HAVE WE HEARD THE LAST OF THIS ANTI-HOA ZEALOT?
Have we heard the last of Jan Jackson, Colorado’s leading activist in the fight against homeowners associations and assorted other anti-government, anti-Obama, Tea Party, “patriot resistance“ causes?...
View ArticleHOA BOARDS BETTER THINK TWICE BEFORE TOWING CARS
South Face is an upper-middle-class neighborhood of about 250 houses built in Rockrimmon beginning in 1993. They are nice houses, multi-level with fancy street lights and well-kept landscaping....
View ArticleIT MAY BE JUST A HOLE IN THE GROUND, but it’s still home sweet home
Some folks grow up in mansions. Others in modest houses. And some grow up in little more than a hole in the ground. That was the case for Marvin Baskett and his sister, Esther Redington. Their...
View ArticleWOODMOOR ELECTION — who do you believe?
It’s silly season, I mean election time again. New homeowners association boards are being elected all over the Pikes Peak region. An especially contentious race is for three seats on the Woodmoor...
View ArticleTHE BERLIN WALL CAME DOWN, will Holger’s?
Holger and Sally Christiansen started building this wall around their home at 1221 N. Cascade Ave. in 2007. It sits unfinished while they battle the city over zoning codes, permits, variances and...
View ArticleNEIGHBORHOOD FEUD leaves one combatant hopeless
======= UPDATE ====== UPDATE ===== UPDATE ======= At the end, I’ve posted an e-mail I received from Morgan Wood, daughter of Jeffrey Wood. It is a response to my column....
View ArticleTIME TO STEAL A PAGE FROM NEVADA?
The Colorado General Assembly is back in session and no doubt someone will bring up homeowners associations. It’s become an annual topic of legislative action. Maybe lawmakers should look to Nevada...
View ArticleMEDICAL MARIJUANA DISPENSARY OR DRUG DEALER?
Folks in Rockrimmon are not convinced the Pure Medical storefront that opened in December is anything more than a drug dealer in the neighborhood. Pure Medical dispenses medical marijuana and has two...
View ArticleWOODMOOR MIRACLE — coup tosses out HOA board
========= UPDATE ========= UPDATE ========= UPDATE ======= At the bottom, I’ve reprinted an e-mail I received Feb. 2 from George McFadden’s wife, Agnieszka McFadden. First, the original post: The...
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