use it.

Sounds like a small vocal group got sick of all their neighbors allowing their property to look like hell - but if you are in the extreme minority for that, sell your own house and go move to a geezerville HOA, Sun City, etc. Some people prefer to toss their old toilets in the yard and call it landscape art.

Thank you, that explains a lot.

Thanks for the background.

I hope you are right, nickursis. However, I suspect the "a holes" of Doraville will find ways to remain in office and find new creative ways to slap around the citizenry to achieve their collective goals. Look what's going on with Dinesh D'Sousa where he is pardoned by President Trump and yet the communists in the Peoples Republic of NY will stop at nothing to hammer him down again. The fight is getting more nasty.

"They will likely continue to squander it and to enslave those who produce it..." true words, freedomforall. I don't know how the lady with the cracked driveway voted, but I hope she is picking up on the lessons learned by Dagny and Hank. That is, as a property owner she is nothing more than a cash cow to be milked dry by the socialists/communists voted in and now running Doraville. When she runs out of wealth her property will be seized and she can join the ranks of the beggar collective. "Atlas Shrugged" is coming alive.

The mid-town area of Atlanta (north of the old "downtown") and Emory Univ area became very expensive due to demand by LGBT's and other (mostly younger) white collar workers who liked city life in spite of the cost and congestion (and the high taxes and poor services that drove many sane people to leave the city. Atlanta has been "managed" like a 3rd world dictatorship since the 70's, imo. Pull has awarded contracts to bro's of the mayors for 40 years. Very similar to DC, and Detroit in that respect.) Those LGBT's who chose not to spend as much on housing but still wanted to be relatively close to the bars and restaurants that welcomed them started moving to Doraville because it was more affordable and still a relatively short drive. Although the homes were not as well built, at least they were SF dwellings with yards. That forced out most of the longer term blue collar residents. At least that is how I see it, having some familiarity with the area in the 70's and 90's.

An unfortunate conglomeration of the left.

Wonder what made them descend on this Georgia town?

It’s like living in a monastery all your life and asking your son what he wants to be when he grows up and he says, a “monk” and you’re so proud because you said the same thing to your father.
Praise be the all knowing!

More and more every day,.....