Wild allegations at Miami homeowners association show why Florida needs HOA crackdown

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In the long list of homeowner association horror stories, the one emerging from the Hammocks Community Association in Miami’s West Kendall suburbs is in a (criminal) class by itself.

It involves charges of racketeering, money laundering, fabricating evidence and using shell companies. A move to oust the board was thwarted by a fake bomb threat and a recall election resulted in the board throwing out two-thirds of the ballots. A whopping $2 million in homeowners fees apparently was siphoned off.

This isn’t mailbox wars or a fight over the two-pet rule. It’s gangster-style stuff.

That’s not news to those whose homes fall under the Hammocks HOA, one of the biggest HOAs in Florida. After Miami-Dade County prosecutors announced a series of charges this week, including against former HOA President Marglli Gallego, neighbors told the Miami Herald they felt vindicated. They had been fighting what they call the “Gallego Mafia” for years.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/wild-allegations-miami-homeowners-association-214951507.html

[OldBaldy1701E]

1. Power corrupts.

Every. Single. Time.

[I_UndergroundPanther]

2. I would NEVER buy

A house with an hoa.

If I ever got enough money to have my own house I sure as hell wouldnt want a hoa telling me how it should look. And I would probably never sell it as I would not have money for realtor fees etc.anyway.

Because it's mine. I will decorate it my way. It wont be a heath hazard or dangerous or have vermin. I cannot stand to be in filth.

I am an artist and I would like to make my house beautiful to me. Make it more compatible with nature. I hate lawns. Expanses of grass with a spindly bradford pear tree to make a dot of shade.
i might use low ground covers instead of grass. I am allergic to grass. Also you dont have to mow low ground cover. Plants that you can use instead of lawn grass.After all I am living in it,the hoa does not.

[dalton99a]

3. Kick