Untergebener Autoritätsnachricht

How does it feel to live in a Stalag? Ok, ok ... its not a POW camp and we are free to sell and get out of here. (Which I am planning to do ... and I cannot wait to be out from under Mr. and Mrs Hotz BTW).

A prison camp, among other similarly egregious aspects, is a place where you have virtually no rights ... and the power of the keepers to control you is essentially, boundless.

Having received the latest Untergebener Autoritätsnachricht (unsigned Lighthouse memorandum dated June 30, 2010) it appears Party Headquarters decided they could make significant and material changes to the "Venetia Neighborhood One, Inc. guidelines, rules and regulations." Said changes specifically involving house painting and contractor hours; however other implicit requirements appear here and there in the text of the June 30, 2010 memorandum.

Has anyone ever seen the document noted in the memorandum - where is the "Venetia Neighborhood One, Inc. guidelines, rules and regulations" kept and made available for review by unit/lot owners? Has the aforementioned document been duly processed by the proscriptions contained in the By Laws and the Covenants and have these "guidelines, rules and regulations," been incorporated thereto? I was never asked to review the "Venetia Neighborhood One, Inc. guidelines, rules and regulations." I don't recall signing anything, ever, noting that I was required to adhere to the "Venetia Neighborhood One, Inc. guidelines, rules and regulations," or ceding unbounded extra-covenant and beyond By Law authority to Norman Hotz and his committee or committees.

By what bi-lateral agreement or contract does the "Venetia Neighborhood One, Inc. guidelines, rules and regulations," carry the weight of Venetia Community Association (VCA) or VNA-One enforcement and fining authority? Are there other similar documents requiring unlimited extent performance by unit owners? What are the bounds of the authority vested in the officers of VCA or VNA-One and those committees themselves and are they all acting within those bounds?

Was the process used to construct, review and approve the "Venetia Neighborhood One, Inc. guidelines, rules and regulations," conducted in the "sunshine." Was a memorandum of record issued, or series of memoranda prepared, to document the building of these guidelines, rules and regulations? Why were these guidelines, rules and regulations not incorporated in the recent re-issue of the Covenants? Has the Association attorney conducted a review and provided counsel on the authority to issue the "Venetia Neighborhood One, Inc. guidelines, rules and regulations" and to make changes to said document or compilation of documents.

How much longer and how much more do we have to put up with from the same clowns?

C. Piad